Human Rights Youth Organization

Nonviolent Creative Defence of Human Rights

Project Type: Workshop - European Youth Foundation, Category A

Organized by: Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo “Danilo Dolci”

www.danilodolci.it

Role H.R.Y.O.: Partner Locale

Place: Palermo (Italy)

Date: dal 06/03/2009 al 12/03/2009

Topic: Non-violence, Human Rights, Creativity.

Country involved: Italy, France, Georgia, Hungary, Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Spain, United
Kingdom, Greece, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Methodology: The workshop is based on the non-formal educative approach. The methologies are
based on experiential learning, learning in the group, reciprocal maieutic approach.

During the workshop the main activities developed are: group discussion, small group work, artistic
activities, simulations, activities in the community, film and documentary viewing.

H.R.Y.O. Human Rights Youth Organization

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La H.R.Y.O. è un’associazione no-profit volta alla salvaguardia dei Diritti Umani
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All these activities are carried out in a creative, democratic and participative learning context in
which the experiences and knowledge of the learners are in the centre.

Objectives:

• Human Rights:
• New understanding concerning the subjects of Human Rights, Non-violence and Creativity
and the relation between them;
• Increase knowledge of participants about Human Rights;
• Increased knowledge about the situation of Human Rights protection in different countries;
• New capacities to resolve conflicts and to defend Human Rights in a Non-violent way;
• Increase understanding about the need to promote individual action in the fight for Human
Rights;
• Development of values and attitudes such openness to difference, tolerance and respect for
difference.

• Non-violence:
• Increase knowledge of participants about Non-violence;
• Improve the ability to solve problems and to resolve conflicts in a group;
• New skills in the development of activities and on its preparation and organisation;
• Increase knowledge about Danilo Dolci life and work;
• Increase knowledge about different cultures.

• Creativity:
• Increase knowledge of participants about Creativity;
H.R.Y.O. Human Rights Youth Organization
Sede Legale via M11, 13/7 Monreale 90046 Codice Fiscale 97234960827
Mobile: +39 348 5644084 Fax: + 39 091 6403501 legale rappresentante: Marco Farina
La H.R.Y.O. è un’associazione no-profit volta alla salvaguardia dei Diritti Umani
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• New methods that can be used to stimulate Creativity;
• Increase knowledge about Public and Community Art and how those can be used in order to
promote and defence Human Rights;
• New methods and activities in the field of Public and Community Art that can be used to
aware for Human Rights and to engage the local community in its promotion and defence;
• Increases awareness about the power of arts in working with group;
• Increase body awareness, creativity and self-confidence and knowledge about themselves
and own capacity;
• Improve non-verbal and verbal communication skills.

Click here to see photos of the event:

http://humanrightsyouthorganization.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album03

H.R.Y.O. Human Rights Youth Organization

Sede Legale via M11, 13/7 Monreale 90046 Codice Fiscale 97234960827
Mobile: +39 348 5644084 Fax: + 39 091 6403501 legale rappresentante: Marco Farina
La H.R.Y.O. è un’associazione no-profit volta alla salvaguardia dei Diritti Umani
Human Rights Youth Organization
Click here to see Interviews about Human Rights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEMq1npj7Ds

With the financial support of the European Youth Foundation, Directorate General IV: Education,
Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport.

http://www.eyf.coe.int/fej/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default

H.R.Y.O. Human Rights Youth Organization

Sede Legale via M11, 13/7 Monreale 90046 Codice Fiscale 97234960827
Mobile: +39 348 5644084 Fax: + 39 091 6403501 legale rappresentante: Marco Farina
La H.R.Y.O. è un’associazione no-profit volta alla salvaguardia dei Diritti Umani