[hr-education] Re: Infusing HRE into the primary and secondary schools system in Abia State (Nigeria)

Dear Chris and Sande,

I am a human rights educator in Ethiopia and currently working in an NGO,
Action Professionals' Association for the People (APAP). I am currently
giving human rights and basic legal training for the inmates of the prison
of Harar City, Ethiopia, so that the inmates serve their fellow inmates in
giving free legal aid and educate them.

I am really impresed about what you said about involving the governement.
Because whenever we do that in Ethiopia, the government becomes positive
and cooperative and it opens many of its doors. Thanks. Continue the good
work.

Wondewosen Angagaw 




On 6 December 2006, Sande Olocho wrote: 

Chris, 

The work you are doing is wonderful as it is powerful. 

In an African country any trainings about human rights are always
misconstrued to mean political interference, which should not be the
case. It is important for you to have the government agencies onboard
right from the start. After all if you don't it is easy for them to
frustrate youir work and we have seen that elsewhere in Africa. 

It is my prayer that as you undertake this noble task, you will
consider the education rights with a powerful evaluation and testing
component that ensures fairness in examination systems. That would be
realistic and a start from the known. 

Am community development and education rights activist based in Kenya
and I wish you all the very best in your endeavours. There is alot we
can learn from each other. 

Kind regards. 

Sande F. Olocho 
EPADA - Kenya 



--- Chris Nwadigo wrote: 

Dearest Human Rights Educators, 

Pursuant to the World Programme for Human Rights Education
(2005-2007), the People's RightsOrganization, an NGO based in Aba
(Nigeria), has started infusing human rights education into the Abia
State school system. 

Theexecution of the project, which has reached the advanced stage,
entails advocacy visits to major stakeholders in the educational
sector in Abia State, Nigeria; conducting of baseline research to
determine the human rights temperature of the school environment
(i.e. taking stock of the existing Human Rights Programme in the
school system); and holding Focused Group Discussion, FGD with some
teachers and pupils; training of trainers workshop for teachers from
selected schools and development of a toolkit;establishment of Human
Rights Clubs in schools; and publication of human rights text books
for teaching of human rights in primary and secondaryschools in
Nigeria (with practical activities). 

We have done our advocacy visits in September 2006 and the project
was embraced with enthusiasm by all stakeholders in the Abia State
school system. In October 2006, we conducted the baseline survey in
selected 55 schools and will soon publish our findings. On the 28-29
November 2006, we shall hold the TOT for sixty teachers selected from
various primary and secondary schools in Abia State. We shall later
publish a textbook, which will serve as a Manual for Teaching of
Human Rights Education in Nigeria, even as we intend to establish
Human Rights Clubs in some selected schools in Abia State. 

We appreciate the support of the Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights and other United Nations agencies and
nationalinstitutions for this project. 

We shall welcome any input or contribution or reference materials
that would add colour to the completion of this project. 

Thanks. 

Yours faithfully, 

Rev. (Bar) Chris C. Nwadigo 
People's RightsOrganization, PRO 
137 Clifford Road, Aba - Abia State. 
08033537909 
E-mail: <         >
http://www.proactionplan.hre.4t.com 






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