SACC role in Kochi first
11 March 2013
The campaigning body of one of the world’s leading peace organizations, Mayors for Peace, known as the “2020 Vision Campaign“, has chosen the city of Kochi as its first Associate Member in South Asia.
SACC chairman Thomas Mathew was instrumental in this choice being made, in reciprocation of the generous help given toward the successful organisation of IARF’s 33rd World Congress held in Kochi in 2010, by Kochi Corporation and the then Mayor.
Please see the report here.
HRET-Women’s Day celebration
Human Rights Education & Training
@BIRDS, Hirudaya Nilayam, Geddalahalli, Kothanur (PO), Bangalore-77
9-10 March 2013
It is a pleasure for IARF to work with BIRDS (see below) in celebrating International Women’s Day (8 March) with this two-day training program.
Organizers: BIRDS and IARF
- Two-day intensive training.
- Free handout materials & hospitality provided
- We will award attendance certificates to participants.
- NGOs and MSW (Masters Social Work) students only
- The medium of training is English
HRE Program includes:
- UDHR articles
- UDHR film
- Indian Fundamental Rights
- Women & Child Rights
- Awakening Once Rights
- Three short docudramas (films)
HRE Program Methods
- PowerPoint presentation
- Videos
- Group Discussion & Presentation
- Role Play
- Activities (Ice-Breaking Sessions)
Women’s Day HRET 2013 program schedule
We invite you for this Human Rights Education &Training program
To know more about our HRE programs, kindly contact Bro. A. Savariraj SHJ, phone #91 9916602755, birdsbrothers [at] gmail.com
BIRDS (Brothers Integrated Rural Development Society) is an official social work organ of the Sacred Heart Brothers Society, which belongs to the congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart.
Established in the year 1997 to reach out to the poor and needy in remote parts of rural Bangalore, BIRDS is working among 100 poor and neglected villages of rural Bangalore, facilitating improvement in the quality of life of the women, youth and children from marginalized and oppressed communities. Completing one decade of dedicated service, BIRDS has created a silent impact on the lives of the poor.
HRET CSS W.Bengal
Human Rights Education training
@Chakla Suparna Shilpalay, Subarnapur colony, P.O. Chakla, West Bengal
16-17 February 2013
Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu
Report (PDF 5 pages, illustrated)
HRET Vincent college, Nagpur
Human Rights education training
@Vincent Apostolic Degree College, Nagpur, Maharashtra
January 30-31, 2013
Facilitator: Adv. Mrs. Amal Rohilla
Report (PDF 6 pages, illustrated)
HRET at Balasore
Human Rights Education workshop
@Balasore Interfaith Organization, Balasore, Odisha, India
26-27 January 2013
Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu
HRET Report (PDF 6 pages illustrated)
HRET at Vizag
Human Rights Education training
@ SVVP VMC Degree & PG College, Visakhapatnam
30-31 January 2013
Facilitators: Prof. N. Prakasa Rao, Prof. E.P.S. Bhagyalakshmi
HRET at Ashray, Kolkata
@ASHRAY, Rajarhat, Kolkata
23-24 January 2013
Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu
Bangladesh Chapter president honoured
Dhaka, Bangladesh
7 December 2012
The Gurudwara of Dhaka celebrated the 500th year of Guru Nanak’s visit to Dhaka and his stay on the present Gurudwara campus, then known as Nanak’s Chapra.
About 300 Sikhs from India attended the program.
President of IARF’s Bangladesh Chapter, Prof. Kazi Nurul Islam, received special recognition at a reception, in the form of a Crest brought from Punjab, in recognition of h is contribution to the promotion of Sikh Studies, at home and abroad.
“Dhaka Gurdwara gets Sikh History Research Centre: There is virtually no Sikh population in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yet a Sikh History Research Centre has been established in the complex of Gurdwara Nanak Shahi by Sampradaya Karsewa, Sarhali (Punjab) for the research and propagation of Sikhism. Kazi Nurul Islam, Founder Chairman of the Department of World Religions, has been appointed as its honorary director”. ( Source )
In addition, on 26th December the University of Dhaka formally awarded him a Gold Medal, certificate and Crest for his lifelong contribution in promoting inter-religious harmony both in Bangladesh and abroad.
HRE-RFYN Ahmedabad
@St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
25-26 Jan 2013
Facilitator: Bro. Albert Xaviour
This report is one of five recent Human Rights Education training events organised entirely by our Young Adult program RFYN (therefore “HRE-RFYN”).
They lead a new initiative within the total IARF HRE program to match IARF central funding with self-funding / local contributions.
They are also the first reports to feature all event costings & expenditure.
Please see the table on the final report page for figures that show how these events have achieved this self-funding initiative’s goal.
Report (PDF 7 pages, illustrated, video links)
HRE-RFYN Chhindwara
@Danielson Degree College, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh
28-29 Jan 2013
Facilitator: Bro. Albert Xaviour
This report is one of five recent Human Rights Education training events organised entirely by our Young Adult program RFYN (therefore “HRE-RFYN”).
They lead a new initiative in the IARF HRE program to match IARF central funding with self-funding / local contributions.
They are also the first reports to feature all event costings & expenditure.
Please see the table on the final report page for figures that show how these events have achieved this self-funding initiative’s goal.
Report (PDF 8 pages, illustrated, video links)