On 20 September 2013, a group of students of the “Alexandru cel Bun” Theoretical Lyceum din Tighina organized, in their school, a session of intellectual games under the theme “Learning about Human Rights via Intellectual Games”. The organizers of the event aimed to apply their abilities of multipliers by training 35 of their high school colleagues in this interactive method of learning about human rights.
Inspired by similar activities they had attended earlier, the organizers trained the students on the various types of intellectual games and the playing rules. Students then played Match and Trivia Quiz. The questions featured in the games focused on the topic of human rights and were mixed with questions of general knowledge.
“Intellectual games are not only entertainment, they are also a very effective method of learning. That is why we chose this mode of introducing our colleagues to human rights. Those who did not have the chance to learn about them before were provided a great opportunity to do so today”, said Anastasia Tica, one of the organizers and game moderators, at the end of the event.
Organizers plan to hold more such activities in the months to come, faced with an increasing number of participants and their positive feedback about the events.
Note that, earlier, young people from five Romanian language high schools in the Transnistrian region participated in the project “Human Rights Start with Education”, which was funded by the US Embassy and finalized on 1 September. The project focused on teaching human rights using non-formal means and methods and having the participants develop multiplying skills.
The event on 20 September was organized as part of the project “Promoting Human Rights and Strengthening Civil Society in the Transnistrian Region of the Republic of Moldova”, implemented by the Promo-LEX Association with the financial support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).