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News, views and interviews from Empathy Action
Teaching Empathy in Schools
Suraya was fighting for girls education in a country where women and girls’ rights were, and indeed still are, severely restricted.
Running for Team Empathy
On the 26th February, 11 runners started and completed the Brighton Half Marathon raising over £5k for our work to increase empathy and compassionate action across our planet, one community group at a time.
Global Citizenship, Empathy & Birthdays
Teaching Global Citizenship means allowing the students to deeply feel their responsibilities to those less fortunate than themselves. St Michael’s Prep school teacher, Mrs Chugg, arranged a ‘Go Global Week’ for students.
Wedding Wares
Attention all soon-to-be brides and grooms! Empathy Action are displaying their range of fairly traded wedding favours at the Wedding Experience in Detling on Sunday 25th October.
Empathy with refugees – a volunteer’s reflections
Earlier this year one of Empathy Action’s team, Chris Hix, volunteered in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Leros. He is now helping to research and design EA’s new refugee simulation. Here, Chris shares a few of his reflections on the current situation in Greece.
Geography Departments want their pupils to ‘step into’ the slums
School Geography departments in the UK are using our experiential activities as key components in their curriculums to help deepen their pupils’ understanding of poverty.
Empathy Action Christmas Coffee Morning in Tonbridge
Christmas decorations made by rescued street kids in Harare. Bells for the Christmas Tree made from bullets in Cambodia.
Luxury Brands Help Fight Poverty
This week the prestigious Lingfield Park Racecourse hosted an evening of networking arranged by a number of luxury brands.
Festival bracelets made by Syrian Mothers
West Kent local music event Livestock 2016 will be using funky festival bracelets that are lovingly made by five mothers who fled Syria.
Climbing the Mountain to Fight Poverty
“I leave with new eyes” was what one person shared with us when leaving the Poverty Trap simulation last year. It’s these personal moments and their potential to empower people to work together to improve the lives of others in need that we strive for.
Our Pledge at the World Humanitarian Summit
The World Humanitarian Summit took place earlier this week, bringing together around 5,200 participants including heads of state and government, crisis affected communities, NGOs, businesses and UN agencies.
From Cambodia With Love
The World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) kicks off this weekend in Istanbul. Its purpose is to stand up for common humanity and take action to prevent and reduce human suffering around the world.
Best and Worst of Times
Empathy Action volunteer Paul Williams looks back at his recent trip to Paris organised by the Church of England in conjunction with several other Christian charities.
Students Support Sierra Leone
Last week Empathy Action returned to Headington School in Oxford to run ‘The Poverty Trap’ simulation for a group of 13-14 year-old students.
Thoughts From the Road
Empathy Action volunteer, Paul Williams, has been on the Church of England’s Pilgramage2Paris. Here he shares some reflections he has had whilst on the walk.
Pilgrimage to Paris
Empathy Action volunteers, Paul and Heather Williams are joining a team of 48 other people from other Christian organisations, including Tearfund, to walk from London to Paris, setting out this Friday (13th Nov). The ‘Pilgramage2Paris’, as it has been titled, aims to show their commitment to people around the world living in desperate poverty, who are affected by the changing climate.
A Mile in my Shoes
As part of the recent Totally Thames festival, Empathy Action Director Ben Solanky reflects on his experience of the ‘A Mile in My Shoes’ exhibition.
Living On One Dollar
A 2013 documentary, Living On One Dollar, explores the challenges of living below the poverty line in rural Guatemala as four American students take on the task of surviving on $1 USD per day.
The Good Lie
Last week Empathy Action were invited to Blundell’s School in Tiverton to provide a day-long programme of activities for the school’s year 9 students as part of their Poverty Awareness Day.