Dignity International is very pleased to welcome the following new team members.Welcome to the Dignity Family!



(From left to right)
Pics 1 - Nayana Chowdhury , India. Coordinator for "Train-Up Trainers" (TUT) Programme (Volunteer)
Pics 2 - Adrian Pereira, Malaysia. Administration Assistant (Part Time)
Pics 3 - Accounts Management Assistant (Part Time)
Pics 4 - Advisor, Accounts Management (Volunteer)

During the months of May and early June , Dignity International Executive Director Jerald Joseph had the opportunity to touch base with our Dignity partners who have singed up for our 20 month programme of "Train-Up Trainers" (TUT) . September 2009 saw 17 of Dignity's alumni, from all our previous human rights trainings, who are trainers and potential trainers were invited back to Spain for a one-week programme of Training of Trainers (TOT). IT was a fun and rigorous learning of skills on human rights training methodologies. As agreed all trainers would have have to conduct/be part of a series of human rights trainings in the 20 month period. Each are expected to do two national trainings, and one regional or global training as part of their application process of the TUT.

In meeting up some of the team members, there was still a lot of excitement and energy to ensure that this process is completed fully. Jerald Joseph met up with trainers in Ireland, Johannesburg and Nairobi. With Nayana as coordinator, the TUT will definitely be very alive form now on.



(From left to right)
Pics 1 - Meeting in Belfast, Ireland. Noirin Clancy, Ireland
Pics 2 - Meeting in Johannesburg Airport. Busisiwe Duduzile, South Africa
Pics 3 - Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya Marcia Kadenyeka, Humphrey Otieno Oduor, Victor Odera, Samuel Njoroge,Raphael Onyango Obany

For the first time, Bolivia was the scene of a Dignity International Programme in Human Rights. The same was organised by UNITAS and IIADI with the Support of Secours Catholique (Cáritas France). From 7 to 13 of July, thirty social movements and NGOs representatives were part of an intense and motivating experience of collective learning and commitment reinforcement with Human Rights.

Participants from all over the country, and different areas of incidence like environment, gender, development, land and territory, urban populations rights, education, and indigenous & cultural rights, joined in Colcapirhua – Cochabamba, a department in the core of the country known for its struggles in defense of the right to water.

Although diversity was the main characteristic, the course helped to build and/or affine a shared strategic perspective that combines the mobilising style and tradition of the social movements in Bolivia with the use of Human Rights standards learned in the methodology of Dignity International.

An additional achievement was the knowing and recognising of the advanced and useful tools that the new of Constitution of Bolivia (2008) provides to Civil Society in order to make the State accountable in ESCR issues.

The organisers of the event are now trying to generate the conditions to regularize the annual realisation of this Programme in Bolivia, a country recognised for the commitment of its people towards a better world… All Human Rights for All!