Judo against xenophobia - Judo for Peace South Africa, Johannesburg Hillbrow

"Social Cohesion starts at school" is the project run by Judo for Peace South Africa with the funding of UNHCR and in collaboration with JSA, Outreach Foundation, Future Families.

Beneficiaries: 10 Schools in Johannesburg – 300 School kids participating to Social Cohesion activities through judo

Objective: to promote Social Cohesion among youngsters by exposing them to the judo moral code and workshops on human rights

Activities (10 Sessions – 5 in November 2019 and 5 in December 2019):

• Short workshop on introduction to human rights to teenagers

• Judo trainings and judo games to learn to work together and get familiar with the judo values – respect, friendship, self control

• Learning refugees’ stories through food experience. Facilitator from Outreach to help refugees to tell their stories and sensitise the participants to other cultures through food and storytelling