The Program
Sat
14/04
Arrival
and transfer to the accommodation. Afternoon visit to St Leu to see the Tamil
New Year celebrations.
Visit to Piton de
la Fournaise Volcano and Cité du Volcan interactive volcano.
Welcome
dinner in evening.
Monday
16/04
Welcome
speech. Students from vocational section welcomed participants and handed out
badges and conference materials created in class. They made introductions to
Réunion - the island characteristics & diversity of the Reunionese
population.
Students
from the general section focused on volunteering in Reunion: shared their
experience and impact on their outlook.
Afternoon
tour of St Leu - slave history and revolt visiting key buildings in the history
of the area. Initially colonised by the Portuguese then the French then British
then back to French. Initially slaves were brought over from Madagascar and
other African countries for coffee plantations but later they grew sugar cane
as it was better adapted to the weather (cyclones). Photography exhibition –
diversity if Reunionese people.
Evening
boat trip along the coast to see the dolphins.
Tuesday
17/04
Chancégal/Cinétoil’
égalité conference with participating students.
Gender
equality - students were part of a cinema club that showed films on gender
equality in different situations. Given opportunity to take part in national
debate competition on gender equality. Some students made a magazine as part of
a social sciences project where they chose to focus on gender equality. 2hrs a
week over a year. Mocked up photographs rather than take it from the web.
Survey of chores split by gender. Some chose to do speeches on women’s rights
as part of the French Baccalaureate.
Domestic/gender
violence - tools used to introduce the domestic violence issue to students all
come from Canada. Give students scripts to enact domestic violence issues
followed by a class discussion/dissemination. Can make it a dynamic forum
theatre and invite other people up to change the situation/react so that the
issue is resolved. Strategies for tackling issues of jealously in relationships
- list terms associated with jealousy versus love. Jealousy has negative
connotations whereas love is positive. Clearly jealousy not linked with love.
Le Center Régional
information Jeunesse (CRIJ) Réunion- association born in 1990. Mission is to inform all young people about all
subjects. Main programme is a European voluntary service. Open to 17-30 year
olds - any European countries and other partner countries. Can find an EVS
mission via the database. http://europa.eu/youth/volunteering/evs-organisation.en
Wednesday
18/04
Focus
on religious diversity: visit to a Tamil Temple in St Louis and a Mosque and
Chinese Temple in St Pierre. Traditions have been somewhat adapted on Reunion
due to the distance from traditional centres and dilution over the generations.
Women have more access to areas of the mosque and many Chinese are dual
religion – engaging with both Christian and Chinese religious
celebrations. Afternoon free – some
braved the big waves of the Indian Ocean whilst others enjoyed the local craft
market.
Thursday
19/04
Welcome
breakfast by municipality at library/resource centre. Artistic diversity: Reunionese
writers - conference with M. Hoarau. Tour of library facilities and
introduction to Reunionese literature.
Concert/conference
on Reunionese music by Zanmari Baré.
Everyone participated in the music workshop and making of traditional
instruments. All joined together to
create Reunionese music and shared some traditional music of their own.
Friday
20/04
Diversity
of landscapes - visit to the Sud Savage to see the lava flows and the power of
nature attacking the coastal lava cliffs.
We stopped for a typically traditional lunch for the region in a
rainforest restaurant where we admired the nature including chameleons, flowers
and big mosquitos. A stop at a beautiful beach on the way back saw everyone
caught out by a big wave and soaked!
Sat
21/04
Visit to
local markets before returning home.
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