[psych-hr] International Project Collaboration Proposal

Dear friends at the International Peace Practitioners Network Internet
Discussion Group on Psychology and Human Rights,

I've got the pleasure of inviting your affiliates to participate on this
project, an International Initiative who has the support of the UNESCO and
the UNICEF among many others.

Project title:
Children's Art: A Platform for Peace.
Children's Expression as a tool for the prevention, diagnose and
treatment of violence against children.

Abstract:
The aim of the project is to build a network able to create and validate a
Universal Methodology based on art-expression for the prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of violence against children. We understand
violence in it's broader meaning: physical, psychological, structural,
social, institutional and sexual among others.

This methodology will be implemented and tested over high-risk collectives
around the world. The Network created and the documents compiled will be
the seed of the International Observatory on Children Expression whose
purpose is to conserve and study these material, and assume the
responsibility of getting the Children's message to the Civil Society.

This project finances all the material the educators and children will
use, the training of trainers and the co-ordination and mobility of the
partners.

Target:
Children aged 3 to 10 years old. Members of collectives on risk of being
exposed to violence.

What could be your contribution?

We are currently developing a Network of Expert Institutions all over the
world who will be the responsible of building a common Methodology for the
Activities (the ART KIT), to train trainers and to supervise the
implementation of Activities. A wide range of participants will ensure
that our project is really Universal and transferable, which is one of the
main goals of the project. This Methodology will be an useful tool for
organisations and professionals responsible of children attention and will
benefit many children. The universities and experts have the duty of
interacting with society on the building of solutions. This is both a
research project and a real social intervention.

Feel free to extend the collaboration!:
We're creating a Network, this means that anyone able to do a contribution
to our task will be welcomed.

Hoping you will join this initiative.
Please answer us as soon as possible.

Receive a sincere salutation from Spain,

Joan Roca Avila
Project Co-ordinator
Polytechnics University of Valencia.
Spain
+34 (9)6 393 22 09