Type of activity
Neighbourhood walks, reporting, photography
Objectives
- To develop awareness of human rights in everyday life
- To understand how rights can be both violated and defended
- To develop collaborative skills for defending rights and ending violations of rights
Preparation
- Make a list of a few public places or systems relating to health, safety and the environment (e.g. public toilets, restaurants, recycling provisions).
- Ensure you have appropriate permission and adult/child ratio to take children into the community.
- Make copies of maps or plans of the community.
Materials
- Copies of child friendly CRC for each group, and/or large copies to display
- One camera (digital, mobile phone or instant camera) for each group
- ‘Reporter’ badges for all children
- Notepads and pens for taking notes
- Copies of local maps or plans of the community
- Printer for printing digital photographs and/or a video projector to project them
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