Working with five schools in East Jerusalem, the Rights First project, launched by MEND with funding from Finn Church Aid, has begun training teachers in a curriculum that promotes a culture of human rights among Palestinian youth.

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In a demoralized city like East Jerusalem, the education system plays an important role in motivating youth citizens, inspiring them with hope and dreams for the future.

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The project works with five schools in East Jerusalem (from different education systems) with two teachers from each school and a selected group of students in grades 10-11.

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The curriculum, which has been developed over four years in close coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Education, will provide a systematic approach to human rights, which will also help to promote some of the Millennium Development Goals, namely 1 (elimination of extreme poverty) and 3 (elimination of gender discrimination).

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