Learn Without Fear » Children’s Voice http://learnwithoutfear.in Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:03:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fact of the Day-11 Aug http://learnwithoutfear.in/fact-of-the-day-11-aug/ http://learnwithoutfear.in/fact-of-the-day-11-aug/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:48:57 +0000 admin http://learnwithoutfear.in/?p=826 6 out of 10 students feel the need of daily activity period instead of once in a week.

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]]> http://learnwithoutfear.in/fact-of-the-day-22nd-july-2010/feed/ 0 Child Advocate Series http://learnwithoutfear.in/child-advocate-series/ http://learnwithoutfear.in/child-advocate-series/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:14:04 +0000 admin http://learnwithoutfear.in/?p=677 Child Advocate Series is an initiative by the group of children who are part of Children’s Advisory Board (CAB) of Plan India. The CAB members are active participants in the Learn without fear campaign and they have been taking different initiatives to campaign on having healthy learning environment in schools. The members of CAB conduct session on “Bullying” in public and private schools and let the children participate in expressing their opinion. The CAB children also gives tips on how one can avoid getting bullied and also explain how being a bully can affect the growth of a child.

The CAB children would be contributing to blog by providing live expressions of the children who participate in the session on bullying. The children will also provide the ways and methods to combat this problem in schools.

Children’s Advisory Board is a unique endeavor of Plan India to promote child rights by ensuring participation of children in development program. Children’s Advisory Board was first set up in the year 2006 and today comprises of 20 members from different and diverse background in the age group of 12 to 18 years who are working towards meaningfully contributing to developmental programs and promoting child rights by essaying the role of child rights ambassadors.

]]> http://learnwithoutfear.in/child-advocate-series/feed/ 0 Violence Free School is Every Child’s Right! http://learnwithoutfear.in/violence-free-school-is-every-child%e2%80%99s-right/ http://learnwithoutfear.in/violence-free-school-is-every-child%e2%80%99s-right/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:43:14 +0000 admin http://ef01.com/LWF/?p=152 The video was shot as a part of the school contact programme under the Learn Without Fear campaign. The program is unique as it creates a platform where children freely express their thoughts about school to their teachers and school authorities.

Under the program children staged plays and shared the experiences they had undergone in school environs.Children raised their voices to advocate for their rights against corporal punishment, sexual violence and bullying.

This video highlights some of the key issues raised by the children.

Please note this is a drama enacted by the children based on what they see in their schools and not a recording of actual happenings. Also, the name of the children involved in shooting the video or in the video have been omitted to protect their identities.

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