Archdiocese of Medellin Schools Educators reconvene for a day of follow-up training in Peer Mediation with 70 teachers from all of their 29 schools at the Instituto Universitario Salazar y Herrera. The school teams composed of administrators and teachers reported the very successful work of implementation accomplished over 3 months...
PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IN ARGENTINA PREVENT VIOLENCE IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITY
Community leaders and parents come together for training and to find creative ways they can impact their homes, schools, and community with violence prevention and Peace Education strategies in the community of Parroquia San Enrique, Villa Gobernador Galvez, Rosario, Argentina where they serve at risk children, youth and families. The...
EDUCATORS IN CONCEPCION, ARGENTINA BEGIN PEACEWORKS PROGRAM
The city of Concepcion, Argentina hosts 83 teachers from 15 schools of the Diocese of Gualeguaychu in a district-wide commitment to Peace Education. Peace Education Foundation trainers from the U.S. co-facilitate the workshop with local facilitators from the neighboring city of Victoria previously trained by the Foudation in what was...
MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND’S MUSIC FOR PEACE SUMMER CAMP
The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind hosts the first Peace Education training for it's 12 Musician Teachers who will incorporate Peace Education and Social-Emotional Learning in their Music Summer Camp over two days of training. This beautiful experience demonstrated how music teachers can creatively incorporate valuable conflict resolution lessons from...
PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IN ROSARIO, ARGENTINA TRAIN FOR PEACE
Community leaders and parents come together for training reaching 46 participants to bring Peace Education to the community of Parroquia San Enrique, Villa Gobernador Galvez, Rosario, Argentina as they seek to reach at risk children, youth and families with much needed violence prevention strategies for their homes, schools and neighborhoods....
TEACHERS IN GUALEGUAYCHÚ, ARGENTINA EMBRACE PEACE EDUCATION
Educators of all grade levels from Gualeguaychu, Entre Rios, Argentina gather for a motivating staff development that reached 45 teachers with the goal of implementing the Peace Education Curriula in the schools. This one day training initiates the program and provides valuable training and curriculum to the teachers and shools....
PEACE EDUCATION RWANDA…“CREATING A CULTURE OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES” KIGALI, RWANDA – JANUARY 22-31, 2017
With a deep commitment to foster peace education in all Schools in Rwanda, The Rwanda Conference of Catholic Bishops – Secretariat for Education partners with the Peace Education Foundation to train more than 40 educators from all 9 dioceses in Rwanda in valuable Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Skills and...
THE CHILDREN COME FIRST” (“PRIMERO LOS NIÑOS”)…PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA, “AFECTO” CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CONFERENCE BOGOTA, COLOMBIA – JULY 24-26, 2017
The Peace Education participates in the XXIV AFECTO Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Colombia: “The Children Come First”. This interdisciplinary conference gathered close to 800 participants (Psychologists, Pediatricians, Nurses, Social Workers, Prosecutors, Judges, Child Welfare Services, Municipal Police, Military Police, Educators, etc.). The Peace Education Foundation conducts...
KENYAN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS COMBAT EXTREMISM AND EDUCATE FOR PEACE IN CONFLICT ZONES – NAIROBI, KENYA – JANUARY 13-22, 2017
The Peace Education Foundation carries out Interfaith Conflict Resolution Training and distributes PeaceWorks Curricula to over 50 Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim educators and pastoral ministers in collaboration with The Kenyan Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) - Commission for Education and Religious Education to ensure peaceful co-existnece among all Kenyans especially...
EDUCATING FOR PEACE & KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE IN ENTRE RIOS
Entre Rios Province celebrates its first-ever Peace Education Conference and gathers over 180 participants from urban and rural schools throughout the province to tackle violence prevention in schools and society and the serious social and educational challenges faced by children, teachers, and parents. The Peace Education Foundation, with generous support...