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A different approach to Human Rights: our workshop on

‘Protection of Civilians in United Nations Operations’

From the 7th to 11th May 2018, class 3BL from the Liceo Linguistico Fogazzaro - Vicenza -
worked on an ASL
(Alternanza scuola-
lavoro) project at the
Center of Excellence
for Stability Police
Units in Vicenza
(CoESPU). The
CoESPU is a center
founded in 2005 to
train peacekeepers who
will collaborate with
the local police or as
their replacement to assist populations plagued by war.
Our project consisted in working as an NGO called “Angels from Vicenza” with the purpose of
assisting the population of a fictitious country named “Carana” in Africa, where floods and war had
killed many people.
The project was in English with lessons in theory for the first two days (Human Rights, Geography
of African rivers and History) and then specific tasks on the following days. We had a very pleasant
experience giving us the opportunity to improve our language skills, but more importantly, to learn
about the astonishing
work that is put in place
behind the scenes of an
NGO. Not many people
would be willing to risk
their lives to help
someone from a
faraway country, and
that is why
humanitarian workers
should get more
recognition for what
they do. They set an
extraordinary example
of humanity and
compassion to both old
and new generations.
We are grateful and immensely honoured to have taken part in this challenging experience as we
discovered a totally new reality. Now we know about the difficulties of those countries in need of

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