[hr-education] Re: Needs in the HRE field

Dear Jana,

I have read your reflections on needs for HRE - they seem perfect to me.
However I have some remarks and questions.

- Why HRE should be in their leisure time and not mathematics? HRE should
be, in my opinion, demanding intellectual efforts in a relaxed climate.

- Authorities should, in my opinion, understand that by elaborating the
materials to a particular context and culture, teachers are learning about
human rights.

- It has been always my opinion that the governments should, as part of
their educational policy, help the NGO's. As we say in Spanish: no se
puede estar en el replique y en la procesión - You can not be collecting
money (fundraising) and also be in the educational process. The state
should provide the resources.

Cariños y afectos,

Abraham Magendzo


Abraham Magendzo
Santiago, Chile


On 1 August, Jana Ondrácková <ondra@ri.ipex.cz> wrote:
>
>3.  There is a general trend to take over developed materials and simply
>translate them into the "native" language. More often than not they are
>not suitable for the given environment. So I suggest original materials
>should be supported in every way, possibly with outside advice. I have
>just received a batch of such materials from Kuleana, Tanzania. Most
>impressive! The trouble with original materials is that they require
>funding and somehow the authorities always tend to prefer the translations
>of "proven" materials. They have already been tried and proven which
>allows the authorities to shed responsibility.
>
>4.  Funding is absolutely vital and if international organizations and
>governments helped the NGO's who take the brunt of HRE work it would be
>just fine. As it is we are burdened by lack of funds and spend much of our
>time fundraising which is not only boring but is a waste of time which
>could be spent doing actual HRE work.
>



======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ========
Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education@hrea.org>.
Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education/
To subscribe to the list, send a message to <majordomo@hrea.org>,
with the following text in the message: subscribe hr-education
To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to <majordomo@hrea.org>,
with the following text in the message: unsubscribe hr-education
If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-hr-education@hrea.org>.
*Por información en espanol, por favor contactar <owner-hr-education@hrea.org>.
Pour assistance en francais, merci de contacter <owner-hr-education@hrea.org>.
**You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item,
but please retain the original and listserv source.