All of Martin Stavjanik’s lectures share one specific feature: he listens more than he speaks. This session on a sensitive topic that he has with 7th grade pupils is not an exception. If anyone wants to express their ideas, Martin is willing to stop speaking and listens to what the person says. The atmosphere of his lectures makes everyone…
It is a great experience to accompany Michal Malina on his visit to an elementary school in Havirov where he has been giving lectures for several years. “Hi, Michal.” – “Hello, Michal, how are you?” He is being greeted by many students and teachers. One of the teachers passes Michal and gives him a friendly greeting. “This is the…
Did you know that Google Maps used to characterize Israel as a city, not a state? Did you know that there used to be states like “Gaza Strip” and the state of “West Coast”? You can learn more about all these things if you attend a lecture on the modern state of Israel by Radek Hejret. Radek has been giving…
Miloslav Fanta really enjoyed his lecture on bullying that he gave to 6 grade pupils in a rural school near Mlada Boleslav. He has been cooperating with this school for many years now and its principal highly acclaims his work (I have heard the acclaim many times…). “Whenever I tell the children Mr. Fanta is coming, they are…
I attended a session called “Be My Friend!”. Before the visit, I received a message from Ida Pencová saying: “It is a very funny program, I am sure you will like it!” She did not exaggerate. I think that after seeing the program each and every one of us would like their own children to participate in it. The program caters for…
The low-threshold facility called “Vagon” (Wagon), which is located in Hradek nad Nisou, came into existence at the request of the president of the Liberec Region and the mayor of Hradek nad Nisou, Mr. Martin Puta. With our support, Patrik Muller has been giving lectures since 2003 and has been working in a public service company called Majak…
I went to Helena Komasova’s series of lectures on communication that she was giving in a small South Bohemian village where the modern school building dominates. It is a place where Helena is a regular and welcome guest. The topic of communication caters for 8th grade pupils and is part of a broader program of ethical topics that Helena deals…
How to understand yourself and how to manage conflicts with your parents and other people when you are in your teens? That is the topic of the session that caters for 8th and 9th grade pupils. I took the opportunity to participate in such sessions provided by three lectors within the project called Healthy Youth: Pavel Slepicka, Petra Stranska…
The Internet is a place where many children spend most of their free time nowadays. Therefore, the sessions on potential Internet danger are one of the most demanded ones. Radek Pospisil confirms that – this is the topic that the schools in Kolin and its surrounding villages want to speak on the most often. In November I went…
Ida Pencova visits schools in Varnsdorf and its surroundings with gabfests from workshop series on Ethics. In the middle of October I visited with her two forth and one fifth class in Elementary School in Rumburk. Ida has been in all these classes at least for the third time and children have remembered her very well.…