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Living Values Activities Books 
This series offers a variety of experiential activities for teachers and parents

Living Values Education (LVE) is a comprehensive values education Programme. This innovative global character education Programme offers teachers and facilitators a variety of experiential values activities and practical methodologies to enable children and young adults to explore and develop 12 key universal values: Cooperation, Freedom, Happiness, Honesty, Cooperation, Love, Peace, Respect, Responsibility, Simplicity, Tolerance, and Unity. LVE also has special materials for use with parents and caregivers, children affected by war, street children and children affected by earthquakes.

LVE's Living Values Activities series of books is published by Health Communications, Inc. In each newsletter we bring into focus one of the values explored by LVE, excerpting from this award winning series selected ideas and activities on each value. In the last edition the focus was on humility; this edition focuses on cooperation.

Think of a time in your life when you wanted or needed cooperation and someone was cooperative. What did it feel like? . . . . . . When have you been cooperative? . . . . . . When cooperation is giving in a natural, caring way, it feels completely different from when we try to extract cooperation and it is finally extended in a begrudging manner. The lightness and love within real cooperation fills a relationship with respect. Begging for cooperation in a relationship of power and victimization demeans both participants ? and only adds to the world of pain. Real cooperation is filled with affection and creates the space for a world of dignity.

Reflection Points from Living Values Activities for Young Adults, Cooperation Unit.

• Cooperation exists when people work together toward a common goal.

• Cooperation requires recognizing the value of everyone?s part and keeping a positive attitude.

• One who cooperates creates good wishes and pure feelings for others and the task.

• When cooperating, there is a need to know what is needed. Sometimes we need an idea and sometimes we need to let go of our idea. Sometimes we need to lead and sometimes to follow.

• Cooperation is governed by the principle of mutual respect.

• One who cooperates receives cooperation.

• Where there is love there is cooperation.

• Courage, consideration, caring and sharing provide a foundation for cooperation.

• By staying aware of my values, I can give cooperation.

You can read an excerpt on cooperation from Living Values: A Guidebook to stimulate thought; please click as indicated below for activities on Cooperation for Parents, Children and Young Adults. Young adults may wish to explore a few of the ideas with family or friends while parents may wish to take up some of the activities with their children. And do let us know how you get on or if you've got other experiences or activities you'd like to share!

"However, it is here, in this hall, that we have all come together- that we must all come together - to make known our differences, examine our motivations and, if possible, find solutions. For there are, beyond all that can divide us, common purposes, common objectives, to which we have all promised to adhere and which our charter proclaims in Article 1 in an order which it is worth recalling on this thirtieth anniversary. We have in fact solemnly undertaken to 'Maintain international peace and security,' to 'Develop friendly relations among nations,' and to 'Achieve international cooperation.'"

Mr. Gaston Thorn,
President of the thirtieth session of the UN General Assembly,
September, 1975