What is Global Development Education?

Global Development Education is a lifelong learning process which helps to understand the differences and similarities between the lives of people in developing and developed countries and to understand economic, social, political, environmental and cultural processes that affect them. It develops skills and promotes the values ​​and attitudes for people to be able and willing to actively participate in solving local and global problems.

Caritas Czech Republic offers:

• Training for teachers of primary school pupils or lower classes of grammar schools
• Discussions with students called "Invite a specialist to your schools".

Both services are provided free of charge.

More information about Global Development Education Caritas will be happily given by Ondřej Suchánek, ondrej.suchanek@charita.cz, tel. +420 731 604 323.

April 3, 2019 Global Development Education

Database developer wanted!

Do you have an experience with the database programming? We are looking for you! Caritas Czech republic is looking for the EU Aid Volunteer projects qualified IT/Database expert highly experienced in the field of database programming.

June 7, 2018 Global Development Education

What Is Home?

Come and listen to the stories of people who, for various reasons, came to Europe and the Czech Republic. You will find out whether they consider it their home here and what actually does “home” mean to them. You will hear their personal accounts of how difficult it is to leave home and which difficulties they had to face on the way.
June 12, 3.30 – 6.30 pm
SmetanaQ Gallery, Smetanovo nábřeží 334/4, Prague 1

December 2, 2016 Global Development Education

Sample lessons for religion education

10 lecturers have been engaged in a project called „ Live together, speak together – learning of tolerance and dialogue standard“. They were trained in the training centre Marianeum in Prague at the end of November.

October 19, 2016 Global Development Education

How to teach students about religious tolerance and critical thinking?

On Friday 14^th October, seven teachers involved in the project entitled "We live together, we talk together - teaching tolerance and dialogue culture" met in the Marianeum training centre in Prague 2. They got better acquainted with the planned activities and survey results focusing on opinions about the integration of religious topics into schooling.

January 12, 2016 Global Development Education

Navis Elementary School Students learn the art of linocut

On January 12, 2016, artist and songwriter Martina Trchova arrived together with the workers of Caritas at the Navis Elementary School in Dobřejovice. Martina’s goal was to showcase linocut techniques within the visual art workshop to students involved in the art competition called “Our common planet.”

January 7, 2016 Global Development Education

Winners of the 2nd year of the art competition “Our common planet”

On Monday afternoon, 14 December, gathered a jury composed of Caritas staff, primary school teachers and artist Martina Trchová. Together they selected the three best works in category 1st degree of primary school, as well as the three best works of 2nd degree.

December 16, 2015 Global Development Education

“Houses like in a fairy tale”

The first memory Kurdish-Syrian Roz has about the Czech Republic are the houses that look like they are from a fairy tale. Together with her mother and five siblings, the family were granted asylum in Prague. Two of her cousins were killed in Syria while fighting against the Islamic State, one of whom fought in well known battle of Kobani – at the Turkish border. 

December 2, 2015 Global Development Education

The role of local self-government in development cooperation

On November 24^th, 2015 the international conference, "The role of local self-government in development cooperation" was held in Černín Palace in Prague under the auspices of Foreign Minister, Lubomír Zaorálek. Caritas CR was involved together with the Union of Towns and Municipalities. The objective of the event was to introduce decentralized development cooperation in Czech towns, their partner organizations in the EU, and developing and emerging countries.

November 19, 2015 Global Development Education

Pupils from Brno find out what the acronym ‘HUMR’ means

Fish, refugees, war, earthquake, human help – these were some of the expressions which the pupils suggested were part of humanitarian crises. Some even imagined ‘HUMR’ as the lobster - a creature with giant claws.

September 30, 2015 Global Development Education

Vsetin against poverty – Vsetin’s schools for a better world

On Monday September 21^st the third annual event, “Vsetin against poverty – Vsetin’s schools for a better world,” took place. One part of the program was a debate held by Vsetin’s school pupils about global problems in today’s world.