The non-governmental organization Hope for Children UNCRC Policy Center is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the “Beat Bullying Campaign”. It aims to raise public awareness amongst the educational communities and the general public, as well as to develop tools to identify, prevent and act against bullying.
“Hope For Children” UNCRC Policy Centre (HFC) is pleased to announce its collaboration with the famous actor and comedian Loris Loizides and the well-known journalist Elita Michaelides for its campaign Beat Bullying.
Mr. Loizides and Ms. Michailidou have accepted the invitation of HFC and they have been declared official supporters of the campaign against bullying, both being overtly sensitive about this issue. In Elita.com.cy, Loris stated that he “has not experienced bullying as a child, but he has witnessed other classmates to experience it, and emphasized that he decided to participate in this campaign since he wants to offer in any way possible towards the cause of combating bullying”. In turn, Elita explained her decision to support the campaign by saying that “we ought to have social conscience and everyone should offer whatever they can. I believe that this issue deserves strong campaigning and understanding as it relates to children on whom the future depends”. Ms. Michaelides continued saying that both she and her daughter have experienced bullying and because of this reason she feels a double duty to respond to this social phenomenon.
“Hope For Children” has proceeded with signing a Memorandum of Understanding with both Elita and Loris in order to clarify their in-between relationship and obligations.
The Director General of the organization “Hope For Children”, Mr. Joseph Varughese has stated: “The decision of Mr. Loris Loizides and Ms. Elita Michailidou is another important step in the recognition and development of methods of dealing with such phenomena” and he welcomed the “willingness of the comic and journalistic scene in Cyprus to take a stand against bullying and its consequences”.
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We are happy to announce our partnership for the Beat Bullying Campaign with the American International School in Cyprus. Today the Director of the school Ms. Michelle Kleiss and the Director General of HFC-UNCRC policy centre have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. We will proceed with a general information day and the incorporation of the Beat Bullying Campaign in school activities. We have also met with the Student representatives that will be trained in order to be able to inform and help their peers with issues of bullying. There are a lot of exciting possibilities for the students, parents and staff and we look forward to the materialisation of the project. This is the first partnership we have made with a private school and we believe it is pivotal to make these links with private schools in order to reach a wider audience. We are hoping that in the future we will cooperate with more schools, as we believe that the Beat Bullying Campaign should reach all the children in Cyprus.
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