Goal 16 of the Agenda 2030: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
"You have to take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence strengthens the tormentor, never the tormented."
- Elie Wiesel, writer and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
But how can people even at a young age get involved in society and work for peace and justice? Which are the rights, which are the barriers and which are the responsibilities of young people when it comes to raising their own voices? This and much more is what the students learn in our projects on SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions! Here you can read short reports of the projects and see some of the digital results the children have produced.
Once a year, the class representatives of Bettina von Arnim Oberschule (Bettina von Arnim High School) go on a three-day seminar trip. This year we were part of it and conducted a workshop on Goal No. 16 of the Agenda 2030, "Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions".