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1995, children art workshop and
exhibition in Sulaimaniya.
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1996, a collection and a social
event for the benefit of the Youth Hostel in
Arbil.
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In 1996 Al-Amal opened a
cultural centre in Sulaimaniya which
included, in its activities, various social,
cultural and sport events for children and
young people. The centre, which continued
until 2002, contained a research library.
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1997, contribution to purchase
materials for the Vincent Youth Training
Centre workshop.
·
Iraqi Al-Amal set up nurseries
in the Education and Training Centre in
Arbil and Sulaimaniya
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1997, music and social
awareness courses for the displaced children
from Kirkuk Province.
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A chess training course was
organised in 1998 for 10 children from the
Kurdish Children Welfare organisation (KSC)
in 1998.
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1998, a number of art
exhibitions entitled "Environment, Peace and
Children's Rights" were organised in
association with the Ministry of Education
And a number of prominent artists. Some 325
children from Arbil, Sulaimaniya and
Chumchamal participated in the exhibitions.
A present from the French children
consisting of their drawings was also
exhibited. Most of the exhibits were sent to
France, Greece and Britain.
·
1999, an exhibition and a wall
newspaper in Kalar entitled "The Environment
and Children’s Rights". 100 secondary school
students participated in the activity.
·
2000, poetry reading by primary
schools children in Arbil.
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1998, Al-Amal Summer camp in
Sherah Swar
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2000, 2001 and 2006 in Erbil,
in conjunction with the UK Save the Children
Fund and other organisations, Iraqi Al-Amal
organised festivities on the International
Children's Day.
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Spring 2002, Al-Amal organised
a “Kurdistan Youth Clubs Chess Tournament”
in Arbil.
·
2002, Al-Amal implemented a
legal and social programme for some 23,000
students in 107 secondary schools and higher
education institutions in Sulaimaniya and
Kalar. The programme included an
introduction to law, the judicial system,
the concept of civil society, family law,
protection of the child, and gender issues.
·
A field survey of Yafi'een
Schools (special schools for drop-out
children) was conducted in 2002.
Commensurate with the results of this survey
was the opening of three female study
centres in Arbil during 2003.
·
In June 2004, Al-Amal, in
cooperation with the Ministry of Education,
started a year long program for 90 secondary
school students focussing on conflict
resolution. The programme included training
on non-violence, peace building, human
rights concepts, team and personality
building, project management, English
language and computer training. The
participants have committed themselves to
take the knowledge from the projects back to
their respective schools and communities to
initiate projects themselves.
·
The second year of the conflict
resolution project commenced in 2005, with
57 teenage students. Some of the young
people participating in the conflict
resolution project have formed Al-Amal Youth
Group and set up a website, www.shabab-alamal.com
·
The conflict resolution project
continued for a third year with additional
subjects added to the curriculum including
democracy, gender, the media, etc. 48
students graduated in June 2007.
·
Computer training courses for
young people in various collective towns in
Arbil were been organised during 2005.
·
From 9 March to 21 April 2006
Al-Amal organised the “Teaching Children”
project for the Iranian Kurdish refugee
children in Kawa camp. The programme
included plays, advice on general hygiene,
etc.
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In April 2006, the project
“Civil Dialogue Among Young People” was
commenced. The project aims at promoting
culture of dialogue on different topic,
including non-violence, tolerance,
citizenship and human rights education. It
also deals with young people specific
problems in education, training and
employment. The project includes 56 young
participants (both sexes aged 18-28) from
seven Iraqi Governorates. At the beginning,
they’ve been involved in various capacity
building and IT and initiated a number of
activities on certain subjects. Then, they
presented their papers at the First Al-Amal
Civil Dialogue Conference in Sulaimaniya in
September 2006. 120 youths and a delegation
from Lebanon were present at the conference
together with academics, representatives of
the local NGO’s and the media. The Second
Conference, held in Shaqlawa in May 2007,
focused on the “human security” and attended
by 87 youth from 10 Governorates.
·
From September to November 2006
Al-Amal organised five study events in two
Intermediate schools in Baghdad on “the
protection of children from harm and the
effect of trauma”. 161 Girls and boys
participated in the study.
·
As part of the youth capacity
building Al-Amal organised two workshops on
conflict resolution in Beirut in November
2006 and April 2007. 19 youths participated
in the first workshop and 16 in the second
workshop from
a number of Governorates.
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In December 2006 Al-Amal
organised a workshop in Karbala on “conflict
resolution and democracy”. A number of
teachers and 23 young persons, aged 18 to
23, participated in the workshop.
·
In April 2007 a group of Al-Amal
youths carried out a campaign of “Kirkuk Is
My Home” aimed at publicising the culture of
a clean city and
promoting citizenship.
The campaign lasted for four months and was
conducted in the residential area of
Rahimawa, schools and nurseries. Posters and
garbage bags have been distributed to the
people. 80 young persons from 15 NGO’s and
the local authority participated in the
campaign.
