Misereor partner schools: Misereor

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A partnership with Misereor means that pupils, together with their teachers and the school management, work towards a fairer world. Misereor partner schools incorporate ideas from Misereor into their lessons and regularly organise solidarity campaigns.

The school appoints at least two teachers or school representatives to take responsibility for organising the partnership within the school and liaising with Misereor. They ensure that a handover takes place in the event of staff changes.

The school organises at least one fundraising campaign a year in aid of Misereor.

Misereor is an integral part of the school’s annual planning. The school completes a planning and reporting document each year and informs Misereor of any significant changes.

Activities carried out as part of the partnership are publicised both internally and externally, for example via the school website, the school newspaper, social media, press relations, notices, school committees or events.

Misereor’s themes are integrated into at least two subject areas or areas of learning within the school curriculum. Misereor’s resources and programmes are used in lessons or for project work.

We will take the following five steps together on the path towards a school partnership.

1. Your school management and school council decide to enter into a partnership
2. Your school plans and implements the five criteria
3. Misereor reviews the application and makes a decision
4. A joint kick-off event is held
5. Following an in-school training session for teachers on Misereor and Education for Sustainable Development, your school begins the partnership

Here at Misereor, we regularly support you with ideas for activities and educational resources on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). At the start of each school year, we send out Misereor starter kits for new pupils. Every two years, we invite teachers to a partner school conference, which focuses not only on networking but also on exploring current issues in development cooperation. In addition, we visit your school once a year, and you’ll receive regular best-practice suggestions from the partner school network.

Has this sparked your curiosity and interest? Please feel free to get in touch with us – together we can shape the future!

Annika Sophie Duhn

Development Education and Pastoral Work / Schools

Telephone: +49 241 442593
E-mail: annikasophie.duhn@misereor.de

"We want to look beyond our own European horizons, get to know other cultures and, with the support of Misereor's expertise, learn from each other."

Christiane Freking, Kristina Kreß, Elke Schmitt, Stephanie Uhr from the Misereor team Kronberg Gymnasium Aschaffenburg

"On the one hand, we try to impart knowledge about global interrelationships to pupils, and on the other, we want to strengthen empathy and a sense of responsibility."

Waltraud Ellmann-Harders, religion teacher and school chaplain, Niels Stensen School Centre Schwerin