Elimination of racial discrimination in schools – LMSA Libya

Name of the activity: Elimination of racial discrimination in schools

Country/NMO: LMSA Libya

Program: Ethics and Human Rights in Health

Contact information: contact [email protected] to get in touch with the Activity Coordinator

Type of the activity: First-time Activity

Category: Campaign

Focus area: Discrimination

Sustainable Development Goals addressed: SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), SDG 17 (Partnerships)

Problem statement:

The event is a revival of the international day for the elimination of racial discrimination which is observed annually on Mach the twenty first. To decrease bullying, raise awareness and knowledge of children about racial discrimination. 

Target groups:

• General population
• Children
• Youth

Beneficiaries:

• General population
• Children
• Youth

Objectives:

Combat racial discrimination, reaffirming the importance of the rights of children including safe and peaceful childhood.

To encourage the 100 target children to share their feelings and protect themselves mentally, physically and finally to consolidate their voices against racism.

Indicators of Success:

Improved the communication skills of SCORP members 

Improved the understanding of SCORP members of the goals and ideas of the committee with real life work

Methodology:

One group used a video telling a story about bullying then the 2 members asked the children if the story in the video is familiar to them encouraging them to talk and share their feelings and opinions about racial discrimination 

Another group did a competition asking general information questions that are related to the topic guiding the targeted children to reach to the goal by themselves 

Plans for evaluation:

Meetings were held with the appropriate sides to discuss the different results and out comes and all the problems faced by the committee during this event, more evaluation will be done on the final report (this)

External collaborations:

none