DIVERSITY
DIVERSITY
Addressing the problem
While it remains true that South Africa has celebrated ten years of democracy, it is equally true that the prejudices, tensions and lack of tolerance still remain within the lives of many South Africans. This project is directed at starting to eradicate these negatives, and replacing them with attitudes of understanding, reconciliation and working towards common goals.Objectives
Overall objective
Main objectives
- To implement anti-racism projects and initiatives in educational institutions.
Methods
- To introduce primary and high school students to different cultures, backgrounds and languages
- To encourage and support primary and high schools to set up multi-cultural clubs
- To encourage and support primary and high schools to run cultural and multi-cultural events
- To encourage and support the school to set up a diversity desk
- To provide materials for anti-racism and diversity training as additional resource for the development of the school curriculum and for teachers.
- To document the project as a learning tool for others.
- To work in the framework of the South African Human Rights Commission and discussing with them insights gained through this project obtained from the work undertaken at grassroots level and refer cases to Commissions.
Participants from diverse areas will be encouraged to create opportunities for communication, cultural exchange and understanding of the underlying racial issues prevailing in our country.Target groups
Learners, techers and school governing bodies in Delft.More about the work of the Diversity Project (publications) ...
Contact
The Director at the details on the index page.
