Teach GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: 2019-11-17

Monday, November 18, 2019

Overview of all previous blog posts / curated learning materials on this blog "Teach GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP" & and on the continuation at "Teach GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP 2"

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What It Means to have Hope in Times of Climate Crisis

In his article "What if we stopped pretending?" the American novelist Jonathan Franzen refers to the looming climate “apocalypse”, arguing that, to prepare for it, we need to reconsider what it means to have hope.
His message is inspiring in spite of what you would expect based on the headlines:

Jonathan Franzen (2019): if we stopped pretending?
The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it we need to admit that we can´t prevent it.

Here is the conclusion:
"Keep doing the right thing for the planet, yes, but also keep trying to save what you love specifically—a community, an institution, a wild place, a species that’s in trouble—and take heart in your small successes. Any good thing you do now is arguably a hedge against the hotter future, but the really meaningful thing is that it’s good today. As long as you have something to love, you have something to hope for.”

See the English version of the full blog post at https://teachglobalcitizenship2.blogspot.com/2019/10/ and get the link to the article.

Se den danske version af blog-indlæget på bloggen "Der er brug for medborgerskabsengagement i FN´s bæredygtighedsmål" på
https://sdg-medborgerskab.blogspot.com/2019/10/hvad-betyder-det-at-have-hab-i-tider.html and get the link to the article.

Fighting Corruption – How?

Corruption is something we shouldn’t accept in democratic societies. That’s the focus in this article.

Content:

1. Corruption is a cancerous disease to be eradicated

2. Corruption prevention is a nationalist goal!

3. How did Denmark become the least corrupt country?

4. Corruption will never be completely abolished

References, links and further reading follow these four sections.

See the English version of full article at
https://teachglobalcitizenship2.blogspot.com/2019/06/fighting-corruption-how.html

Se den danske version af hele artiklen ”Bekæmpelse af korruption – hvordan?”: https://sdg-medborgerskab.blogspot.com/2019/07/bekmpelse-af-korruption-hvordan.html

"One thing that repeatedly gets misrepresented in the media is ..." Correction to previous blog post

A representative of "The Friendship Bench" has mailed me this very relevant correction to the description in the blog post:

"One thing that repeatedly gets misrepresented in the media is that this is of course not Dixon Chibanda’s work alone.

As much as we tell journalists the real story, they still choose to write whatever they want (and what they think their readers want to read).

We are a team and without the team, the Bench would not be anywhere near where it is now. Some of us have been working with Friendship Bench since its beginning.

And what is really important too is that there is a peer led group support that follows the problem solving therapy on the bench.

That is where Zeebags are being made as an income generation component which is really important in this very difficult economic situation.

If you want, you could just send us any question that you might have and we can answer them and then you would be one of the people whose website actually reflects what is really happening on the ground!

Thanks,

Ruth

Dr. Ruth Verhey PhD

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Friendship Bench

www.friendshipbenchzimbabwe.org "

This text is now included in the blog post in English as well as Danish:

”Everyone, everywhere should have someone to turn to in support of their mental health”

The Zimbabwean organization, Friendship Bench, now trains hundreds of grandmothers in problem-solving therapy, role-playing and behaviour activation. Their therapy sessions take place outside, on wooden seats known as Friendship Benches.

Friendship Bench are now expanding to other countries.

“My dream is to take this to scale” the founder Dr. Chibanda says, “With something simple, we make a difference in the world”

See the English version of the full article at
https://teachglobalcitizenship2.blogspot.com/2019/02/everyone-everywhere-should-have-someone.html

Se den danske version af artiklen "Bedstemødre i Zimbabwe bekæmper depression gennem samtaler på ”venskabsbænke” på bloggen "Der er brug for medborgerskabsengagement i FN´s bæredygtighedsmål" på https://sdg-medborgerskab.blogspot.com/2019/03/bedstemdre-i-zimbabwe-bekmper.html