Tolerance in action

Members of the Bulgarian T.I.M.E. team, Petya and Milen, took up volunteering during the coldest days in Plovdiv.They visited elderly people in the region , took their calls for help in the Municipality hall and tried to help them deal with the problems and the severe winter conditions.

Findings

Surfing the net in their quest for words of wisdom and essays on tolerance, the Bulgarian T.I.M.E. team found something anybody can use as guiding lines along the road to tolerance :

                                Desiderata

 GO PLACIDLY AMID the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their stories. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others you may become vain and bitter for always there will be greater and lesser person than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly to the council of the years gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not stress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the Universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have the right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

                              Found in Old Paul` s Church, Baltimore, dated 1692

Preparations for the last mobility have started

Workshops began their regular meetings again now that the winter holidays are over.Teams are getting ready for the final meeting in Lipiany. Everybody is looking forward to seeing their friends.

The Bulgarian T.I.M.E. team is going to visit an exhibition on tolerance

Tolerance: beacon for faith and life

   A unique exhibition was opened yesterday at the Archaeological museum in Sofia under the above heading. Models of temples / houses, churches, sinagogues and mosques/ of the four basic religions in Europe were exhibited there. They were made by three Bulgarian artists and the Italian Ambassador. The exhibition aims at presenting tolerance as the highest value in today`s society.

   

Пътеводната светлина на толерантността

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Fashion show album .You can see what fun it was and how reporters conducted their survey..

Our "reporters" interviewed many of the participants.

Survey on public opinion - project,events,activities in general

The survey was carried out on the Day for Tolerance. The Craziest Outfit Fashion Show was the way we celebrated  the latter this year.The results summarized opinions and attitudes of both people  at school and in the neighbourhood .
87% of the interviewed knew that it was the Day for Tolerance. Everybody agreed the show was an appropriate way of celebrating it and that it was a great fun.The nearby shops "buzzed" with the news,people kept explaining to each other why the children were dressed like that and what was the excitement all about.
This time everybody knew that our school works on a project on tolerance /T.I.M.E/ and admitted that the project "has made" us more tolerant to differences.
And although there were people who had not taken part in the events/10%/,  they all said it was good to have them at school, that it broke the monotony of everyday life and made everybody think about tolerant attitudes and behaviour,about  the important things in life,etc.
All the participants in the show said they had a great fun being able to display their tastes in clothes, hairstyle and make-up and stay dressed in the clothes they`d put on the whole day - the way  they had often dreamed of!

Tolerant to the different ones

On 16th November,the Day for Tolerance, the T.I.M.E. team organized the Craziest Outfit Fashion Show at school. It was  a lot of fun...