EXTRA MESSAGE about THE LETTERS, Monday June 13
--> In this pdf you'll find the 5 winning letters to the jury of the GTP! More than 150 wonderful letters with personal messages and creative solutions, written by students of the 7 English Circles; so powerful and touching, that we really had trouble to choose just a few... ;-)
Our Circle adventure is over, but some schools like to work on the challenges until summer holidays.
It's still possible to see all the new contributions and post a comment on the school pages.
Students in the Learning Circles were very impressed by Urmila's story of her life.
Many of you wrote a letter to her, straight from your heart, including a lot of questions that have not been answered.
Urmila is receiving thousands of letters and she is still traveling around the world to raise awareness about the injustice for so many girls. It is not possible for her to answer your letters personally, but Urmila is very touched that her experiences inspired you; the more people know her story and make their voices heard, the more likely it is that adults are willing to change the existing situation.
The impact is visible in this quote from Kim (from Schoonhovens College):
"In a group, we have written a letter to Urmila, and her story was very impressive. I never realized how many children suffer in the kalamari system, actually before the project I had never heard of it, it was really shocking when i saw the sentence 'Urmila was a house slave, like thousands or other girls in Nepal'. This made the amount seem so big, and because of her story it reminds you that this should not be tolerated, the story really helps you to understand the terrible problem. Her speech, 'Freeing the daugters of Nepal' was beautiful! After her story I was very happy that it was abolished and that Urmila has a better life now. I really believe she is an example for many children, because she tries to help other children, and she does this very well with her Kalamari Girls Forum".
Kim's letter and yours (!) show us how valuable it is that girls like Urmila are heard by many children. We admire all off Urmila's efforts and your support for her!
With open eyes and a clear voice we are stronger together in making this world a better place for children.
Thank you very much,
with summer greetings,
The Learning Circle team
NEWSLETTER Monday May 30 (week 17)
Dear participants,
After a learning EDventure of almost 4 months the Learning Circles Children's Rights have come to an end.
- The LC wiki's will stay open for at least one more year, so there is time enough to enjoy the contributions of your fellow learners,
feel free to add a comment at the bottom of each page :-)
- We are working on a compilation of all Circles and will share a link with you when this job is done.
- We will also make an announcement of the 3 winning letters to the jury of GTP and send them to Unicef.
- Certificates are send to all teachers, in appreciation for all your efforts.
- A number of schools have also collected a sum for the reconstruction of the school in Nepal. We are very curious about your experiences; can you please send us an update in a mail this week to indicates the results the Maya Foundation can count on?
Based on your evaluations so far, we can see that students really enjoyed their Circle work.
We appreciate your 'tips and tops'; they will help us to further improve our Learning Circles.
After summer holidays we’ll prepare the 2017 Circles. We already welcome you back and are looking forward to work with you again :-)
We kindly thank you and your students for all your hard work and impressive contributions.
Keep up the good work!!
With greetings from the GTP team, Natasha, Manon and Bob.
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