IB Community Theme: Sharing our humanity

Kodaikanal International School - Building a School - Village Development Project

This small remote village of Thamaraikulam (Tamil Nadu, India) has been adopted by Kodaikanal International School for development projects. This project was targeted at building a village school for the underprivileged.

Two great websites for young people

Act Now provides young people with opportunities to learn about and take action on social issues that affect them and their community. Act Now responds to young people's need for relevant and reputable information on current social issues, and opens doors to exciting volunteer opportunites. www.actnow.com.au

Famine, Affluence, and Morality - an article by Peter Singer

Famine, Affluence, and Morality

A philosophical journal article by Peter Singer, now Princeton professor of bioethics. He discusses what the individual reponse should be to poverty in other countries.

Has been infuential on a number of people.

As philosophical journal articles go, this is easy reading. But it still requires concentration and focus.

Tunza for children - website of the United Nations Environment Programme

Lively activities, competitions and suggestions of things you can do to help the planet.

In Chinese and English

Tunza - youth site from the United Nations Environment Programme

The word “TUNZA” means “to treat with care or affection” in Kiswahili (a sub-regional language of Eastern Africa). The overall TUNZA Concept, therefore, is built around this theme. It is an initiative that is meant to develop activities in the areas of capacity building, environmental awareness, and information exchange, with a vision to foster a generation of environmentally conscious citizens, capable of positive action.

In Chinese and English

UN Cyberschoolbus

The United Nations general site for global issues education. For students: information and activities. For teachers: lots of very useful resources, teaching activities, quizzes etc on a range of global issues.

Available in Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and English

What education can do - 2007 big film from the Global Campaign for Education

This film captures children's voices from all around the world, saying what they could achieve if they had a good education. The film, made by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), goes on to show some of what the campaign has been doing to advocate for free good education for everyone.

Invites young people to join the campaign's activities in April and October of each year.

International Global Citizen's Award

The International Global Citizen’s Award
is a new programme which encourages young people to become better global citizens by

Youth Voice - website of UNICEF UK

A website for young people. It includes information about certain global issues, views of other young people and suggests ways you can get invovled to DO something.

Although it is aimed at people in the UK, you may find some of the things interesting and useful wherever you live.

Voices of Youth - a UNICEF site for young people

Information, discussions and ideas for practical action on a variety of global issues.

In English, French, Spanish and Arabic