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Schools Choose Empathy
Following the recent spell of Desperate Journeys at The Royal Victoria Place, we reflect on the rise of schools choosing empathy for their students.
My Desperate Journey by Jenny Maslin
I was excited (and a little nervous) to see what it was all about. I experienced Desperate Journeys as a participant during their launch week and co-founders Ben and Matt asked me to write about my experience.
Climate Change: “the dividing line between poverty and wellbeing”
An Empathy Action team went to Bonn, Germany to join a Christian lobby at the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23).
“The Empathy Deficit”
Barack Obama, described how a country must overcome a deficit in empathy to address the needs of those at risk in society.
One Festival Bracelet, Two Refugee Stories
A school has become more engaged in the global refugee crisis following an exercise in empathy with students.
Parents get behind a ‘Syrian’ School Summer Festival
Following the success of Syrian refugee women made festival entrance bracelets last year, parents of St Michaels Prep School, Otford have sought a similar venture for their sell-out summer festival for over 500 people.
Teaching Empathy in Schools
Suraya was fighting for girls education in a country where women and girls’ rights were, and indeed still are, severely restricted.
Global Citizenship, Empathy & Birthdays
Teaching Global Citizenship means allowing the students to deeply feel their responsibilities to those less fortunate than themselves. St Michael’s Prep school teacher, Mrs Chugg, arranged a ‘Go Global Week’ for students.