26 June 2023 saw the culmination and celebration of this year’s Changemakers projects. With groups of students from the participating schools Malpas Court, Newport, and Bryngwyn, Carmarthen coming to the Temple of Peace and Health to share their work and achievements as well as participating in workshops on the themes […]
The role of compassion – A mother’s story for National Refugee Week
My daughter has been learning to swim for around two years now. For approximately the last two years, my husband and I get up at the eye-wateringly early time of 7am each Sunday. We pack her swimming things and we head to the swimming pool, where other blank-eyed parents wrestle […]
Developing Global Citizenship online Teacher Training 14 May
How do you develop ethical, informed citizens in your classroom? To answer this question, WCIA ran a twilight session on 14 June with teachers from across Wales. The session covered what it means to be a global citizen and how to develop the skills, knowledge and values that learners need […]
Travels with Taith – to Brussels
I work for a charity called the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA). We try to make the world fairer and more peaceful in lots of ways, for example, by working with groups in Wales and partners across the world to change those what is unfair, to teach people about […]
Ethical Informed Citizenship through the Sustainable Development Goals
On February 28, the Ethical Informed Citizenship through the Sustainable Development Goals event took place.In this online session, participants looked at how global issues can be explored from a learner-centred approach. We explored how to tackle real-life issues with interactive tools and techniques, enabling learners to acquire knowledge from different […]
MockCOP2023 – Taking on global challenges. One student at a time.
“Everyone who has taken part in MockCOP has learned something valuable about global problems and how to take action on then including me. When I started I thought of climate change in terms of environment but these days I think it’s a real picture of how countries have industrialised, how […]
Blog Education Global Perspectives Home learning Human Rights Immigration, Refugees and Asylum Teachers` experiences War and Peace Talking to children about Natural Disasters
WCIA’s Global Learning Manager, Amber Demetrius, offers her thoughts on creating spaces for children to talk about and understand disasters and other big world events. It’s no secret amongst my nearest and dearest that I cry easily. Despite knowing that all will be ok at the end of the story, […]
“…these inequalities, whilst varying in severity and geography, are symptoms of the same disease”
WCIA’s Global Learning Manager, Amber Demetrius, explores her experiences of gender and fairness It often surprises my students that, outside of work, I am a powerlifter. Where some people watch TV or see friends after a bad day, I go and I lift heavy weights. Give me a barbell, give […]
All Participants from the 2022 Edition
Young Peace Activist of the Year You will have been active in the pursuit of peace, equality and social justice in your local or wider community, and your actions will have inspired others – your peers or people older or younger than yourself. This could include supporting people more vulnerable than yourself, […]
Winners of the Young Peacemakers Awards 2022
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 […]