Humanitas was founded in year 2000 as a voluntary, non-governmental and non-profit organization. It started its work with child-sponsorship programme and development cooperation projects in Burkina Faso, later accompanied by fair trade activities. In 2004 intercultural and global education activities were introduced and developed.
Our mission is to raise awareness of global problems such as poverty, over-consumption, the gap between economically differently developed countries and, through education and awareness raising, to encourage social inclusion and responsibility.
Main working areas are: • Child sponsorship (http://www.humanitas.si/index.php?s…) • Fair trade (http://www.humanitas.si/index.php?s…) • Responsible tourism (http://www.humanitas.si/index.php?s…) • Global education (http://www.humanitas.si/index.php?s…)
Projects carried out in cooperation with our African partners are small and indirect. Global education activities are heterogeneous – we implement workshops for school children and students, teacher’s seminars and different public events. We also run specialized library (operating inside Ljubljana’s municipality library) offering books from different areas such as human rights, interculturalism, globalization, development studies, conflict and peace studies, environment, food and water and active citizenship. We develop pedagogical materials and exhibitions covering areas we work on.
– global education, global citizenship
– development cooperation
– fair trade
– workshops and seminars for schools
– educational seminars for teachers
– production of pedagogical materials
