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Character Education
Cultivating good character is an important part of a child's education at home, at school and in the community. Many UPF chapters offer lessons in classrooms or train teachers and administrators in character education or peace education.
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Character Education Continues in Nairobi
- Saturday, December 11, 2010
Photos of a character education program for school officials and community leaders in Kenya in March 2010. A seminar on character education was held December 11 at the Peace Embassy in Nairobi.
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Promoting Character Education in Jakarta
- Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Jakarta, Indonesia - UPF Character Education and Youth Leadership Programs in various schools and universities in the capital city include service components.
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Character Education Workshop in Seychelles
- Saturday, August 21, 2010
Victoria, Seychelles - UPF Seychelles in collaboration with CARE offered a three-day character education workshop for CARE Educators during school holidays, August 19-21. About 30 teachers attended.
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A Vision for Developing Character through Sports in Cote d'Ivoire
- Saturday, March 20, 2010
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - To explore possibilities for offering character education, we met with the president of Zady Academy, which offers general education, teacher training, and sports. They are especially interested in implementing a program based on moral values.
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Bangladesh Character Education Initiative
- Monday, February 22, 2010
Dhaka, Bangladesh - In collaboration with the Department of World Religions and Culture of Dhaka University, UPF organized a Character Education Initiative entitled "Journey of Self Discovery" February 6-22, welcoming three character education trainers from the NextGen Leadership Academy in the US.
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Character Education Camp in Johannesburg
- Saturday, December 26, 2009
Johannesburg, South Africa - Teenagers from Swaziland and South Africa took part in a camp on Character Education from December 14-26. The purposes were to help these youths build their character and empower them to deal with the challenges facing them today.
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St. Petersburg Jubilee Conference Focuses on Character Education
- Saturday, November 7, 2009
St. Petersburg, Russia - A scientific and practical conference on the topic of “Moral and ethical character education in the 21st century: Efforts towards a new stage of development” took place in St. Petersburg on November 7.
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Tahiti, a Turbulent Paradise in Quest of Internal Peace
- Sunday, September 20, 2009
Papeete, Tahiti - Leaders of French Polynesia gathered at the town hall of Papeete for a two-day UPF character education seminar that addressed pressing social issues in the Pacific islands.
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Character Education Workshop in Ho Chi Minh City
- Saturday, August 29, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - UPF-Asia conducted the second Character Education Teachers Training Workshop co-organized by the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES) and Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Education August 28-29, 2009. Sixty school principals and elementary school teachers participated in a character education teacher-training program in preparation for the translation of the books and a one-year pilot program to be run by the VNIES.
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Trinidadian Students Learn about Goal-Setting
- Sunday, August 16, 2009
Trinidad and Tobago - UPF peer educators offered character education programs to children in the village of El Luengo and young athletes in Port of Spain, the capital. This was the second year that the Universal Peace Federation sent interns from the US to this Caribbean island.
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Summer Camps Serve Jamaican Children
- Friday, August 14, 2009
Jamaica - Two summer camps for children in depressed areas of Jamaica featured life skills training, sports, and character education. The first camp was at the Half Way Tree Primary School and the second at the Braeton Primary and Junior High School.
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Training More Micronesian Teachers in Character Education
- Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Pohnpei, Micronesia – Twenty one elementary school teachers participated in a character education teacher-training program in preparation for a new one-year pilot program scheduled for the Pacific island nation. The seminar was sponsored by Ministry of Education in partnership with UPF Micronesia.
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