You can use this page to explain khordiafy to colleagues and friends.
'khordiafy' is a new word for a new initiative in a new era for a new future for Europe.
And the motivation is simple:
That all our countries' children grow up as friends, forming international relationships that unify, despite changes like Brexit occurring, or however the European area is defined.
Just imagine that millions of children of every country and culture of Europe are growing up knowing and liking each other.
Now think what positive future results this would create for each one of them and for the future of Europe as a whole. It's a bold vision!
80 years since WW2, 5 years on from Brexit, the past is behind us.
Starting from here let's make fresh hope happen.
"When ordinary folk encounter other ordinary folk of another country, the overwhelmingly common experience is positive, welcoming, constructively helpful, leaving fond memories and grateful recollections on both sides as well as creating lasting relationships."
'khordiafy' is a fresh, open initiative.
It engages and links school children of many countries,
it involves every single pupil and it builds enduring amity between them all and their communities and in the future also their own children and grandchildren. Now think what it would be like for your own local school 'to khordiafy' too.
Safeguarding is paramount. There is no direct contact with or between pupils.
'To khordiafy: be interacting in a family of schools from many different countries, the children growing in friendship and understanding
Cultivate a conflict-resistant society
Establish mutually positive perspectives at a young age
Generate a normality of warm relationships at individual and community levels
Build lasting bonds between European cultures and communities
Free of the limiting need to travel in order to interact
Involving every single child in a school's khordiafying year group or grade
A new family approach for countries to embrace, whether EU or otherwise such as UK.
Schools across Europe are already building their khordiafy families.
Why create 'khordiafy' and why now?
For positive relationships after Brexit
for a positive outlook beyond the Covid-19 pandemic,
ahead of 8th May 2025 the 80th anniversary of VE Day
Starting from here, today, we can cause change for the better
Europe does already have some well-established and wide-reaching inter-school collaboration projects. Sadly the vast majority of schools never engage in any such scheme and millions of school children never personally benefit from any them. We must find new ways to correct this. khordiafy is more about quo vadis, less about status quo.
" I invite you and your school to start to khordiafy with us, creating new ways to spread positive attitudes and lasting friendliness. We have to start from here to #MakeHopeHappen and change the future. " Ian Hilton-Turvey khordiafy founder and vision leader
khordiafy activities spread positive perspectives -
Every khordiafying activity is designed so that all of the children learn from each other , learn about each other, and so that their families, friends and their wider communities will do so as well.
All the pupils in any given khordiafy group are of a matched age group/ grade / school year
involving every single school child in that year group
engaging together in low cost, non-competitive, enjoyable activities
participating, synchronising, collaborating, experiencing and celebrating together.
khordiafy is a post-Brexit resolution: Across Europe many younger people remain disappointed by the changes instigated by the 'Brexit' decision, feeling that it inhibits relationships across the physiacl European area.
In response, instead of passive disappointment, khordiafy offers schools across Europe a visionary and practical opportunity to make invigorating befriending happen, X.
The EU project has achieved many good things over the decades, seeking to avoid the warring and decisive mistakes of the past. Yet has it produced a naturally unified society and visibly harmonised relationships between everyone? Is it now normal for ordinary people across this continent to naturally like each other? Do we habitually hold positive perspectives of one another?
khordiafy - adding important new impetus and fresh energy:
khordiafy is informal - It is a grass roots movement. It is not from officialdom and it requires no sponsorship, funding, endorsement or permission from any formal organisation or state body.
FAQ: "How can my school start to khordiafy with other schools across Europe?"
1. Register your school's interest with khordiafy
Use the Sign Up/Login button in the khordiafy.com menu bar
2. Decide which age group in your school to khordiafy with: pupils aged 8-9 , aged 9-10, or 10-11 years of age.
All schools in a khordiafy group will be of one matched age group
Every school in your khordiafy group will be from a different country
Your school will be the only one from your country In your khordiafy family
The Discovery Zone can help you with your school's discussion. Get access via the Join Here tab in the khordiafy.com site menu. 3 months for 3 Euros. (This Discovery Zone access is included in khordiafy family group school membership*)
3. Take up your country's place in a khordiafy family of schools.
Be added automatically into a khordiafy group which still has a vacancy for a school from your country. They are just waiting for you to fill that place!
Join your chool into a Khordiafy Family for a year, for 130 Euros (*including Discovery Zone access) Use Join Here tab in the khordiafy.com site menu.
4. Start making new history for our childrens' futures.
Your group declares together 'Let's khordiafy!' when you have at least 12 countries represented in it.
Decide on the first creative, achievable, affordable, fun and inspiring khordiafy activity your group will do together.
Khordiafy FAQ's
FAQ: "How do we learn more about how khordiafying activities work?
Click Activities in the khordiafy.com site menu to discovery what khordiafying activities are like
Discover the creative khordiafying activities and interactions that your school could have fun doing in your multi-country khordiafy 'family' cluster together with all the other khordiafying schools in the group.
Add your own activities ideas to the khordiafy conversation
Discuss khordiafy with your own school leadership team and other colleagues
Your school, every primary school, can khordiafy to make the next 80 years better for our children, their children and their children's children... It starts from here.
Now, let's Khordiafy!
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