by Vicdan Merter, Life Coach from Istanbul, Turkey. My Rwanda journey started with a dream in 2015, where Arndt Soret, CEO of Humanium, I and couple of other friends gathered around a common stake: Creating homes for children! That was my first time I have created the possibility of going to Rwanda with Humanium’s […]
Youth mobilisation has witnessed an important growth over the past decade, with children standing up for their rights and the rights of others. Examples are flourishing worldwide, with the latest and largest instance being their global mobilisation for climate awareness, standing up for their right to life, health, food, water and else. These children are […]
The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy took place on the 26 of March, and each year assembles hundreds of courageous dissidents and human rights victims, activists, diplomats, journalists and student leaders to shine a spotlight on urgent human rights situations that require global attention (Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, 2019). Why […]
An interview with Humanium CEO Arndt Soret on the 10th February 2019 Question: Hi Arndt, it is great that you found time to talk to us on the phone. Where are you exactly? I’m at Zürich Airport. Today we are starting a two week ‘camp’ in Rwanda. I’m very excited, I feel like a child! […]
Today you might see Switzerland as a successful and safe country with regards to its commitment to equal rights for all. Most importantly, you might think of Switzerland as a role model for the occidental world. All this is true. However, it has not always been this way – especially when it comes to equal […]
Sana’a, Aden, Socotra: two major cities with fascinating histories and a unique archipelago, all found in a country called Yemen, a stunning corner of the Arabian Peninsula. Mesmerising, yet most Westerners would struggle to pinpoint this land on the map, let alone its cities and its World Heritage Site island province. In fact, fame and […]
With a new intuitive understanding of children’s rights. “You have no right to hit your wife!” systematically claims Arndt Soret, chairperson and founder of Humanium when coaching groups in Rwanda. “Violence and guilt will keep on being passed on like hot potatoes from generation to generation since the 1994 genocide, if we don’t do anything […]
.. was the key message of Sierra Leone’s Mellicentia’s speech at the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on Friday, 28th of September 2018. Over 20 children (aged between 14 and 17) had the chance to lead us through the various conferences about the world’s problems and solutions […]
By adopting a “zero” tolerance policy for undocumented migrants arrested at the United States border, Donald Trump’s administration is separating thousands of children from their parents. Across the US and the entire world, people among the civil society, politicians, judges but also the international community, have voiced their opposition to the Trump administration’s inhumane immigration […]
Massacres, bombings, battles.. are the words that pop up in your search engine if you type Eastern Ghouta. Between 2013 and 2018, this Syrian rural area to the east of Damascus was besieged by the regime of Bashar El Assad. Proclaimed a “de-escalation zone” in May 2017, the isolated region was home to 367,000 civilians, […]
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