National Youth Development Education Programme c/o NYCI, 3 Montague Street, Dublin 2. [email protected] www.youthdeved.ie CHILLEDCHILLED OUTOUT NOTNOT WORNWORN OUT!OUT! UC ED ATIO NT N E P M R P O O G L R E A V M E M D E • H T N U A O T Y I O L N A Young People Around the World Beating Stress A ONE WORLD WEEK EDUCATION PACK Acknowledgements Activities written and compiled by: Johnny Sheehan and Niamh McCrea Edited by: Niamh McCrea and Johnny Sheehan Piloted by: Joanne Keohane, Ciara Sweeney, Michael Kelleher, Martina Phelan, Shane Cotter, Steven Desmond, Ian O’Donoghue and Rita Cernavska from the Ógra Chorcaí rom the Trócaire Resource Centre, from Amnesty or from your local One World Centre. Resource Centre, from Amnesty or your local One World rom the Trócaire One World Committee; supported by Mary Forde, Jennifer Walsh, Liam Doocey, Martha Sawyer, Carmel Forde, Martin Ogbebor and June Barry; Catholic Guides of Ireland National Conference Supported by: Elaine Nevin (ECO), Hazel Murphy (Irish Girl Guides), Brian Murtagh (YMCA), Liz Kyte (EIL Ireland), June Barry (Ógra Chorcaí), Lizzy Noone (Concern), Lara Kelly (Trocáire) Rebecca Emery (Oxfam Ireland), Carmel O’Connor (CYC), Aoife nic Lughadha (Feachtas), Jean- Marie Cullen (NYCI), Rachael Long (NYCI) and Deiniol Jones (NYCI). Designed by: Niall McCormack Printed by: Grehan Printers The National Youth Development Education Programme gratefully acknowledge funding support from Development Cooperation Ireland. Additional funding support from Concern is also gratefully acknowledged. Peters Projection maps show all countries of the world in their true size and location. are available f Contents Introduction 2 Section OneRights & Responsibilities Activity 1 Stress for Young People 4 12 years+ Activity 2 If it Makes You Happy 5 6 years+ Activity 3 Kids These Days 6 12 years+ Activity 4 It Matters! 7 13 years+ Activity 5 Ruled Out! 9 10 years+ Activity 6 As Easy as MDG 11 13 years+ Section TwoAccess to Education Activity 7 A Day in the Life 13 10 years+ Activity 8 Fitting In 15 13 years+ Activity 9 Who’s Missing Out? 18 10 years+ Activity 10 Going Round in Circles 20 12 years+ Activity 11 Daily Duties 22 8 years+ Activity 12 Girls Allowed! 23 12 years+ Section Three Sexual Health Activity 13 Myths and Facts 25 13 years+ Activity 14 Who Do You Think? 27 13 years+ Activity 15 Where in the World? 29 13 years+ Activity 16 Token Activity 31 12 years+ Activity 17 HIV and Me 33 14 years+ Activity 18 Agents for Change 35 14 years+ Section Four Young People & Work Activity 19 Young People and Work 37 8 years+ Activity 20 Tagged for Life 38 10 years+ Activity 21 It’s a Stitch Up! 39 12 years+ Activity 22 Get Shirty 41 10 years+ Further Information 43 Useful Addresses 44 Acknowledgements 45 Introduction One World Week is a week of youth-led World Week education pack. Some awareness raising, education and action organise public events, quizzes and that takes place throughout Ireland during debates, invite guest speakers or have the third week in November every year. multicultural evenings. Many groups During One World Week young people publicly display the work they have learn about local and global justice issues done in preparation for One World Week, and take action to bring about change. One or lead other people in doing a public World Week has grown as an annual focus action. for development education in the youth sector since 1989 and is now part of the One World Week is also celebrated in National Youth Development Education other European countries as Global Programme. Education Week. Young people throughout Europe will be exploring development and During One World Week, groups all over justice issues and taking action for the country do activities from the One change. ONE WORLD WEEK 2004 One World Week is from the 15th to the 21st them, and where young people take action to November 2004. The theme is Young People change the world. Around the World Beating Stress. This year is the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of The pack highlights the Millennium the UN Children’s Convention on the Rights of Development Goals (MDGs), a set of eight the Child. This important instrument internationally agreed development targets enshrines the rights of children to survive, adopted in the UN in 2000. Achievement of develop, participate and be protected. Among these Goals will go a long way towards the rights set out in the Convention are the effectively combating global poverty and to right to education, the right to healthcare and helping children and young people realise the right to freedom from exploitation at their potential. work. Where young people do not enjoy these rights, they are at risk from stress. This The education pack contains activities, facts resource explores these rights in Ireland and and statistics, case studies, information around the world, focusing on specific aspects sources and action ideas to support youth of each right – access to quality education, leaders/workers in engaging young people in sexual health and exploitation at work. learning and action for local and global change. Activities include simulation games, We live in a world where more than 100 role plays, art work, stories, ranking exercises, million children do not have access to quizzes and group tasks. It is divided into four education, where 2.5 million children under 15 sections. are living with HIV/AIDS, and where millions of workers, particularly children and young The first section explores young people’s women, work long hours for low wages in rights and responsibilities in the areas of dangerous conditions. But we also live in a health, education and employment. It world where young people are eager to learn, challenges stereotypes of young people and where young people educate their peers and highlights how they tackle the causes of the wider public about issues of concern to stress. W LD EE R K O 2 W 0 0 E 2 N 4 O Section two examines who is missing out on young people educating others to prevent the an education and the effect this has on their spread of STIs and HIV/AIDS are presented. lives. Young people’s stories from Ireland, Africa and Asia highlight the common and Section Four investigates the exploitation of different causes of young people missing out. young people at work and the effect this has There is a particular focus on why girls are on their lives. As well as being an Olympic more likely to be missing an education, Year, 2004 is also the European Year of linking in to the first of all the MDG targets to Education through Sport. This section focuses be achieved – gender equality at all levels of on the sportswear industry, particularly its education by 2005. links to the Olympic games, to demonstrate the stress that workers are put under to clothe Young people explore sexual health from a athletes and the public alike. justice perspective in section three. Myths and stereotypes about sexually transmitted This pack promotes the importance of infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS are challenged. education, both formal education and youth The global spread of HIV/AIDS and its effects work, for children and young people to be on young people are examined. Examples of able to enjoy their rights. Guide for Leaders The education pack is designed so that you have sufficient instructions, information and The age-range for each activity is purely a action ideas to run activities with your guide. Use your judgement to decide if the group. If you want to delve further into activity is appropriate to your group. A particular issues, suggestions are given for number of the activities have different parts, other sources of information including some of which might suit younger age activity packs and websites. groups while the other part suits older age groups. You can start with the first activity and work your way through the pack. More In designing the pack, efforts have been realistically, you can pick and choose made to ensure that a minimum of appropriate activities from the different preparation is required to run the activities. sections that bring a global development However, you should check in advance of perspective to the work you are already the session whether you have all the doing with your group. materials to hand. Where extra material is required, indications are given as to where it Know your group! Sensitivity may be can be acquired. required when dealing with particular issues or themes. Be aware when using activities Throughout the pack, the expressions which explore issues that may directly or ‘developing countries’ and ‘poor countries’ indirectly affect the young people you work are used. If the group you work with are with. If you are not sure, ask. Before using more comfortable with the terms ‘Third the activities, agree ground rules with the World’ or ‘Majority World’ insert them group. instead. W LD EE R K O 2 W 0 0 E 3 N 4 O ACTIVITY SECTION 1 Stress for Young People 1 Aim What to do to explore the causes of stress for young people In small groups, complete the following sentence with and how they cope with as many variations as possible: stress Age I feel stressed when... 12 years and over Repeat for the sentence: Time I relieve stress by... 30 minutes Materials Allow ten minutes for this. pens and paper Explain that the groups have to choose five of the sentences that they think will be unique to their group.