Mediation and Conflict Resolution Between Peers in Schools
Meeting for the week of June 07, 2021 - June 13, 2021
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Program: Mediation and Conflict Resolution Between Peers in Schools
Speaker: Martina Spann
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Welcome, everyone, to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley!
Global grants support large international projects with long-term, sustainable outcomes in one or more of Rotary’s areas of focus. They are usually funded by a combination of three sources: 1) The Rotary Foundation; 2) District Designated Funds (DDF); and 3) Club contributions. Depending on how funds from these three sources are combined, the minimum global grant is usually for $30,000.
I am thrilled to announce that our first global grant application for funding to provide training and equipment at the Moschoso Soda Senior Secondary School, submitted in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Entoto, as the International Sponsor, has been approved by The Rotary Foundation. The award is in the amount of US$ 70,000.00.
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Yours in Rotary service,
Raquel D’Garay-Juncal
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Program: Mediation and Conflict Resolution Between Peers in Schools
Speaker: Martina Spann
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Martina is a mom of two, a banker and stockbroker, and a sworn and certified translator for Spanish and German. She has an MSc in development management with a focus on countries with armed conflict and has an ongoing Ph.D. studies project in education. Her thesis is on "Peer mediation in schools in Medellín, Colombia."
Peer mediation projects in schools seek to develop pedagogical tools that allow young people and children to learn to solve their differences, through interaction, communication, and dialogue, in an environment of respect for others, and where tolerance towards difference is a given. It is intended that the children develop skills as mediators that make a pacific resolution of conflicts in school possible. The projects intend to enable the children to transport the skills they learn into their daily life situations, and to seek improved relationships and school climate in the educational institutions, and to contribute to an overall more peaceful society long-term.
Their objectives are:
Contribute to a culture of peaceful negotiation of conflicts in the participating educational institutions through the training of mediators.
Lead students to reflect on how to relate and how to adequately address the resolution of the conflicts that affect them and make them managers of peace Participatory approach to building values capacities for dialogue and tolerance
Build agreements of coexistence and good relationships in each school community.
Carry out activities to prevent bullying.
Link parents and teachers into the construction of good relationships and improved, more peaceful societies.
Upcoming Program Recording Schedule
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