STRENGTHENING EQUALITY, DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION FOR AN INTERCULTURAL
EUROPEAN EDUCATION
Solidarity Awareness
'CHILDHOOD LOOK' AWARDS
IES Politecnico Jesús Marín, Málaga (Spain)
The School of Infant and Primary Education (CEIP) Manuel Altolaguirre, located in the Palma-Palmilla neighborhood of Malaga, has granted for the second consecutive year the 'Childhood Look' awards to people, institutions and groups that have stood out for their work in helping children and the neighborhood itself.
Students of our center have collaborated in the awards ceremony. They have performed a performance to liven up the event "Muerte en Hawaii de Calle 13"
eTwinning Forum
Discussion on the topic of Solidarity during the COVID-19 time
Solidarity in Italy
Volunteering activities are a tradition in our school. As for the Solidarity activity of our project, students expressed their intention to be helpful to many people with no money and no job on breadlines outside our town churches at dinner time; so both students and teachers did some volunteering jobs at one of the “Soup kitchens” in Lecce. Some money was collected at school to buy some food: pasta, tomatoes, tuna, cheese, ham, milk, tea, etc., and money was collected at school to buy food: pasta, tomatoes, tuna, cheese, ham, milk, tea, etc., and a turnover of 3 students and two teachers as volunteers made sandwiches and distributed them and hot drinks to homeless at dinner time.
Our students worked hard to make about one hundred sandwiches, to organize them in the respect of religious faith because there were Muslims too. They heated many litres of milk and made hot tea for the long breadline of migrants, homeless, and poor families with children; they carried out their tasks with a sense of duty. This activity is still carried out in the evening in the students’ free time.
Students and teachers organized the sale of poinsettias at school to support the Italian Association against Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
They also visited the School of Literacy and Education for Refugees in Lecce where refugees learn the Italian language and attend ceramics, painting and sewing courses too. The visit has been a touching experience too. The students listened to the stories of some young girls and boys who were forced to flee their homes in search of a better life. Their stories were hard but they didn’t manage to reveal their inner emotions. Lots of questions we asked them remained unanswered. We realized they had erected a wall to overcome the traumatic events they faced.