Workshop on the Code of Conduct at the “Bedri Gjina” school in Mitrovica

Mitrovica-September 20- The non-governmental organization “Syri i Vizioni” within the project “Together 4 children rights- Child protection and Child Right Governance”, supported by Save the Children, held the workshop for the drafting of the code of conduct with the elementary school council “Bedri Gjina” in Mitrovica.

The school council has welcomed the project that is being implemented in this school, to help the school in drafting the code of conduct that deals with the rights and responsibilities of the students and the teachers themselves. In addition to the code of conduct for this school and other schools, workshops will also be held to strengthen the mechanisms for children’s rights, and further trainings will be held with students, on various topics, where the school council will also be a participant. (teachers, parents’ council and students’ council) influencing the awareness of students, teachers and parents themselves about children’s rights and addressing violence in the existing mechanisms for children’s rights.

The project “Together 4 children rights- Child protection and Child Right Governance” aims to help children, various organizations and schools in protecting children from violence, to transform schools into safe places for children and to help create and strengthen of child protection mechanisms.

This project is being implemented in nine schools in five municipalities: primary schools “Ramiz Sadiku” and “Xhemail Kada” in Peja, “Mustafa Bakia” and “Zekeria Rexha” in Gjakovë, “Tefik Çanga” and “Jeronim De Rada” in Ferizaj, “Bedri Gjina” and Andon Zako Çajupi” in Mitrovica, in the period from May to December 2013. The beneficiaries of this project are the students, their parents and the teachers of these schools.