Acaddemic Work staff of Sweden distributing uniforms to the children that they are sponsoring
WHATS NEW……
We will have visitors from the Norwegian Olympic and Paralymic Committee and Federation of sports. The visitors will have a two day program with us, participating in a village meeting and a sports worshop. The six visitors will be accompanied by one of the main sports journalists from the national newspaper “Dagbladet”
The program will commence on the 23rd of May
- Response Network will arrange workshop “Women in governance” with local chiefs, counsil administration and politicians from Kazungula, on how women can participate in governance issues and positions. May 10-11th
- Second Term begins 07th May,2012 for all our supported students
- Students and trainees in development studies are welcome to come and work in Response Network, see page “invitation to trainees” .
- Girls in need of sponsorship, see bottom page
Right to Education
Response Network works according to international law and Zambian Government directives on education for all, that is spelled out as follows:
Every woman, man, youth and child has the human right to free and compolsory elementary education and the human right to freedom from discrimination in all areas and levels of education, and to equal access to continuing education and vocational training.
Extracted from; UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Other International Human Rights Treaties and Declarations, Operational Guidelines for Community Schools, GRZ (2007).
- Class under a tree
This is Response Network
- A rights-based organisation
- Teaching people to know their rights with regards to education and their rights for a life in dignity
- Knowing the human rights and working towards these is the key to equality and participation in the society
- RN changes people’s lives
- RN helps people help themselves
- RN makes people believe in their own human and enviromental resources
- RN builds self confidence
- RN makes people understand their own potential
- RN builds pride in peoples own initiatives to meet basic needs
- RN provides information for community initiated development on how they can grow and improve
- RN provides encouragment for community initiated project
Read more about Response Network…
Girl in need of sponsorship
Sharon Nawa
Sharon Nawa
Sharon is a single orphan, she lost her father at the age of 8. she is the last born in a family of 3. The mother works as a maid and can barely manage to feed the family and pay the house rentals. She is suppose to report for school in 10th grade but due to lack of funds she still at home.
Sharon Nawa