The rapid response
information series for schools
on development issues in the news
RESOURCES
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CHILDREN WORKING FOR PEACE.
UNICEF/Oxford Development Education Centre, 15 pounds
- UNICEF, 55 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3NB.
- Tel (44) 171-405-5592
- Email: info@unicef.demon.co.uk
- Http://www.oneworld.org/unicef/
- Oxford Development Education Centre, East Oxford
Community Centre, Princess Street, Oxford OX4 1DD.
- Tel (44) 1865-790490
- Email: odec@gn.apc.org
- Http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/rmext05/index.html
- A teacher's manual bringing together a conflict
resolution programme that teachers can work on with their
students in the classroom. The pack incorporates
activities on: affirmation, communication, cooperation,
problem solving and mediation. In addit ion there is
information and insight into conflict resolution
education programmes in Lebanon, Liberia, Sri Lanka and
Northern Ireland, and some b ackground on the histories
of these countries' conflicts.
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MOVING STORIES: A YOUNG
PERSON'S GUIDE TO REFUGEES IN TODAY'S WORLD. British Red
Cross Society, 1995. Price 5 pounds
- British Red Cross Society, 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London
SW1X 7EJ.
- Tel (44) 171-235-5454
- Fax (44) 171-245-6315
- An activity pack written to be used by groups of both
refugee and non-refugee young people aged 14-19 years
old. It aims to increase young people's awareness of the
experiences, needs, contributions and concerns of
refugees.
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REFUGEES: WE LEFT BECAUSE WE HAD TO. The Refugee
Council, 1996. Price 6 pounds
- The Refugee Council, 3 Bondway, London SW8 1SJ.
- Tel (44) 171-582-6922
- Email: refcouncil@gn.apc.org
- http://www.gn.apc.org/refugeecounciluk
- An activity pack for 14-18 year olds which focuses on
refugees in history and in the modern world. There are
sections on the experience of refugees in Britain and
what students can do in support.
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AFRICAN VOICES SERIES. Minority
Rights Group, London, 1995. Price 2 pounds 95 pence each
title.
- Minority Rights Group, 379 Brixton Road, London SW9 7DE.
- Tel: (44) 171-978-9498
- Fax: (44) 171-738-6255
- A series of dual language books for Key Stages 2-4 with
first-hand accounts from refugees now living in the UK.
The activities are designed for both refugee children and
non-refugees. Titles in the series: Voices from Angola,
Voices from Sudan, Voice s from Uganda and Voices from
Zaire.
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