Orange Award
In 2004, Orange originated the Award for the promotion of intercultural dialogue under the auspices of UNICEF Switzerland. The award was endowed with the aim of implementing and expanding projects in Switzerland for the promotion of tolerance and dialogue. A study on cultural integration by UNICEF Switzerland had shown that the advancement of the intercultural dialogue with children and adolescents in Switzerland would require special incentives. Since then, the Orange Award has inspired the realisation of many successful projects in aid of cultural understanding.
winning projects
2010:
The "Schenk mir eine Geschichte - Family Literacy" project of the Swiss Institute
for Child and Youth Media supports both parents as well as their bilingually raised
children between ages 2 and 6. Various experiences with books and stories in the
native language of their parents as well as in the language of their environment
are not only fun for the children but also motivate them to read and learn how
to write. The earliest possible targeted encouragement of children is an important
foundation for their success in school later on. Parental involvement in their
children's education will help reach non-academically inclined parents who speak
a foreign language and support them in their integration.
2008:
'artlink' and 'Mus-E Schweiz' for their project 'Kunst in der Schule gegen
Rassismus' in Olten which fosters discussion of racism with the means of art.
2006:
"Unsere Klasse spricht viele Sprachen", a podcast game from the Zurich organisation
klipp & klang radiokurse. 2nd winner: 'Intégration: Jeux et Enjeux"
project by the Théâtre pour Enfants in Lausanne.
2005:
The
beraber
organisation based
in Basle, a group of young students who provide a tutoring service for young
people of foreign origin. 2nd and 3rd winner: 'BaBeLKids' promoting child-friendly
development and 'Seitenwechsel', a project to support joint activities of children
from a range of cultural and social backgrounds.
2004:
'Ideenbüro'
in
the Leubringen/Evilard School in Biel. In the 'Ideenbüro' ('Office of Ideas'),
children advise other children, acquire skills and learn to pass them on. Following
the Biel example, 14 more schools have set up 'Ideenbüros' and six others
are planning to establish offices of that kind.
20 years of the UN's child rights convention (2009)
To celebrate 20 years of the UN Child Rights Convention, UNICEF is organising an ideas contest on the
subject of children's rights. We're looking for campaign ideas that will move and inspire the public and put
children's rights at the top of the agenda.
Orange is supporting this project as part of our long-standing partnership with UNICEF. We invite you to take part in this contest.
You can present your creative ideas on www.jovoto.com or review others on www.facebook.com/unicefcontest.
all about the project (German)
(French)
download the contest flyer
