Background
Five Sacred Heart Schools (St Catherines Armagh, Northern Ireland; Mount Anville Secondary, Dublin; Kilgraston, Scotland; Sacred Heart Malta; and Sacré Coeur, Vienna) joined forces for a Comenius project on Social Awareness.
Objective
While the key objective of this Comenius debate was to show the students that despite living in separate countries, they could still work together and collaborate their efforts through social media channels, the overall aim of the programme is to broaden the horizons of the students and to encourage them to think globally about bigger issues which are at the heart of the ethos of every Sacred Heart School in the world.
Activities
The older students:
- worked in different social institutions on a voluntary basis (about 40 hours each),
- raised money for charity projects, and
- shared Sacred Heart traditions when they finally personally met in Armagh, Vienna or Dublin.
- A definite highlight was the debate Should Africa go it alone? in April 2014 which involved 3 of the schools in Dublin.
People being served
People being served : Agents of transformation (Educators)
Age group : Children 0-17, Young people 18-25
Number of participants : 251-500
Schedule
Project status : Completed
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Overview
Society presence : Austria|Central Europe|Ireland/Scotland|Malta
Focus of the project : People
JPIC Imperative : Transforming and Being Transformed
UN Sustainable Development Goals : 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, 17 Partnerships for the Goals, 4 Quality Education
