Free education and youth work resources

All resources are free to download and use. They have been created by returned volunteers and other members of the Salesian Family to be used in development education sessions.

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	Brief description	Themes	Format	Appropriate for
Engaging young people with justice and peace	PowerPoint Presentation about engaging young people with justice and peace	Faith and justice	PowerPoint	Teachers, Youth workers
A resource for sharing the Salesian story	A resource for sharing the Salesian story.Six readings to tell some of our Salesian story in a simple but dramatic way.	Salesian	Word	Teachers, Youth workers
Stories of the trainees – booklet	“Short booklet of “life stories” written by the trainees. The trainees were asked to write a few words about their family background, about their coming to the Don Bosco Training Center, and their hopes for the future.	In their own words, Slums, The Philippines	PDF	Secondary, 6th form, Youth Work
A prayer with Romero	A PowerPoint led prayer based around a picture of Oscar Romero made up of faces of the “disappeared”	Faith and justice	PowerPoint	Secondary, 6th form, Youth Work, Students
Justice and peace icons	PowerPoint presentation based around icons of Jesus, Mary, Gandhi, Romero and others	Faith and justice	PowerPoint	Secondary, 6th form, Youth Work
Trade justice poster	To be displayed where fair trade goods are sold – encouraging people not to just stop there.	Development Education	PDF	Secondary, 6th form, Youth Work, Students, Volunteers, Teachers, Youth workers
Ethical issues around volunteering in developing countries	A short reflection on volunteering in developing countries in light of ethical criticisms	Volunteering, Development Education, Thinkpieces	PDF	6th form, Youth Work, Voluntary Sector, Students, Volunteers, Teachers, Youth workers
Life in Pasil	A short booklet of poems and stories written by young people from a slum community in the Philippines.	In their own words, Slums, The Philippines	PDF	Primary, Secondary, 6th form, Youth Work
Slums	A presentation giving participants an ‘experience’ of slums.	Slums; The Philippines	PowerPoint	Secondary, 6th form, Youth Work
A pedagogy of the gap year	MSc dissertation considering learning through a volunteer experience	Volunteering	PDF	Voluntary Sector, Students, Volunteers
Volunteering as new colonialism	A presentation investigating the ethics of the volunteer/gap year experience	Volunteering	PowerPoint	6th form, Voluntary Sector, Students, Volunteers
Host Community Perceptions of Short-term volunteers	MA research proposal exploring perceptions of volunteers	Volunteering	PDF	Voluntary Sector, Students, Volunteers
Volunteer stories	Blogs, emails, photos and videos from BOVA volunteers around the world	Volunteering	Web page	Secondary, 6th form, Youth Work, Students
The pover-tree	A reflection on talking about causes and consequences of poverty with young people	Development Education	PDF	Teachers, Youth workers
The 3 barriers to action	A reflection on bringing young people to action on a justice issue.	Development Education, Thinkpieces	PDF	Teachers, Youth workers
The chicken or the egg?	A reflection on what should come first – understanding of issues or taking action?	Development Education, Thinkpieces	PDF	Teachers, Youth workers
Images of the developing world	A reflection on the risk of using disempowering images of the developing world	Development Education, Thinkpieces	PDF	Volunteers, Teachers, Youth workers
Savio Bhavan, Don Bosco Tumku	A film showing a day in a life of the ex-child labourers in a Salesian home in India	India, Child labourers	Film (Youtube)	Primary, Secondary, 6th form, Youth Work
Action for Justice and Peace: Keeping up the energy	A reflection on keeping going!	Development Education, Thinkpieces	Web page	Secondary, 6th form, Youth Work, Voluntary Sector, Students, Volunteers, Teachers, Youth workers
Action for Justice and Peace; what’s it got to do with Christians?	A reflection on Christianity and action for justice	Faith and justice, Thinkpieces	Web page	Volunteers, Teachers, Youth workers
A Christian response to climate change	A reflection on climate change from a Christian perspective	Faith and justice, Climate change, Thinkpieces	PDF	6th form, Students, Volunteers
An introduction to development education	An essay introducing development education and campaigning	Development Education, Thinkpieces	PDF	Teachers, Youth workers
Empowerment	An essay exploring different concepts of ‘empowerment’ in development	Development	PDF	6th form, Students, Volunteers
Education in the Philippines	An essay exploring development issues in the Philippines with respect to education	Development, The Philippines	PDF	6th form, Students, Volunteers
Student campaigning	An essay exploring students scope for action as campaigners	Development Education, Volunteers	PDF	6th form, Students, Volunteers
Sport and Peace-building	An essay exploring the use of sport in peacebuilding	Development	PDF	6th form, Students, Volunteers
Slums – resettlement or upgrade	An essay exploring slums and possible development interventions	Development, Slums	PDF	6th form, Students, Volunteers
Child Sex Tourism	An essay reflecting on the causes and consequences of sex tourism	The Philippines, Child Sex Tourism	PDF	Volunteers, Students
HIV AIDS Project for schools	An introduction to the science and justice issues around HIV/AIDS medication	HIV/AIDS, Swaziland	PowerPoint	Students, 6th form