Thursday, March 13, 2008

Flashback: Berlin_11th

There was something, right...events run so fast, we see so much, it is incredible.
But memory is a great concept, although sometimes it only comes to you afterwards. Here we go with the memory of the in depth interview filming day in Berlin:
Selma, me (Ursel), Alex and Anne visited democaris e.V. A very cool project of a lady who works with schools and helps them become more beneficial for every party involved: pupils, teachers, parents. She runs processes with them in which they find out how they would like to work together and how they can support each other. She puts a lot of attention on that these processes are acceptable and beneficial and safe for everyone. It includes comparing the image one has of oneself with the image that others have of you. Usually these don´t match too well... this can be quite a shock for teachers, but it helps them a lot. Before going there and facing the opinion of others, a good prepparation is done, so that this more of knowledge can be taken in and can help the person instead of making her insecure or feeling stripped.
Parents volunteer to do small things for the school or the class, this can range from painting a classroom to giving medical advice for free. Democaris created a database where all these nice favours can be exchanged and remembered. It works!

The other filming team went to visit a football project, more info on that is yet to come.

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