Proiti Seal Acharya and Samyabrata Das are running The Peaceworks Human Rights Module: Learning to Live with Difference, at Chowringhee High School, Kolkata, as a part of our Anne Frank project. Here’s the report on the very first class as written by Proiti. On the 3rd of October, Samyabrata and I began the Peaceworks…
PeaceWorks is an initiative of the Seagull Foundation for the Arts which works with young minds through art and culture to foster a spirit of peaceful coexistence. For more than a decade now, PeaceWorks has worked closely with hundreds of students and teachers, in India and across the border with schools in Pakistan, and in Kashmir,…
We have developed a Human Rights module, the PeaceWorks Human Rights Defenders Programme: Learning to Live with Difference, as a part of our Anne Frank project. This module is currently being run at Vidyanjali High School by Sunandini Mukherjee and Sahana Mukherjee. The following is a report on their experiences in the classroom. Day 1 Not a…
27 August 2018 I approached the World Trade Centre at 8.30 a.m., all set to conduct a regular, routine day of workshopping with a group of twenty-five students. Having facilitated the Peer Guide Training, which is part of the Anne Frank—A History for Today project, several times, the only thing I was really concerned about…
‘Paroma-di, please come to the centre tomorrow. The girls have prepared a program.’ Sonu, the volunteer at the Child Care centre messaged me on Saturday. The girls at the centre enjoy stories, theatre and music and I knew I was in for a treat on Sunday. After the ‘guests’ had been seated, the emcee of…
