Empower Children
This blog was created to serve as the basis of a curriculum for the illustrated story book "Let's Learn How to Help Ourselves and Others", written by Odette Umurerwa and illustrated by Jen Lemen. Our hope is that through this beautiful and inspiring book, our curriculum will help educators and caretakers empower children, especially girls, nurture hopefulness and facilitate cultural awareness.

Introduction

  • Welcome to our blog
  • Might we recommend...
  • Meet Odette and Jen
  • How is this activism?
  • Healing the Africa within Us

Curriculum

  • 1-Curriculum Guide (1)
  • 2-History and Basic Facts of Rwanda (1)
  • 3-Why focus on girls? (1)
  • 4-Empowerment (1)
  • 5-Hope (1)
  • 6-Cultural Awareness (1)
  • 7-Activities (1)
  • 7.1 history (1)
  • 7.2 hope hands (1)
  • 7.2 quotes (1)
  • 7.3 cooking (1)
  • 7.4 microfinance (1)
  • 7.5 music (1)

Helpful Links

  • Girl Power Africa- Buy the book!
  • Jen Lemen
  • TED talks: Clinton on rebuilding Rwanda
  • TeachPeace: A resource for teaching children about peace
  • Africa Access
  • The Girl Effect
  • JASS: buildings women's collective power
  • Nobel Womens Initiative
  • Peace Jam
  • Girls For A Change
  • Hope Revolution

About The Group

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We are:
Jillian Cordero, Cheryl Vetter, Alejandra Creixell (back row, L to R), Gina Young, and Irma Castillo (front row)
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Activities

The curriculum has several activities you can choose from in forming your own curriculum:

History Activity
Cooking Activity
Hope Hand Activity
Microfinance Activity
African Music Activity
Labels: 7-Activities
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This blog was created as part of a Fall 2008 Global Justice Class by MSW students at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. The purpose of this class is to encourage and equip MSW students to engage in activism. It is taught by Brené Brown, who is a researcher, writer, and activist, and Jody Williams, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her international work to ban and clear landmines.