Democracy today begins on the smartphone: every day we are overwhelmed with information about Corona through various channels, such as What's app, Messenger, Instagram etc. So it is not so easy to distinguish facts from fake news. Fake news and Corona shake hands here.
On April 14th almost 20 students* of the German language school from Siedlce took part in our webinar on the topic of Fake News #wewanttoknow. Together we discussed current news and thought about who benefits from Fake News. Why are fake news dangerous for democracy and how can we check news for theirs before we send them on?
Read more: Webinar "Fake news and corona" - 14.04.2020, online (PHOTO)
What can be created in Krzyżowa during international youth workshops? Among others, ecological educational toys for children from the largest refugee camp in Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh.
At the end of 2017 Bangladesh had to receive about one million Rohings who were fleeing death from neighboring Myanmar (formerly Burma). 55% of the camp's population are children and it was with their education in mind that the idea was born to make toys for children in Bangladesh together during workshops in Krzyżowa. More about the camp in Cox's Bazaar can be seen in the short film.
Read more: Young people help. Ecological educational toys for Bangladesh from Krzyżowa
Discrimination, racism, anti-Semitism are still dangerous occurences in the modern world to which young people are particularly exposed. Therefore, it is extremely important to speak about them in a language that reaches young people and methods using modern forms of communication.
IYMC in cooperation with the Anne Frank House is preparing a new anti-discrimination project based on methods that respond to today's educational challenges during quarantine. It intends to use the possibilities of Stories that Move - an innovative educational platform dedicated to anti-discrimination and addressed to youth aged 14-17.
Read more: Preventing discrimination online - IYMC is working on a new educational project.
A situation of isolation is difficult for everyone. In times of social distancing, it is important to look for ways to get closer together - now digitally and across borders, to take time to reflect and, above all, to find a way to express yourself as a mechanism for dealing with this situation.
Responding to these needs and challenges, the IYMC has prepared a series of 6 webinars in English on the subject of creative writing, webinars will first of all be dedicated to young people who were to come to Krzyżowa this year as part of the school exchange, but were unable to do so because of the epidemic risk. Webinars will be conducted in small German-Polish groups of young people from interested schools. The online seminars will be based on the exchange of experiences of the participants, will strengthen their language skills, but most importantly, they will encourage personal reflection and learning tools to express themselves through creative writing.
Read more: IYMC prepared an online offer for participants of school exchanges
