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PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS

PREVIOUS WORK: CAMPAIGNS

Since 1998, first through the HREP and then the CMPHR, the following campaigns have been run. Click on any poster to find out the details of the campaign

We Have the Power Campaign
Aug 07 - May 09

A Better World is Possible Campaign
Aug 04 - Aug 06

Diversity Campaign
Aug 03 - Aug 04

Conflict Resolution
Campaign Sep 02 - Aug 03

Participating Campaign
Sep 01 - Aug 02

Peace Campaign
Aug 2000 - June 2001

CRC Campaign
Sept 99 -Mar 2000

Tolerance Campaign
Feb - Aug 1999

UDHR Campaign
Aug - Dec 1998

Spread the right word Awareness about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Aug-Dec 1998

Aims

	To help children think about the different perspectives on the theme of tolerance.
	To help children reflect on their own attitudes and prejudices.
	To highlight the process and importance of understanding different points of views, perspectives, cultures, religions and traditions

No.	Activity	Output	School Participation	Details
1	Awareness Raising Signature Campaign	27,759 signatures collected	17 Schools	Event held to conclude campaign
2	Multi Media Event	85 participants 600 children attended	6 Schools	Held over 2 days at the FTC
3	Debate Activity	18 speakers Over 100 students attended	6 Schools	Held at the British Council
4	Art Activity	1,650 art works	60 Schools	Exhibition held

There are many ways of looking at the world Exploring attitudes towards Tolerance Feb-Aug 1999


Aims
	To help children think about the different perspectives on the theme of tolerance.
	To help children reflect on their own attitudes and prejudices.
	To highlight the process and importance of understanding different points of views, perspectives, cultures, religions and traditions.

No.	Activity	Output	School Participation	Details
1	Pledges to promote tolerance	25,364 pledges collected	15 Schools
2	Panel Discussion over 2 days	4 students	4 Schools	Published in aware
3	Poetry Activity	11,315 poems	39 Schools	Poems published in book form.

Is there really nothing you can do?
Action based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Sep1999 – Mar 2000

Aims
	To make children think about their rights and responsibilities.
	To focus on the belief that children can contribute towards the betterment of their communities.
	To challenge apathetic attitudes by asking, “Is there really nothing you can do?”
	To provide a tangible opportunity to raise funds for a hospital, thereby practically demonstrating how children can contribute.
	To introduce children to the concept of petitions as a tool for making their views heard.

No.	Activity	Output	School Participation	Details
1	Things I Can Do To Make the World A Better Place.	Posters with comments returned to HREP	66 Schools	Event held to conclude campaign
2	Art Activity	1,400 art works	71 Schools	Exhibition held at Gallery Sadequain
3	Traveling Art Exhibition	27 selected art works	25 Schools	Was sent to schools for a week each
4	Debating Activity	Debating activity in front of a live audience	6 Schools	Was also held by schools themselves
5	Fund Raising for NICH	Rs. 336,280 raised	39 Schools	Handing over ceremony was held at SIUT
6	Petitions for Juvenile Justice	13,144 signatures collected	32 Schools	Delegation went to visit Chief Justice

Peace can be achieved piece by piece
Contributing towards building peace
Aug 2000-June 2001

Aims

	To raise awareness about peace, non-violence and peaceful conflict resolution.
	To think about how we live surrounded by violence and how we accept this as normal.
	To work for peaceful resolution to problems.
	To encourage thinking about practical ways in which children can contribute towards promoting peace.

No.	Activity	Output	School Participation	Details
1	Pledge collection for peace	2,444,769 pledges	170 Schools	Signatures sent to the President of Pakistan
2	Debate Activity	16 speakers Over 80 students attended	5 Schools	Held at the Alliance Francaise
3	Poetry Activity	4,200 poems	129 Schools	Poems published in book form.
4	Art Activity	3,450 artworks	140 Schools	Exhibition held at Alliance Francaise
5	Traveling Art Exhibition	30 selected artworks	18 Schools	One week in each school
6	Closing Event	Over 1000 children	33 Schools	Concert by Najam Shiraz at Golf Club

Promoting Participation, Shunning Apathy
Sep 2001- Aug 2002

Aims

	To make children think about the concept of social responsibility, and to challenge feelings of apathy.
	To encourage children to be optimistic about the future, based on their personal resolutions to contribute towards improvement.
	To help children think about what tangible things, no matter how small, they could contribute to make their lives better.
	To raise sensitivity of the social issues and problems around them.

No.	Activity	Output	School Participation	Details
1	“What bothers me” survey	5, 521 entries
2	Art Activity	1,494 entries	75 Schools	Exhibition held at Gallery Sadequain
3	Poetry Activity	3,122 poems	83 Schools
4	Quilts Of Hopes	514 entries combined into 14 quilts	98 Schools	Quilts exhibited at Gallery Sadequain

Where will it end?
Understanding Conflict Resolution
Sep 2002-Aug 2003

Aims
	To make children think about how conflicts arise and the different options for trying to resolve them. To help children see that it is best to try and resolve conflict through peaceful means as opposed to violently.
	To give children practice at seeing things from different perspectives and points of views.
	To promote empathy amongst children.

No.	Activity	Output	School Participation	Details
1	Questionnaire on attitudes towards conflict resolution	3, 500 responses were received
2	Show at the Mohatta Palace	300 students	6 Schools	Museum visit and theatre show
3	Poetry Activity	8,347 poems	131 Schools
4	Art Activity	2,308 entries	116 Schools	Entries exhibited at the Arts Council
5	Panel Discussion on conflict with the environment	5 Panelists and an audience of over 150 children	25 Schools	Held at the DHA Library
6	Closing Event	Over 1000 children	33 Schools

Richness in diversity
A celebration of diversity
Aug 2003- Jun 2004

Aims
	To Promote a Better Understanding of local and global diversity through research and project-work
	To widen perspectives, acknowledge existence of diversities
	To promote respect , appreciation, and understanding

No.	Activity	Output	School Participation	Details
1	Celebrating family & heritage	550 entries
2	Art Activity	5,440 entries	186 Schools
3	Art exhibition	600-700 selected entries displayed		At VM Art Gallery on Human Rights Day
4	Recipe Activity	2, 922 entries	87 Schools
5	Panel Discussion	5 students	5 Schools	300 students, teachers and heads from 15 schools participated in the interactive event.
6	Theatre Activity	48 students Attended by over 900 students, teachers & parents	6 Schools	At the Arts Council Theatre

A Better World Is Possible
Multi-Theme 2004-2006

Aims
	To help children think about, reflect upon, and discuss positive as well as negative aspects of the world we live in so that they begin to form an understanding of the world around them
	To get children to form defendable views on what they think it will take to make the world a better place
	To promote optimism and hope in children, and help them focus on positive developments around them
	To realise that to bring about positive change requires consistent support, participation and contributions from citizens
	To celebrate diversity
	To understand the negative effects of wars and weapons

No.	Activity	Output	School Participation	Details
1	Optimism and Hope ‘Good News’ activity in schools	Displays made in individual schools	31 Schools
2	Teachers’ workshop on running campaigns in schools	40 teachers	28 Schools	At SIUT
3	‘Rays of Hope’ – fund raising for SIUT	Rs. 867,116 was collected	62 Schools
4	Event at SIUT to hand over money	202 students, teachers and heads	40 Schools	At SIUT
5	Million faces petition signature collection	8,371 ‘Million Faces Petitions’ collected.	85 Schools
6	No To Weapons and Wars Art Activity	3,318 entries	112 Schools
7	Teachers’ workshop on Small Arms activity	50 teachers.	40 Schools
8	Art exhibition	Over 250 attended opening	29 Schools	Held at the Gallery Sadequain
9	Diversity and Tolerance Panel Discussion	102 students, teachers and heads Schools held their own in-house panel discussions	12 Schools 39 Schools	At the Goethe Institut
10	Poetry Activity	3,999 entries	88 Schools

WE HAVE THE POWER CAMPAIGN
August 2007 – May 2009

Aims
	To encourage the idea that all individuals have the power to make a difference

	To promote confidence in children to voice their opinions

	To realise that things can be made better if everyone works together

	To raise awareness about three different issues simultaneously, i.e. improving facilities for the disabled, preventing violence and highlighting achievements of social activists.

No	Activity	Output	School Participation	Details
1	Poetry writing ‘I will use my power to…’	4,067 poems received	55 schools	-
2	Petition signing on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	75,000 signatures collected and government signed the Convention	55 schools	-
3	Celebrating International Day of Disabled Persons	Handing over of 40,000 signatures to Minister Shahida Jamil	-	Celebrated at the Special People’s Park in Clifton
4	Class discussion on Violence: ‘What do I feel?”	-	25 schools	-
5	Media Research on Violence	-	48 schools	-
6 & 7	Personal & Collective Pledge Against Violence	34,330 collected	58 schools	-
8	Panel Discussion on: ‘Violence in Society’ (sec schools)	-	17 schools	-
9	Art Activity: Design a stamp	3, 876 stamps received	61 schools	Art exhibition held at Frere Hall to display the children’s work
10	Activists as Role Models: Research & poster making	-	24 schools	-
11	Rights And Responsibilities: A Personal Declaration	5275 entries received	48 schools	-

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