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Archway
School Stroud:
The Arch, after which Archway School is named, suggests that slavery
has been abolished. However the school is committed to highlighting
the plight of modern slaves and is using the restoration of the
Arch to bring the issue to public attention.
The school has joined five other schools in representing Britain
in a world-wide project run by UNESCO called ‘Breaking the
Silence’. It also now teaches the history of slavery as
part of the curriculum.
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Schoolbadge
and logo
Archway School, Stroud, uses the
Arch as its schoolbadge and logo. Many of the pupils pass
daily through the arch on their way to and from the school,
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United
Nations link
Each
year Archway pupils take part in an International United Nations
conference on modern day slavery in Geneva. Students meet victims,
hear testimonies and personal accounts that confirm slavery
has not ended, merely changed its face. The suffering is the
same as it ever was - families separated, violence, poverty,
hunger, poor health and the fear of beating or death. New forms
of slavery are present in almost all societies, including here
in Britain.
Funds are raised each year for the United Nations Trust Fund
for Contemporary Forms of Slavery.
Experiences
Archway pupils
have met Zenabou, a girl in her mid-teens who had been given
as a slave to a newly marrried African couple.
They have also met Anita, a 16 year old Nepalese girl who
had been kidnapped and transported to India to work as a prostitute
for five years.
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