Earth Charter ‘children: leaders of tomorrow

Motivation• Due to the dictator of Ben

Ali regime , the Tunisian society have a luck of awareness and knowledge about sustainable development , few Tunisians know about the earth charter and its principles !

• Also , in this transition period in Tunisia , we need a re-building of the civil society by providing knowledge and facilitate the access to information

• And to ensure a future -strong -civil society , we need to start educating our children

Our Support : The Earth Charter

Principle 14. Integrate into formal education and life-long learning the

knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of life.

Principle 2. Care for the community of life with

understanding, compassion, and love.

Erath Charter Videos

http://vimeo.com/channels/earthcharter#10721788

http://vimeo.com/channels/earthcharter#14218829

http://vimeo.com/channels/earthcharter

Actions

Step1• First Step : a training

session for a selected group of youth leaders and activist ( each one representing a diffrent NGO that will endorse the earth charter , from a diffrent region in Tunisia )

• This training session will be about the EARTH CHARTER and its principales

Step 2• Second Step :After

finishing the training session every youth leader, will be a trainer of a small group of children ( 15 children) in a selected school of the region

• With the help of the teacher , children will choose a specific principale of the earth charter and they will translate it into an artistic work : a short story , a drawing , a poem

Step 3 • Make a national

event : bringing the children from the diffrent region together ( to erase distance an to feel closer ) and with the help of there trainer and teacher , they will present the artistic work they have done , inspired by the earth charter

• To encourage them , we may publish this work on th erath charter websit

Earth Charter fstival in Switzland

Objectives to achieve • Create an earth charter

network in Tunisia : NGOs participating in the project and in the training session

• Having a group of youth leaders versed and proficient after the training session

• The coperation of diffrent generations ( adult teachers , youth and children)

• Contribute of the re-building of the new civil society in Tunisia

• the earth charter cultureContribute in building a future generation , educated on the principales of the earth charter

• Create an atmosphere of love and compassion between generations and between children from allover tunisia

Proposed Project Budget• Step1 : 3 days of

training for 24 youth presenting the 24 governorate : 1500$

• Step2 : 50$ for each youth leader = 1200$

• Step3 : the small festival : 1000$

• Total= 3700$

African Youth Leadership, Sustainability and Ethics-short

course

ASMA HDI NAIRI Tunisia