End Bullying Campaign Goes to Hanover

Montego Bay, Jamaica based Le Antonio's Foundation - End Bullying Globally Campaign - has extended its perimeters to the parish of Hanover. Our End Bullying Campaign team was invited to campaign in the public schools of Hanover - west Jamaica - by Mrs. Katrin Casserly, Chairman of the Hanover Charities, a supporter and donor to Le Antonio's Foundation.

Mrs. Casserly arranged our education visit with our first school in the parish, on March 10, 2016 where we were welcomed by Mrs. Wright, principal of the Esher Primary School. We began our visit at Esher Primary School by holding our devotional exercise with the sixth (6) grade students. The students gathered for our introduction of the Foundation and overview of the End Bullying Campaign.

Motivational  speaker Ann-Marie Graham met with both fourth (4) grades and sixth (6) grade students in their respective classroom, where she demonstrated our presentation on bullying and the effects it has on our youths today.

Mr. Reid, Le'Antonio's Foundation's Youth Coordinator and Mrs. Rackeisha Newby visited the other sixth (6) grade class and gave the students a presentation about the awareness of bullying and its effects on them and their  peers, and ways each student can help to stop bullying. We discussed warning  signs that students can recognize if another student is being bullied.

The students were informed of the importance of speaking up against bullying, how to do so, and who they can talk with for help. The students  of the Esher Primary School were very welcoming and were engaged in the information that they were learning!

Meet the End Bullying Team at Esher Primary

Starting  from the right we have Mrs Katrin Casserly (Chairman of the Hanover Charities), beside her is Ms. Ann-Marie Graham (motivational speaker), next to her is Mr. Odane Reid (Youth Coordinator), beside Mr Reid is Mrs. Rackeisha Newby, volunteer assistant and standing next to Mrs. Newby is Mrs Wright principal of the Esher Primary School.

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Benefits of Donating to End Bullying Globally - Le Antonio's Foundation

Benefits of donating to the Le Antonio's Foundation's End Bullying Globally cause are life changing to the victims of bullying, the witnesses to bullying, the bully, the community, and the society at large.

Le Antonio's Foundation has taken on the task to stop this aggressive harmful behavior in the early stage - in the public schools - . Violence and harmful behavior is no secret in public schools, giving silent permission to bullying which often goes undetected. The school systems are geared towards corrective behavior and discipline in violent and harmful situations that place the students in direct physical danger, and in most cases miss the root cause of the issue, or overlook the emotional damage to the children involved.

Le Antonio's Foundation End Bulling Globally School Campaigns  

Here is where the Le Antonio's Foundation will benefit the youths, we will place youth support groups in each school to monitor incidents leading to bullying, provide counseling, intervention, support, behavior modification, mentoring, on going awareness and other assistance as needed.

Effects of Bullying: Bullying affects the victim as well as the witnesses and even the bully. While physical bullying is obvious, verbal bullying, isolation, emotional bullying and cyber-bullying are just as harmful, but often goes undetected. Bullying can change the life course of a young person when there is no outlet. Not every child will report that they are being bullied to an adult, the school officials, or their parents. Many times this issue will be reported by someone else (another child or friend of the victim, or relative of the victim), who may want to remain anonymous; however, they often miss the opportunity to help the victim. Their reports are often made at later stages in the victimization, when the victim has endured much damage and pain. Why is that so? This is as a result of lack of awareness to identify the signs of bullying, and lack of support groups in the schools and community to deal with the issue of bullying.

Bullies:Many times the bullies are children who have been victims of bullying themselves and have turn their hurt into aggression, to either protect themselves, or as an outlet to release the aggression the pain has caused them. Many times the post-violence of bullying will "create" "little aggressors" who react based on their environment and exposure. There is always an emotional and psychological cause behind the action of a bully. This behavior can almost always be corrected and redirected, with love, mentoring, corrective actions, positive enforcement and intervention into the root cause of their actions. It is factual that kids who bully others can exhibit life regretful actions which may lead them into the jail or prison systems. Bullies often become drug users as adolescence and adults. They often get into fights to exhibit false "self control" (the I'm in charge syndrome), they also are known to vandalize properties and become school drop outs, while the schools miss their cry for help and non-verbally label them as bad or problem students that they would rather not deal with.

Victims of Bullying:Victims of bullying can display hurt and fear in many ways, some students begin to isolate themselves, hiding to get away from it all physically and emotionally is a common behavior, they will exhibit anxiety, aggression, sadness, fear, agitation, sadness, changes in school patterns, changes in work patterns, changes eating patterns, loss of interest in activities in activities they once enjoyed, sleeping more than normal or not sleeping as well, sudden change in friends, drop in their grades and extra studies, skip school, miss classes, drop out of school, and even suicide.

Witnesses of Bullying: The witnesses of bullying are also affected, they can experience anxiety, worry, sadness, fear of being next, feeling of helplessness, or can feel responsible. Some witnesses even get aggressive to stand up for the victim and become entangled in this vicious cycle where they too may experience change in their school and activity patterns; and even get bullied themselves.

Le Antonio's Foundation's Anti-Bullying Support Groups

With Le Antonio's Foundation's Victim Support Groups in the schools we will be able to identify the victims and provide counseling, support, intervention and elimination of the root cause of the bullying, create a stable environment for the students with love and mentoring, assistance in the areas that have been damaged or which has become difficult for the victims and or witnesses.

The impact of bullying on society is greater than may be obvious. When bullying is not identified and corrected, bullies become misdirected adult who have no regard for authority and the law, feels rejected and reject or abuse their spouses, children, and families. They are generally low producers in the society.  The victims of bullying can often fail to mature in their full potentials while in their primary and secondary school years, therefore becoming adults who live with life long emotional scars and damages resulting in their low contribution to their society. Some victims never overcome their childhood hurt, fear, rejection, aggression, anxiety, and have difficulty moving forward as adults. Adults who were victims of childhood or adolescent bullying are often unaware that their principal issues with confrontation was left behind from their childhood spiritual and emotional disturbance. Witnesses of bullying can experience some of the same effects as the victims, and exhibit some of same effects as the bullies, and become fearful low-producers in their society.

Le Antonio's Foundation End Bullying Globally initiative will not only provide ongoing education to the students in the public schools but will have an open door and hot-line for anyone to report an action of bullying or any action resembling bullying. Our campaign goes into the schools and educated the students on bullying and the effects of this action on their lives, we motivate the youths and will get them involved in taking care of each other in the prevention of bullying. They will know how to get help, where to go and who to report bullying to. All information of bullying will be thoroughly investigated by the Foundation. The End Bullying Globally initiative is a community outreach and will not only serve the schools but the youths and families living in the inner-city communities - our doors are open to our community.

For more information or to get involved or sponsor this noble charge of anti-bullying contact us:

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To Donate to End Bullying Globally: Please visit the donate page on this blog or contact us.

End Bullying Globally - by- Mrs. Martha Bjørke -Le Antonio's Foundation

We ask the question what is bullying?  Is it something good, or is it bad, is it harmful and does it affect the lives of others in a good way or in a painful way?  Its important to understand that the reason why people bully others is as a result of their need to have control over their victim.  This is not good and it destroys the life of the victim. 

Many of those who  are being bullied are suffers of anxiety or depression.  At times people who are underweight is being bullied because they seem rather sick to look at.  Many homosexuals, lesbians and bisexuals are also victims of bullying as a result of their choice of gender.

But what are the signs of a person being bullied?  Is it visible?  Yes, at times it is visible and other times not.  Many of those who are being bullied tend to suffer from unexplained headache, a change in their appetite, many suffer from stomach problems. Especially school children this can be a very serious and vicious circle to be in. At times teachers cannot understand why a child isolate himself or herself in class.

The child may seem to be rather anti social, but it is far more than that. They are innocent victims of a brutality that need the eyes of an experienced person to see what really is happening in the life of the child. Psychologically, some suffers are rather irritable, sad, they tend to isolate themselves from others and some end up reaching school or the workplace late.  We need to remember that bullying takes place also in the workplace. 

The ones who bully others in the workplace are those who is having a constant need to be seen at all times.  They have a tendency to compare themselves with others and even try to bring down others publicly. Inflicting mental and emotional pain gives them the feeling of accomplishment at the expense of the victims happiness.

In the social world the bullies are also there.  They are the ones that gets recognition for their negative behavior.  They are the ones that are jealous. They do not have proper personal and social skills to interact with others in a positive manner.   

But who are these bullies?  Most of them are those who feel they are complete failures. They may come from a background where they never experienced love and acceptance for who they are and feel socially rejected Maybe their family background is rather dysfunctional. They may even be those who dropped out of school and have no choice but to accept a job they never planned to accept. 

These are the ones whose negative behavior is in constant competition with others.    We need to remember that some bullies lack empathy.  How others feel is the least of their interests.  Bullying is a serious matter which will not go away on its own. 

It need guidance, and resources to take care of the situation.  We at Le Antonio Foundation is strongly against bullying and we are here to help those who are victims with our professional staff available.  In addition, we not only  help the victims,  but we help those who are inflicting others pain.  They should not be forgotten as they too needs help and guidance to correct their unacceptable behavior.

End Bullying Globally - by - Shavaughn Reid - Le Antonios Foundation

A young man born and raised in an environment where his survival depends on defending himself, starts to wear an extra serious face. A short time after, his face wears a permanent frown. As a result his peers feared him, his school Principal disliked him and community members labelled him as a gangster. He's none of the negative labels given to him. He only wears that permanent frown to prevent him from being bullied continually.

End Bully Globally - by - Nadine Barrett - Le Antonio's Foundation

New students are often quite eager to start a new school, meet new friends and start a whole new chapter in their lives. They are impressionable and tend to continue with whatever trends are set within the first few weeks.

Normally the welcoming committee at various high schools are the bullies. They often believe it is their responsibility to show new students (freshmen) the culture as they want it to be. The hierarchy is determined by who is feared the most. Persons will remain as bullies as long as no one is brave enough to stand up to them. If they are not allowed to get away with intimidating people they will eventually leave them alone. You can stand up and say NO!! or you can report them whether directly or anonymously.
 

We need to put an end to this mindset and allow students to go about their daily lives without fear or intimidation. We should be mindful of the fact that people don't become bullies overnight. Most times there are underlying causes that should be addressed as well. Oftentimes these same individuals are victims of bullies themselves.They are most times acting out their anger and frustration, which can be channeled into less offensive and more productive outcomes.

BULLYING IS WRONG!!! STOP IT NOW!!! http://www.leantoniosfoundation.org/html/end-bullying-globally

End Bullying Globally 2016

What is Bullying?

Bullying is the use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force them to do something against their will. Bullying can be described as an unwanted aggressive behavior towards an individual that involves a power imbalance, whether real or perceived. The term “bullying” is thrown around a bit excessively these days, and one thing we need to keep in mind is that not every confrontation is an instance of “bullying.” The key component is the power imbalance. Two peers having a go at each other over some contentious topic isn’t “bullying.” Bullying usually takes many forms and can involve physical attacks, emotional attacks and/or verbal attacks.

The Main  Types of Bullying

There are several main categories of bullying. The other, more specific types, can fall into any or all of these categories, depending on the specific situation in which the bullying is encountered.

• Physical Bullying

This type of bullying basically involves the use of physical force. Physical bullying is most prevalent in academic institutions. This bullying technique may involve the spiting, shoving, kicking or even punching. In most instances, the aggressor is physically larger than the victim or may be within a group. The idea behind physical bullying is for the bully to establish superiority and continued control over a victim.

• Verbal Bullying

Verbal bullying incorporates the use of words to carry out an act of bullying. In this type of bullying, the aggressor also known as the bully tries to verbally upset the victim through taunting and teasing. The verbal assault might focus on an individual’s appearance, lifestyle choices, intellect, skin color and even ethnicity. Most verbal bullies have a low self esteem and tend to bully others so as to increase their social standings and feel better about themselves.

•  Emotional Bullying

Also known as relational aggression, emotional bullying is the act of an aggressor attacking a victim on an emotional level. Emotional bullying is most common in relationships whereby, one partner might make statements or act in such a manner as to bring about distress to the other partner. Emotional bullying may also involve the spreading of rumors, excluding an individual from certain activities, refusing to talk to someone and even making statement with an intention of hurting a person’s feelings.

• Cyber bullying

This can happen anywhere and at any time thanks to the influx of technology both at school and at home. Cyber bullying can occur through text messages or over the internet and may be known only to the victim and the perpetrator, making it difficult to control. Cyber bullies are often the victims of real world bullying, and take their frustrations out on their victims behind the privacy of a computer screen or cellular phone. Their behavior may include impersonating a victim online to make others view them negatively, spreading nasty gossip, or excluding the victim online and encouraging others to join in. Jamaica Gleaner Covers Cyberbullying in Jamaica.

 How can bullying be prevented?

Bullying can be prevented, especially when the power of a community is brought together. Community-wide strategies can help identify and support children who are bullied, redirect the behavior of children who bully, and change the attitudes of adults and youth who tolerate bullying behaviors in peer groups, schools, and communities.

The Le Antonio Foundation is firmly against any form of bullying and will join the fight against the Bullying both national and international.