Write For Rights - Amnesty Event 2019 - English Version

• Global Citizenship
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-6

Werenfridus is holding the yearly Write for Rights event 

on

Tuesday the 10th of December

8:45 -14:30

Near the reception

Write letters !?

Discuss in pairs: 

• Have you ever sent or received a letter?
• How did it feel to get post?

Letter writing works

You can really make a difference by writing a letter.

A prime example: Moses Akatugba's story

Who are we writing for/to?

The theme for this year's  Write for Rights is "young people".

We are going to write letters to governments and authorities, as well as signing  a petition for Nasu

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Looking back to 2018

During Write for Rights 2018 thousands of letter writers wrote 167,000 letters in almost a thousand locations in the Netherlands. In addition,  50.781 pupils and mbo-students from a total of 382 Dutch school also took part. 

Worldwide, almost 6 million letters, cards, signatures and  sms and WhatsApp messages were sent.

Werenfridus also took part.

How are things going for the women that we wrote for last year? 

You can find all the information on the next slide. 

www.amnesty.nl

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Thank you.... and looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday the 10th of  December 2019