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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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The following is excerpted from the report of Soroptimist Interntional. Click here for their full report.
Soroptimist International Club Rehovot, Rishon Le Zion and Givatayim
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Ethiopian women were invited to participate in different activities
beginning in January 2002. Every week the women between the ages for 30
to 55 come to the club. The soroptimist members of the clubs of
Rehovot, Rishon Le Zion and Givatayim come to the club.
At the
beginning we participated in club activities which were thought to be
suitable for new immigrants. But very soon we understood that we had to
find a different way to reach and form relations with our partners.
We
believe now that the most important issue is learning Hebrew and if
possible reading and writing. So in order to reach this stage we have
begun once a week to invite the women to participate in activities that
make it possible for us to speak directly to them and not through a
translator.
We have developed a few activities; physical
exercises that can be done and through them you can learn the words for
different parts of your body, learning about the origin of the names of
the women - both the Ethiopian and of the Soroptimists, working
together in clay and describing the meaning of the objects created.
Celebrating the different Jewish festivals to both learn about them and
the sybols of these holidays. During Hannuka - the lighting of the
candles, during the Fesival of trees the symbols - trees, the fruits fo
all the fruit trees in Israel and then learning songs in Hebrew. In
this instance we had help of writing the Hebrew words in Maharit (the
Ethiopian language) so that the women could sing along more easily.
Making art work together and so on.
It is a slow process but we
believe that with our volunteers we can form new relations that will
bring the women closer to mainstream society, will make it possible for
them to help their children in their school work and in the future to
finding suitable jobs.
There are about 12 Soroptimists who
volunteer their time. When the activity is interesting more than 20
women participate. We hope that when we can reach a closer
relationships we will understand better what activities are the most
suitable.
The director of the club and the translator have
worked along side us during this time and the budget for this was paid
for by the money received from the Action Fund
Until the first of January 2003 we paid out the following sums:
Director: 4,953 CHF Translator: 2,477 CHF
We
will have 4,570 CHF for the next year. We will use this only for the
director and the translator will be paid for by the Rehovt Municipality.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
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