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„A united Europe was not achieved and we had war". Episode 8: Responsible for the European future

„A united Europe was not achieved and we had war"
 Episode 8: Responsible for the European future (Foundation Team and its work)

(...) The Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe has already existed for over thirty years. Its history is a sequence of challenges, joys and successes interweaving with each other. It is not easy for an NGO making its living mainly from a project to prosper and develop. Nevertheless, every year we manage to attract thousands of young people from all over Europe to Krzyżowa and to carry out hundreds of educational projects. How is it possible?  (...)

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Online debate || “We have Europe. And what's next?" – 2.12.2020

On 2nd December the online debate “We have Europe. And what next? " was held. It finalized the project "A united Europe was not achieved and we had war" implemented from October 2020 by the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.

As part of the project, 8 episodes were created about the history of conflicts and European integration. Krzyżowa - its past, but also the present - was the background and pretext for the films.

The debate that ended the project was not so much a summary of the eight stories as it directed the gaze from the past to the future. The participants of the meeting talked about the opportunities and challenges of the European project, including the Green Deal and human rights.

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Online workshop || ( Un)peace 1945. What did the end of World War II bring?

Despite the difficult situation and remote teaching, we do not interrupt our educational work. As part of the project "(Un)peace 1945. What did the end of the Second World War bring?", we have just conducted 15 workshops with the participation of primary and secondary school students from the Lower Silesian and Opole provinces. Almost 400 students and teachers took part in them.

We recommend scenarios (in Polish), which were prepared to tell young people exactly what happened in 1945 and why that year did not mean the end of the fighting and the beginning of the reconstruction of the country for the whole of Europe.

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Global Education Week 2020: "Our Common World - Global Education for Children"

On 16 November, the Global Education Week 2020 began - an international, cyclical educational campaign aimed at drawing the attention of societies in Europe to the need to conduct education about global issues and problems. This year's TEG is held under the slogan "This is our world. Let's make it better". For 3 years, the Krzyżowa Foundation has been implementing the project "Our Common World - Global Education for Children", under which it supports educational institutions in the preparation of the Global Education Week. As part of the training meetings, the trainers share with the participants examples of activities that can be carried out in schools and kindergartens. In addition, each institution participating in the training receives a set of educational materials, including books, musical instruments, maps, globes, puzzles, dolls, helpful in conducting the Global Education Week activities, but also for introducing a global perspective in educational activities on a daily basis.

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