Educational Content

April 13, 2017

Introducing the IJB Educational Content Support Line

Creating a good activity that will benefit all participants is therefore not an easy process, and sometimes you simply get stuck along the way or even have trouble getting started. No, it’s not just you – from local Junior Branch activities to national trainings or international conferences, I dare say all facilitators run into struggles of planning from time to time.
April 7, 2017

The right to seek asylum

Most of us can’t imagine not having any stability, not enough food, or healthcare options. What would we do if we were in a situation like this? Would we try to go to a place where we felt we could survive and actually build a decent life for ourselves? If our human rights are being crushed in our own country, we all have the human right to seek and receive asylum in other countries. But this is far from easy in practice.
March 31, 2017

Educating and Inspiring Action for Human Rights

In this post, we are first going to talk about Human Rights education and about its connection with peace education. Later, we are going to take a quick look at a few small tips to bring the first part to our reality.
March 24, 2017

Welcome to 2017 – CISV’s year of Human Rights!

Each year, CISV International puts the spotlight on one of our four educational content areas. This year we focus on Human Rights. What are they? Do we fully understand what they mean and how they affect our lives and communities? How do they connect to Active Global Citizenship? How can we educate and empower people to take action in this area?
December 12, 2016

The other possibilities

To open with the obvious: CISV is a great place to make a difference. We all know how important it is to promote global friendship, and the work CISV does with their members is a very good way to promote peace in the entire world.
November 29, 2016

Keeping it up: How we can get involved with Sustainable Development issues beyond 2016

With the end of the year closing in, CISV will soon embark on a new yearly theme. Having created content, running activities and international programmes on Sustainable Development for the last year, CISVers all over the world have contributed to the discussion and understanding of the many challenges we face
July 7, 2016

Introduction to the making of Sustainable Development

Everyone is discussing Sustainable Development. Corporations have their own ideas and practices on sustainability, countries signed the Sustainable Development Goals in the United Nations, and individuals challenge current norms of consumption and living all over the world.
June 23, 2016

How to save money and the planet in your CISV Programme

If enthusiasm was the currency of the world, then CISV would be a goldmine! However, running a CISV programme can quite expensive. But the Sustainable Development Team have put our heads together to give CISVers some helpful tips to ensure that our programmes can be economically, as well as environmentally sustainable…