Do you know that as you are entering your school, about 121 million children all over the world do not have accessto education? And when you are too lazy to open your books, do youknow that there are many millions of people who cannot read and write. Do you know that at themoment you are buying a new dress in a shop, more than half the people in the worldare living on less than 2.5 dollars a day, and 20% of people on less than 1dollar. Do you know that whilst turning on a tap several times aday to wash yourself or have a glass of water, millions of people in the world donot have access to drinking water? When you do not want to tidy your room, do you knowthat millions of children are working as slaves being exploited, hungry, and without payment? When you are complaining about your job or boss, do you know that millions of people allover the world are unemployed or without any rights? Do you know that while thinking whatyou are going to eat, 24 000 people are dying of hunger? Do you know…?
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The Foundation for a Better World and the Novo Analitica Company d.o.o. have donated a Piccolo Xpress Chemistry Analyzer for the needs of medical expeditions through the Department of Tropical Medicine at the Medical Faculty, Ljubljana. This analyzer is of great importance for further missions by our doctors when visiting third- world countries. It has the great ability to provide the many different blood results (electrolyte, kidney, liver and metabolic tests, and more) needed to diagnose diseases, taking only 10 minutes. It will already be doing it's job next month in Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Madagascar and other places. At this occasion we thank, in the name of the Foundation, the director of Novo Analitica Jože Stergulec, and we wish the Department every success healing patients in Tropical areas.
This year's topic at the School Parliament »Heros of our Time« emphasised a flaw within today's society that suggests questionable idols and models for children and youth. Is it really heroic to be rich or famous or to just have a pretty face?! What about honesty, empathy towards others, loyality, and friendship? Together with the children we elected new heroes, those who represent the best human qualities. You can see what we did (how we did it) in our Photo Gallery. ( More about Association's workshops and theatre performances.)
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A new book entitled ‘From Man to the Sun’ has just been released this September 2010. It was written by Eva and Goran Škobalj and is intended for young people in junior and senior schools, and universities, but also for families, businesspeople, in fact, for all people who care.
The Association for a Better World toured several Slovenian primary schools performing workshops and giving theatre performances. The two main topics of these workshops and performances were: ‘The media and its influence on our lives’, and ‘non-violence’. The visited schools were: OŠ Šmarje pri Jelšah, OŠ Šempas, OŠ III Murska Sobota, OŠ Tabor I Maribor, OŠ Šentjanž, and OŠ Krmelj.