5.3 Citizenship

• Qualities and responsibilities of a global citizen
• Nobel Prize nominees responding to injustice: Wangari Maathai and Mahatma Gandhi
• Factors for harmonious coexistence among citizens in East Africa and Africa
• East African Community and African Union anthems
• Social entrepreneurship and active participation in the community
• Empathy toward people who volunteer to address injustice

• describe qualities of a global citizen in an interconnected society
• explore ways in which Nobel Prize nominees responded to injustice situations in the society
• explain factors for harmonious coexistence among citizens in East Africa and Africa
• exhibit social entrepreneurship and active participation in the community for personal and social well-being
• show empathy to personalities who volunteer to address injustices in society

“How can we promote global citizenship?”

“How can we show empathy as global citizens?”

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1. Qualities of a global citizen
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   A global citizen acts as if other people and places matter, while keeping duty to Kenya. Qualities: respect, empathy, responsibility, fairness, courage, digital honesty, care for the earth.
2. Responsibilities of a global citizen
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   Qualities become duties: refuse xenophobia, care for the earth, stand for justice, learn, help, and keep Kenyan civic duties. Posters and messages make the duties public.
3. Wangari Maathai and injustice
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   Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) answered land grabbing, dictatorship-era civic fear and environmental injustice through the Green Belt Movement. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. Trees were a method, not only shade.
4. Mahatma Gandhi and injustice
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   Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) answered colonial injustice in India with satyagraha - organised non-violent resistance. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times and never won. Do not invent a medal.
5. Comparing Maathai and Gandhi
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   Both used organised, largely non-violent public action for dignity. Differences: Kenya trees and civic space versus Indian independence; one Peace Prize won, one not. Debate similarities and differences with respect.
6. Harmonious coexistence in East Africa
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   The East African Community links partner states from Arusha. Coexistence needs respect, fair movement and trade, shared languages, sport, law, and a refusal of xenophobia. Practise the EAC anthem.
7. Harmonious coexistence in Africa and the AU
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   The African Union (from the OAU, 2002) has headquarters in Addis Ababa. Coexistence on the continent needs the same respect plus a refusal of wars of insult. Practise the AU anthem.
8. Social entrepreneurship
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   A social enterprise uses business tools so a social problem shrinks: pads, recycling, solar lamps, a tree nursery that sells seedlings. Profit serves the mission. Design one local example.
9. Active participation in the community
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   Well-being grows when people show up: clubs, baraza, CSL, tree days, honest queues, school council, later votes. Design one participation act for this term.
10. Empathy for those who face injustice
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    Empathy is feel-with, not pity-down. Write on why we honour volunteers who address injustice - Maathai, a flood nurse, a children's officer - and how a global citizen shares the work at learner scale.