On this edition of the Wales Young Peacemakers Awards, we had the privilege to celebrate it at the Llangollen International Musical Festival field. Also, this year had the opportunity to do it live after 2 years of the Awards being shared purely online. The adjudicators have been inspired and delighted […]
On the 12 of July 2022, took place our first Wales Internationalists Get-together event at the Temple of Peace and Health (Cardiff). An opportunity for people and organisations who care about global issues to come together, share ideas, network and get inspired. Around 40-50 attendees from 3rd sector organisations, Welsh Government, […]
Last week I undertook 3 days of work experience with WCIA. I really enjoyed it, all the staff were amicable and welcoming which was great. On the first day, I had an induction with Michi who manages the Global Action program. She went over all the activities that I had […]
The aim of Changemakers is to support students to explore practical techniques to make change happen through a series of interactive activities. In today’s event, we’ve been delighted to welcome many schools from different parts of Wales participating in online workshops, change pledges, real-life examples of campaigns, etc. The conference […]
As every month, on Wednesday 13th of April, it took place Global Natters’ fourth session of the year, this time in person. On this occasion, the debate was focused on the Global Economy and the impact that this topic has on every aspect of our lives. The discussion started by […]
Resources for a Discussion and Activities with Primary School Children 1. Talking to children about war: As my colleague Amber Demetrius has written in her blog ‘Mummy, there’s bad new about Ukraine’ , we naturally want to protect our children from the bad news that’s happening in the world and […]
Resources for a Discussion and Activities with Secondary School Children 1. Talking to young people about war: One of the core aims of the Welsh Curriculum is to support young people in becoming ‘ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world.’ Having said that, how do we approach sensitive and […]
Written by W.J Morgan, Honorary Professor and Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow Cardiff University The murderous onslaught on sovereign Ukraine by Putin and his ruling clique of siloviki, or former members of the security services, has made the world aware of the enormities characterising his regime. We already had plenty of evidence of […]
On the first Global Natters session of the year, we were talking about Technology, life and human rights. Starting with Hannah Fry’s talk on the topic “Should Computers Run the World?” a lot of interesting ideas came up, specially made us think about how algorithms are increasingly used to make […]
A model UN which will bring students together to discuss climate change. Particularly this MockCOP edition was really inspiring, as COP26 happened barely one month ago. Pupils had the opportunity to discuss what their countries have done about climate change and talk about some of the agreements made in Glasgow. […]
