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Mouvement de la Paix Appeals for the French to Contribute to the Success of the Global Day of Action on Climate Change

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A declaration by Mouvement de la Paix (translation by CPNN)

Previously, on September 25, in some sixty cities, Mouvement de la Paix demonstrated for “peace, climate, nuclear disarmament, social justice and human rights” through appeals signed by numerous organizations (see the texts of the calls below).

For the actions of November 6, on the occasion of the COP 26 in Glasgow, Mouvement de la Paix is a signatory of the national call “United for the climate” which states that “Climate change endangers everyone all over the world. It is global. It demands global responses: massive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the fight against polluters and their systems of production system, international solidarity between the rich countries and the global South. Social justice and the protection of Human rights. must be the guiding principles of action for climate justice ”.

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Question for this article:

What is the relation between the environment and peace

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In addition to these objectives Mouvement de la Paix, like the UN and hundreds of organizations around the world, stresses that actions for climate, peace and human rights are linked and that the climate challenge requires a drastic reduction in global military spending and the elimination of nuclear weapons which also represent a mortal danger to humanity.

We regret as an example that the European Green Deal for the climate provides only 100 billion euros per year at European level, while the European Court of Auditors recommends 1112 billion euros per year and that in a single year, world military spending is 1,732 billion euros according to Sipri. With this logic and with the concern for transparency of the data, Mouvement de la Paix joins 180 other organizations at the international level in the international appeal that during the COP26, the governments commit themselves to significantly reduce their military greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (See the petition here) and that a specific working group be set up within the IPCC to measure the pollution linked to military activities.

For these reasons, Mouvement de la Paix is ​​calling everywhere in France, on Saturday November 6, 2021, to contribute to the success of the global day of action for the climate.

Appel unis pour le climat pour le 6 novembre

Appel national unitaire de convergence pour le 25 septembre : paix, climat, désarmement nucléaire, justice sociale et droits humains

Appel du collectif national en marche pour la paix pour le 25 septembre

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Remembering Georgi Vanyan: for peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia

DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .

An article by Onnik James Krikorian from Osservatorio balcani e caucaso transeuropa

Peacebuilder and true activist, anti-nationalist Georgi Vanyan died at the age of 58 on October 15th. He is especially remembered for the enormous effort to bring Azerbaijani and Armenians to dialogue


Georgi Vanyan © Meydan TV

The last time I spoke to Georgi Vanyan was by telephone at the end of September. The Armenian human rights and peace activist was visiting Tbilisi to meet with Emin Milli, the Azerbaijani founder and former director of Meydan TV. He had already interviewed Georgi about his peacebuilding activities and there were now plans to visit the Georgian village where many of his previous activities were held.

Georgi invited me accompany them, but there was one problem.

The 58-year-old was feeling ill and needed to test for COVID-19 before we could meet. Two days later, he sent a text message to say that he had tested positive and had to self-isolate in Tbilisi. He’d be in touch once he had recovered, but things took a turn for the worse and he was hospitalised. Eventually moved on to a ventilator, Georgi Vanyan was pronounced dead on 15 October.

The loss was a personal tragedy for those that knew him and also for a handful of committed individuals that had been working across closed borders in pursuit of regional peace.

“Now, at this stage of the Armenian-Azerbaijani reconciliation process, the peacebuilding community needed him more than ever,” tweeted Baku-based regional analyst and researcher Ahmad Alili. “Sincere Person. Genuine Peacebuilder. Great Loss. Rest in Peace, Georgi.”

For most others, however, Georgi’s passing went unnoticed.

“I am so afraid that Georgi Vanyan’s story will be left untold in Armenia as well as globally,” says Milli. “I observed social media yesterday and I saw almost no Armenians, with rare exception, talking about this [loss]. It was as if nothing happened and as if this man did not exist. It was as if this wasn’t the only courageous man in Armenia and Azerbaijan that did the things that he did.”

A controversial figure in Armenia, the silence was hardly surprising. The whole media and information space had been engaged in a coordinated campaign of public defamation against him for well over a decade. In 2007, a group of nationalist bloggers disrupted his Days of Azerbaijan event at an experimental school in Yerevan and in 2012 a nationalist mob launched an assault on his attempts to screen Azerbaijani films in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri.

And during the 2020 Karabakh War, while many peace-builders instead became proponents of war, Vanyan released an open letter calling for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to stop the fighting and to enter into dialogue with Baku. His words fell on deaf ears in both countries, although the Armenian police did notice enough to threaten a hefty fine if he continued to make such calls.

But perhaps Georgi’s best-known project was his convening of regular meetings of Armenian, Azerbaijan, and Georgian activists, academics, and journalists in the village of Tekali. Inhabited by ethnic Azerbaijanis, Tekali is located in Georgia close to its borders with Armenia and Azerbaijan and was arguably one of the few genuine grassroots peace initiatives in the region.

The proximity of Tekali for those living in the regions of all three countries allowed almost anyone to participate. Bucking the usual ‘closed doors and usual suspects’ approach by other peace-building projects held in expensive hotels or holiday resorts, the local community also benefitted from the Tekali Process. Villagers, for example, would provide and earn income from the catering.

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Can peace be achieved between Azerbaijan and Armenia?

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And as a sign of how effective Tekali had been in facilitating people-to-people contact, one discussant on an Azerbaijan TV show warned in 2019 that Georgi Vanyan’s approach was dangerous. “For Azerbaijan there is only the enemy on the other side of the border, nobody else” the discussant said. “If an Azerbaijani soldier sees that the other side also has mothers, sisters, coffins, and tears then he won’t obey his orders.”

But this criticism was unknown in Armenia where he had been forced to live out his last remaining years in poverty close to the border with Azerbaijan. In one online meeting dedicated to his memory, Armenian activist and Tekali participant Sevak Kirakosyan remembered that Georgi still pushed NGOs to move their activities to where it really mattered – in actual conflict-affected communities.

When Georgi’s body was transferred to the Armenian capital for burial, several prominent figures did at least go to pay their last respects. There was Boris Navarsadyan, head of the Yerevan Press Club (YPC), Ashot Bleyan, the head of the school where Georgi had invited Azerbaijani intellectuals and writers in the late 2000s, and Soviet-era dissident Paruyr Hairikyan, for example.

Armenia’s Epress.am, a regular fixture at Tekali, also covered the memorial but only a few others joined them.

Mariam Yeghiazaryan was one. The 26-year-old team member from Bright Garden Voices, a grassroots cross-border initiative to bring Armenians and Azerbaijanis together online in the aftermath of last year’s 44-day war, implies that this might have been for the best.

“Before going to the funeral, I was afraid that something bad would happen in the mourning hall,” she says. “Something that would be disrespectful to him and his legacy, as had happened during and after the [film] festival. Fortunately, it didn’t․”

And even though the young activist had never met Georgi, she says that she payed more attention to his peacebuilding work following the 2020 Karabakh War and especially his death. Yeghiazaryan now compares him to other prominent Armenians, including the great Armenian writer Hovhannes Tumanyan and slain Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor Hrant Dink.

“We honour Tumanyan, a truly great writer and a humanist,” she says, “ but I do not know how many have read his letters and articles about the Armenian-Tatar clashes. We honour Hrant Dink, not so much for his legacy and contribution, but for the chance to use and manipulate his death because he was murdered by a Turkish nationalist, forgetting that his whole life was aimed at Armenian-Turkish dialogue. What is the difference between them and Vanyan?”

She also remembers how Georgi had instead been labeled as a ‘traitor’ by those who were, in effect, opposed to a negotiated and mutually concessionary peace deal.

“Journalists played a big role in this case I note with regret,” she says. “There are terrible articles with terrible headlines, reports, and videos. How many quality articles, interviews can be found in Armenian about Vanyan? The fact that Vanyan’s death was almost not covered in the Armenian media is not about him, but about Armenia and Armenian journalism. It is extremely sad. Extremely.”

And it is this that concerns Milli the most.

“I’m very worried that his narrative could die with him,” he says. “I had seen courage that I had never seen before and I realised that there was nobody in Azerbaijan, including myself, that would dare to organise a Days of Armenian Cinema [in Azerbaijan]. Vanyan’s courage was so powerful that it impacted me profoundly. It was the moment that nationalism died in me.”

Milli, now having left Meydan TV, now has a new project, the Restart Initiative, which while primarily seeking to contribute to the development of Azerbaijan will also seek to nurture and develop dialogue with Armenia and Armenians. Some of Georgi’s former initiatives might well be resurrected for this purpose.

“I hope his Tekali project will be implemented [again],” remarks Yeghiazaryan, and I hope his approach will be the subject of discussion, debates, research, and daily conversations – both in Armenia and in Azerbaijan.”

(Editor’s note: In a new article about Georgi Vanyan in Al Jazeera, entitled Georgi Vanyan’s peace legacy must live on, Emin Milli adds that there is talk about a forthcoming meeting between Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, with increasing hope in the South Caucasus that perhaps the two countries will make some progress on peace.)

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Global Teacher Prize: Juline Anquetin-Rault

. EDUCATION FOR PEACE .

An article from The Global Teacher Prize (reprinted by permission)

(Editor’s note : Juline Anquetin-Rault came to our attention by way of a article in a local newspaper in France, Tendence Ouest, where she is quoted as being inspired by the pedagogical methods of Maria Montessori. CPNN has long maintained that this pedagogy is a good model for peace education. Montessori’s methods are usually used for young children, but Juline has adapted the methods to use with adolescents. )

She is now a candidate for the Global Teacher Prize as follows:


Video from Global Teacher Prize

Even as a child, Juline Anquetin Rault knew she wanted to become a teacher, but there was a time when she doubted whether her dream would come true. When she took the national exam to become a history and geography teacher, she ranked 607th out of 6,000 candidates, but only the top 604 were hired as public school teachers. Juline was crushed, but resolved to retake the exam the following year. In the meantime, she started working as a teaching assistant in a local school. On her first day, as she helped students with their homework and went over their lessons with them, Juline knew she had found her calling, and would become a teacher no matter what. She decided to start a tutoring agency, and also began teaching in private schools that did not require educators to pass the national exam.

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Question related to this article:
 
What is the best way to teach peace to children?

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Juline now splits her time between tutoring and teaching history and geography at an apprenticeship school. There, many of her students start out disliking school, having struggled in formal education, and a large portion are foreign students still learning to speak French.  

Juline believes learning should be fun, and that pupils should feel empowered to progress on their own. She has developed innovative teaching methods to engage her students, including treasure hunts and ‘pop culture’ classes using films. To help her students regain their confidence, she teaches them that failure and making mistakes are a valuable part of learning. Each class incorporates autonomous workshops, which can include internet research, online quizzes or studying maps. Juline’s methods have proven successful, with clear improvements not just in her students’ grades, but also in their mental health. In an end of year survey, 98% of students at Juline’s school said they would recommend this way of learning, and a project is in the works to apply it at national level. 

Outside of teaching, since 2017 Juline has organised yearly trips for students at her apprenticeship school. In 2020, she launched an organisation to fundraise for these outings. For Juline, travelling with students is a key way to teach them to be more tolerant. Many of her pupils have never even been to Paris, which is just 90 minutes from Rouen. She has also raised funds for children in Asia and Africa to access health and education services, and encourages regular dialogue between these children and the students at her tutoring agency.   

Juline is committed to helping her fellow teachers be the best they can be, and hosts training sessions to share her knowledge with colleagues. She teaches her peers how to use new technologies and memorisation techniques based on the latest cognitive science. She also frequently looks at what other teachers around the world are doing, and is inspired by passionate teachers. Juline runs a popular YouTube channel on which she shares learning and teaching materials with students and educators. If she wins the Global Teacher Prize, she would spend the funds on helping train even more teachers, to transform French education for the better.

(Thank you to Kiki Adams, the CPNN reporter for this articl

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COP26: Thousands of young people take over Glasgow streets demanding climate action

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An article from the United Nations

“What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!” echoed throughout central Glasgow on Friday as thousands of protesters took the streets during the dedicated “Youth Day” at COP26.

Although the march was initially organized by Fridays for Future, the youth-driven movement inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, people of all ages gathered at George Square to demand climate action.


UN News/Laura Quiñones

From small children waving their handmade picket signs, to older adults demanding a better future for those that will come after them, the COP26  host city saw citizen activists in unprecedented numbers rallying to get their message heard.

An even larger march is expected on Saturday. 

Welsh citizen Jane Mansfield carried around a sign that read: “Code red for humanity”, the signature phrase  UN Secretary General António Guterres used after the latest IPCC report  published earlier this year warned of a looming climate catastrophe. 

“I really care about the world that we are passing on to future generations, and what we are doing to the Global South. I live in southwest Wales and climate change is clearly happening, but we don´t even grasp what is happening in so many other parts of the world and I am scared,” she told UN News. 

Latin-American Indigenous leaders were also among today’s demonstrations. They were the ones leading the march and several of them sent a loud message to world leaders: stop extracting resources and to ‘leave carbon in the ground’. 

“Indigenous people are dying in the river; they’re being washed away by massive floods. Houses are being washed away, schools full of children inside, bridges, our food our crops, everything is being washed away”, they said at a stage in George Square. 

Meanwhile, some activists wore bobblehead masks of presidents and prime ministers and depicted them as being arrested with signs that read “climate criminals”. 

More real action, less ‘greenwashing’ 

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was the last to appear on the protest’s stage, where she criticized world leaders for their continued “blah, blah, blah” after 26 years of climate conferences and put in doubt the transparency of the commitments they have made during this COP. 

“The leaders are not doing nothing; they are actively creating loopholes and shaping frameworks to benefit themselves, and to continue profiting from this destructive system. This is an active choice by the leaders to continue the exploitation of nature and people and the destruction of presents and future living conditions to take place”, she said, calling the conference a “greenwashing event”. 

Other Fridays for Future members, speaking to UN News, asked for more participation and better youth representation in the negotiations that are underway at COP26. 

“Every year we have been disappointed by COP, and I don’t think this year will be different. There is a sliver of hope but at the same time we don’t see enough action, we can’t achieve anything with just pledges and empty promises”, said a representative of Youth Advocates for Climate Change in the Philippines  

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Question for this article:

Sustainable Development Summits of States, What are the results?

Despite the vested interests of companies and governments, Can we make progress toward sustainable development?

Are we seeing the dawn of a global youth movement?

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“Negotiations are happening and yet we are here in the street, because we haven’t been included. The richest people come in their private jets and take the decisions. We are here and we won’t be ignored. We will make our own space”, another climate advocate added. 

The Youth Statement 

The same call was made inside the conference’s Blue Zone, where climate activists from YOUNGO, the Children and Youth Constituency of UN Climate Change, delivered to the COP Presidency and other leaders a statement signed by 40,000 young people demanding change. 

The statement raised several points of concern, among them inclusion in climate negotiations. It also asked Patricia Espinosa, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to support young people’s efforts to have a paragraph mentioning the importance of the youth included in the final declaration that is expected to be adopted at the end of COP26. 

“We will be bringing these issues and demands to the attentions of the delegations, all of them are absolutely reasonable and justifiable,” she vowed during a panel discussion with young leaders.  

The statement, which was handed over to Ministers, also asks for action on climate finance, mobility and transportation, wildlife protection and environmental conservation. 

“Wherever I have been in the world, I have been struck by the passion and the commitment of young people to climate action. The voices of young people must be heard and reflected in these negotiations here at COP. The actions and scrutiny of young people are key to us keeping 1.5 alive and creating a net-zero future”, said Alok Sharma, COP26 President. 

Meanwhile, the UK and Italy, in partnership with UNESCO, Youth4Climate and Mock COP coordinated new global action to equip future generations with the knowledge and skills to create a net-zero world.  

As Education Ministers and young people gathered, over 23 countries put forward national climate education pledges, ranging from decarbonizing the education sector to developing school resources. 

The youth are right: the new commitments aren’t enough 

The UNFCCC published its latest updates of the national commitments  thus far to reduce carbon emissions, and although some advances have been made during the conference, they are still not enough. 

“A sizable increase, of about 13.7 per cent, in global greenhouse emissions in 2030 compared to 2010 is anticipated”, the report says. 

Before COP, the increase was calculated at 16 per cent, but for the world to be able to curb global heating and avoid disastrous consequences, emissions must be cut by 50 per cent in the next nine years. 

For Carla Huanca, a young activist who travelled all the way from Bolivia to be in Glasgow with her friend, the dinosaur “T-Resilient”, another extinction can’t be a possibility. 

“We young people will be the ones that will inherit this planet, and that is why it is so important that our voices are heard. We demand government actions so we can all have the planet we want,” she told UN News.

(Thank you to Phyllis Kotite, the CPNN reporter for this article.)

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Some villages in France have found a second life by welcoming refugees

. TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY . .

A compilation with translations by CPNN

A recent article in Liberation shows how some villages in France have found a second life by welcoming refugees.

The article says that these villages, that are “struck by rural exodus,” have decided to renew their local life with immigrants, and it mentions four villages: Luzy (2,000 inhabitants, Nièvre), Ferrette (800 inhabitants, Haut-Rhin), Notre-Dame-de-l’Osier (500 inhabitants, Isère) and Pessat-Villeneuve (650 inhabitants, Puy -de-Dôme).


At Pessat-Villeneuve, Mayor Gérard Dubois (right) with Hamidullah (center) – clip from video entitled Portrait de Hamidullah, réfugié afghan a Pessat-Villeneuve.

Here are excerpts from articles about these four villages.

Luzy in Nièvre

“In the heart of the Burgundy countryside, Luzy, a town of 2,000 inhabitants, has welcomed 45 asylum seekers of Guinean, Afghan, Sudanese or Iranian origin, etc. since the end of 2018.

For these men, women and children who fled persecution at home, Luzy is seen as a stopover on the roads of exile. For the moment, they are suspended from the response that the French authorities will give to their asylum requests.

For the past fifteen years, Luzy has been losing inhabitants. But, for three years now, it has gained and the village has been reborn, in particular thanks to the arrival of these new Luzicans, from all over the world.

Committed to receiving them as best as possible, the inhabitants of Luzy have mobilized to give meaning to their reception and living together, including football games, French lessons, pétanque tournaments and ball trap competitions.

Ferrette in Haut-Rhin

Since 2016, Ferrette has welcomed around 80 asylum seekers – half of whom are children – from places as far away as Afghanistan, Sudan and Armenia.

They all hope to be recognized as refugees – or at the very least, that France will grant them “subsidiary protection”, the status granted to asylum seekers who are not qualified as refugees… ..

When the mayor of Ferrette agreed to welcome migrants, he found himself facing stiff opposition, even from members of his staff… ..

But while some protested, he also saw other locals come together to help, with the emergence of a group called “Voisins du monde” which offered them French lessons, access to a game library, cooking classes and even transport to the hospital.

Samir Beldi, director of accommodation at the Mulhouse / Ferrette branch of Adoma, the housing office that houses migrants, said things had gone well.

“The volunteers managed to repair the damage after some initial trouble. There were preconceptions but we have turned the page on that,” he said.

His assistant, Martine Kaufmann, agrees. “They are not ‘poor’, they were not necessarily poor at home,” she explains. “Some of them have important qualifications. There is diversity among asylum seekers.

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Question for this article

The refugee crisis, Who is responsible?

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Notre-Dame-de-l’Osier in Isère

Located in Notre-Dame-de-l’Osier and belonging to the Emmaüs-France network and the Cocagne network, the Tero Loko association was created a little over 3 years ago. It offers an integration project for refugees and inhabitants of the territory. The objective is twofold, to facilitate the integration of people in precarious situations and to participate in the dynamism of this rural town of 700 inhabitants. Their slogan, “Cultivate welcome” is a reflection of this desire.

In this access to employment project, Tero Loko offers integration contracts (CDDI) in market gardening and bread production, two essential productions in everyday food, as well as marketing for the sale of their products …

Tero Loko thus supports refugees on access to employment and also works with them on access to sustainable housing or learning French.

This project can provide answers to a need for integration in rural areas. It offeris a complete project to refugees in search of stability and participates in the revitalization of rural communities. The joy of being together is evident in these markets because the exchange is reciprocal. The refugees are helped in their integration and the inhabitants find a lively village life thanks to this weekly market and various activities (such as pottery workshops, cooking, honey harvesting or even creative workshops of all kinds).

Pessat-Villeneuve en Puy-de-Dôme

In Pessat-Villeneuve (63), a village of 670 inhabitants in the Puy de Dôme, a solidarity initiative was born during the first confinement. As the masks are missing throughout the territory, Hamidullah, a refugee from the Pessat-Villeneuve temporary accommodation center, has decided to produce them. Other refugees have joined in his efforts to help with the distribution. Thanks to them, all the inhabitants were able to benefit from this essential protection. Gérard Dubois, the mayor of the village, and Isabelle Harry, deputy mayor who participated in the distribution of the masks, tell us about this adventure………

What is the origin of this reception policy?

Gérard Dubois :  In 2015, the photo of little Aylan was the trigger for my commitment. I told myself that something had to be done. At that time, we had just bought a vacation center which belonged to Air France and which was unoccupied during the winter period. It seemed logical to me to offer it to the State to accommodate families. At the end of October 2015, the prefectures could not find any center to welcome migrants from Calais, they remembered me. It all happened very quickly. We took in 48 migrants initially. They landed in our beautiful region. Our small village had 550 inhabitants at the time. Then, making the center sustainable was a real desire both personally and on the part of the municipal team…….

How did this mask creation initiative come about? Did the idea come from your side or from the center?

Gérard Dubois :  It was complicated because we were living in this confinement during the elections….. about the masks. No one had any. I tried to get some for the center through the Association of Mayors of France. We were able to do bulk orders nationwide to redistribute them, but we didn’t get exactly what we wanted. Then, one day, the director of the Cecler center calls me and tells me that a young refugee, Hamidullah, is able to sew and that he intends to make masks. I immediately accepted……His idea was really to offer them to the population, it all started with him. Our participation in the action was easy compared to his work. We provided him with the equipment: sewing machine, elastic, suitable fabric, plastic pouches for hygiene during distribution. We also created a communication to add in the masks to explain the origin of this mask and its history…….

Is it by sharing moments that we can get to know each other better?

Isabelle Harry:  It’s true that it’s not always easy to do this. They were very motivated by the idea of creating the masks and then distributing them. This gave them the opportunity to go against the inhabitants and get in touch with them. It is true that when the center was set up, there were a lot of reluctant residents. It should not be denied. They were scared and it was not easy. I was the first to ask myself questions. For a small village like ours, that’s normal. Gradually people were reassured and now the refugees are integrated. This initiative was one more step. The majority of the inhabitants were very happy and found it great to give the refugees a chance.

(Thank you to Kiki Adams, the CPNN reporter for this article.)

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United Kingdom : Little Amal: Coventry welcomes giant refugee puppet to city

. TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY . .

An article from BBC News at bbc.co.uk/news (reprinted by permission)

Coventry has welcomed a giant puppet of a child to the city as it nears the end of a 5,000-mile walk from Syria to “rewrite the narrative about refugees”.

Crowds of people greeted the 3.5m (11.5ft) puppet, named Little Amal, in the city centre on Wednesday afternoon.


The crowds grew larger as Little Amal made her way towards the centre of Coventry

Little Amal represents a nine-year-old girl on a journey, in a project called The Walk.

The puppet, whose name means “hope” in Arabic, started its 8,000km journey in Gaziantep, Turkey on 27 July and has travelled across Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and France.

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The refugee crisis, Who is responsible?

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Organisers said the aim had been to shine a light on the stories of the millions of displaced refugee children she represents.

Coventry, the current City of Culture, which is known as a city of peace and reconciliation, is thought to be home to about 1,500 people seeking refuge.

Julia, who arrived in Coventry from Kenya, said: “Amal is symbolic to a lot of us.

“I don’t think people understand survival until they are put in a situation. You think ‘why are you running? Why can’t you go to the police?’

“Sometimes it’s not a choice you have when you are just a common person.”

After Coventry, Little Amal will visit Birmingham, Sheffield and Barnsley before the 14-week travelling street theatre ends in Manchester on 3 November.

Little Amal’s story began in Good Chance Theatre‘s award-winning play, The Jungle. The critically-acclaimed production was based on the stories Good Chance’s founders Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson encountered when they created their first Theatre of Hope in the 2015 Calais refugee camp. Little Amal appeared as a character in The Jungle who represented the hundreds of unaccompanied minors in the Calais camp who were separated from their families. Following the success of The Jungle, which contributed to a global conversation about refugees and shared humanity, Good Chance felt Little Amal’s story still had so much more to say.

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Exchange between students in France and Mali : An interview

. TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY .

An article from Sahel 2r3s

Emmanuelle Dufossez is a professor of Fine Arts at the Ferdinand Fabre College and High School in Bédarieux, in the Academy of Montpellier. In December 2018, in collaboration with Bakrene Ag Sidimohamed (who lives and works in Tessalit, in the Kidal region of northern Mali), she initiated an exchange between two groups of students from their respective municipalities. The objective of the project was to promote intercultural exchanges in a common spirit of citizenship, without neglecting the specific reality of each environment.


Video made by the students in Mali

First, can you explain to us the reasons why you started this project? What were the means used? How did you make the connection?

For personal reasons I joined a Facebook group linked to Tessalit and started chatting with Bakrene. In the third message, he asked me to help him contact children’s education NGOs. It was so direct, so unexpected … and it touched me. He didn’t know I was a teacher yet. As for me, I was far from imagining at the time the scale of the disaster in the region …

So I suggested to my principal, Mr. Pierre Fournier, that we set up an exchange between students and he immediately accepted (he was much more aware of the situation than I was), and put everything in place. to make this possible. With Françoise, the CPE, we organized a meeting of the students of the civic life council of the school, and they decided to take part. Two weeks later, I had a webcam and Skype in my room and we were waiting for Issouf, the principal and his students from Tessalit!

For his part Bakrene had succeeded in convincing the director of Minusma (the United Nations Peacekeeping Force) and he went to involve everyone in town. This is how the project began. It was very rock’n’roll, but we managed to talk to each other by videoconference, almost every week until the end of the year.

Sometimes the connection was not possible and we waited for nothing, but that was part of the game and everyone understood the difficulties. I give credit to Minusma which has played a good role in promoting a project clearly in favor of peace and sharing, and also the families in Tessalit who have agreed to take risks by allowing their children to participate in the exchange.

From this first year, we initiated a small educational project with a geography colleague who was to do a case study around the management of natural resources. The children sent the questions to the Tessalit group via Bakrene, and in return, they sent us short videos about the situation for water in Tessalit.

Our students in Bédarieux are very involved. They set up a book drive to rebuild the Tessalit library which was burnt down during the conflicts. We are now awaiting assistance to transport the books.

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Question related to this article:
 
Youth initiatives for a culture of peace, How can we ensure they get the attention and funding they deserve?

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What is the importance of your approach and that of the citizen competition project? What are your goals?

This year, we immediately wanted to start a long educational project with my history-geography colleague and a fourth grade class that we have in common, as well as our colleagues from Tessalit, Issouf Maïga, director and State teacher, Bakrene Ag Sidimohamed and Ahmed Ag Zouemar. It is about corresponding and getting to know each other through the simultaneous discovery of the text of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child signed by the members of the UN in 1989.

The exchange, the discovery of the other, their way of life, their habits, their tastes, everything that allows us to take into account otherness and differences is at the heart of our concerns.

It is time to reopen minds, in France as elsewhere, if we really want to live in a world at peace. This common reflection that we are carrying out with very young adolescents addresses the rights of children and at the same time reveals to them the disastrous situation in northern Mali; The program 2r3s contributes in its own way by involving young adults through the citizen competition.

For us in any case, this project is also a cry of alarm to the international community so that it can help us improve the education system in this conflict region.

How did the exchanges go between the students of Bédarieux and Tessalit?

The discussions turned out to be materially difficult given the dire situation of the school in Tessalit. Without the volunteer workers from the Tazunt association, Issouf, the teacher would not be able to carry out the work, since he is alone.

The language barrier was also a big difficulty. In addition, it is important to remember that schools closed in 2012 in the North and that they have struggled to reopen since 2018. The French language is being lost in the region, for lack of practice … but the amazing joy of living brings the children together.

On several occasions we even sent us short videos in which children, French and Malian alike, sang for their comrades! But the situation of the students of Tessalit is worrying for the future.

What are the differences that you have observed?

As I said above, the differences are glaring. It is even hard to believe that children live on the same planet in a world that has designed a common text for their equality. Nevertheless, they are children, who love to sing, laugh, and of course, play soccer!

Did you encounter any difficulties during this project? If so, what were they?

Given the security context in Mali, we had to face many difficulties. The differences in living conditions do not always make it possible to approach things in the same way, since it depends on whether one is positioned in Bédarieux or Tessalit. Material difficulties also have a strong impact.

Have you observed in the pupils a real awareness of the rights and duties which they have? Has their relationship to education changed?

Yes. For example, here in France, we have succeeded in recovering some students who were dropping out of school. As for the issue of awareness, it is real, in France as in Tessalit where part of the population is trying to find solutions, without much help for the moment. But my colleagues at Tessalit would be better able to answer this question.

Africa, Europe, TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY,

France: The best mayor in the world is in Montpellier, it is Philippe Rio, mayor of Grigny

. . DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION . .

An article and video by Le Mouvement

This Wednesday, October 13, in the council chamber of the Town Hall of Montpellier, the first national forum of the AFCDRP (Association of Mayors for Peace, France) took place, in the presence of its President Philippe Rio.


[VIDEO] Philippe Rio, Mayor of Grigny, Vice-President of the Greater Paris Sud agglomeration and President of AFCDRP-Mayors for Peace France

Working in a factory at age 16, before getting an education at Sciences Po, Philippe Rio became mayor of Grigny in the first round in 2014, as again in 2020. Last September, he was chosen as best mayor in the world by the London association “ City Mayors Foundation ”to reward his management of the Covid crisis, and his fight against poverty in his city. His mantra is the same as that of Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world.” But he adds an important clarification:” education for a culture of peace. ”

AFCDRP? The AFCDRP-Maires pour la Paix France is the French Association of Municipalities, Departments and Regions for Peace. It represents the French branch of the international network “Mayors for Peace,” including: Mayors for Peace. A movement founded by the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1991, the organization was registered as an NGO with special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

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Question related to this article:
 
How can culture of peace be developed at the municipal level?

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Question to Philippe Rio: How can cities weave a true culture of peace? You were elected best mayor in the world thanks to your management of the Covid crisis, and your fight against poverty.

Philippe Rio: The “Mayors for Peace” aim to contribute to the establishment of world peace, by arousing the interest of the citizens of the world for the total abolition of nuclear weapons, through close solidarity between its member cities. And also: by aiming to solve vital problems, such as famine and poverty, the plight of refugees, human rights violations and environmental degradation. Worldwide, 8,047 cities are members of “Mayors for Peace. ”

“The fate of the City”

We must “look further” to organize “the fate of the City. “Joseph Mayoral, mayor of Granollers in Spain explains it thus:” we have to install a new type of governance based on proximity […] the only possible way is a dialogue with our citizens. “One of the processes for successfully disseminating the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) for safe and resilient territories: the 17 goals to be achieved by 2030 to save the world.

“A small piece of land which must try to work in its own way for the problems of the big Earth”

Montpellier is now a member of “Mayors for Peace”, the tree that survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, a Ginkgo biloba was planted to symbolize this belonging. Michaël Delafosse marked the city’s attachment to “this very important network,” with “the awareness that the metropolis of Montpellier is a small piece of land which must try to work in its own way for the problems of the great Earth. We are facing the challenge of climate change, and when big cities enter into transition decisively, they can mitigate the great peril that we encounter in the 21st century. We must work collectively, so that actions go beyond words and speeches.

(Editor’s note : A video of the entire forum is available here and a longer interview with Mayor Rio is available here.)

DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION, Europe

Civic Initiative Save Sinjajevina to Receive the War Abolisher of 2021 Award

. . SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT . .

An article from World Beyond War

Today, September 27, 2021, World BEYOND War announces as the recipient of the War Abolisher of 2021 Award: Civic Initiative Save Sinjajevina. As already announced, the Lifetime Organizational War Abolisher Award of 2021 will be presented to Peace Boat, and the David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher Award of 2021 will be presented to Mel Duncan.


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An online presentation and acceptance event, with remarks from representatives of all three 2021 award recipients will take place on October 6, 2021, at 5 a.m. Pacific Time, 8 a.m. Eastern Time, 2 p.m. Central European Time, and 9 p.m. Japan Standard Time. The event is open to the public and will include presentations of three awards, a musical performance by Ron Korb, and three breakout rooms in which participants can meet and talk with the award recipients. Participation is free.  Register here for Zoom link.

 World BEYOND War is a global nonviolent movement, founded in 2014, to end war and establish a just and sustainable peace. In 2021 World BEYOND War is announcing its first-ever annual War Abolisher Awards.

The purpose of the awards is to honor and encourage support for those working to abolish the institution of war itself. With the Nobel Peace Prize and other nominally peace-focused institutions so frequently honoring other good causes or, in fact, wagers of war, World BEYOND War intends its award to go to educators or activists intentionally and effectively advancing the cause of war abolition, accomplishing reductions in war-making, war preparations, or war culture. Between June 1 and July 31, World BEYOND War received hundreds of impressive nominations. The World BEYOND War Board, with assistance from its Advisory Board, made the selections.

The awardees are honored for their body of work directly supporting one or more of the three segments of World BEYOND War’s strategy for reducing and eliminating war as outlined in the book “A Global Security System, An Alternative to War.” They are: Demilitarizing Security, Managing Conflict Without Violence, and Building a Culture of Peace.

Civic Initiative Save Sinjajevina (Građanska inicijativa Sačuvajmo Sinjajevinu in Serbian) is a popular movement in Montenegro that has prevented the implementation of a planned NATO military training ground, blocking military expansion while protecting a natural environment, a culture, and a way of life. Save Sinjajevina remains vigilant to the danger of ongoing efforts to impose a base on their treasured land. (See  https://sinjajevina.org )

Montenegro joined NATO in 2017 and the rumors began in 2018 of plans to impose a military (including artillery) training ground on the grasslands of Sinjajevina Mountain, the biggest mountain pasture in the Balkans and the second largest in Europe, a unique landscape of immense natural and cultural value, part of the Tara River Canyon Biosphere Reserve and surrounded by two UNESCO World Heritage sites. It is used by more than 250 families of farmers and nearly 2,000 people, while many of its pastures are used and managed communally by eight different Montenegrin tribes.

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Question for this article:

What is the relation between the environment and peace

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Public demonstrations against the militarization of Sinjajevina gradually arose from 2018 onwards. In September 2019, ignoring over 6,000 signatures of Montenegrin citizens that should have compelled a debate in the Montenegrin Parliament, the parliament announced the creation of a military training ground without any environmental, socio-economic, or health-impact assessments, and NATO forces arrived to train. In November 2019, an international scientific research team presented its works to UNESCO, the European Parliament, and the European Commission, explaining the bio-cultural value of Sinjajevina. In December 2019 the Save Sinjajevina association was officially launched. On October 6, 2020, Save Sinjajevina launched a petition to stop the creation of the military training ground. On October 9, 2020, farmers demonstrated at the doors of Parliament when they knew that the EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement was at that moment in the country’s capital. Beginning October 19th, rumors started to appear about a new military training on Sinjajevina.

On October 10th, 2020, news broke and the rumors of a new military training being planned were confirmed by the Minister of the Defence. About 150 farmers and their allies set up a protest camp in the highland pastures to block soldiers’ access to the area. They formed a human chain in the grasslands and used their bodies as shields against the live ammunition of the planned military exercise. For months they stood in the way of the military moving from one side of the plateau to another, in order to prevent the military from firing and executing their drill. Whenever the military moved, so did the resisters. When Covid hit and national restrictions on gatherings were implemented, they took turns in four-person groups set in strategic spots to stop the guns from firing. When the high mountains turned cold in November, they bundled up and held their ground. They resisted for more than 50 days in freezing conditions until the new Montenegrin Minister of Defense, who was appointed on the 2nd of December, announced that the training would be cancelled.

The Save Sinjajevina movement — including farmers, NGOs, scientists, politicians, and ordinary citizens — has continued to develop local democratic control over the future of the mountains threatened by NATO, has continued to engage in public education and lobbying of elected officials, and has offered its insights through numerous fora to those working in other parts of the world to prevent the construction of, or to close existing, military bases.

Opposing military bases is very difficult, but absolutely crucial to abolishing war. Bases destroy indigenous people’s and local communities’ ways of life and healthier ways to make a living. Stopping the harm done by bases is central to the work of World BEYOND War. The Civic Initiative Save Sinjajevina is doing the educational and nonviolent activist work that is most needed, and with stunning success and influence. Save Sinjajevina is also making necessary connections between peace, environmental protection, and local community promotion, and between peace and democratic self-governance. If war is ever fully ended, it will be because of work like that being done by the Civic Initiative Save Sinjajevina. We should all offer them our support and solidarity.
The movement has launched a new global petition at https://bit.ly/sinjajevina.

Taking part in the online event on October 6, 2021, will be these representatives of the Save Sinjajevina Movement:

Milan Sekulovic, a Montenegrin journalist and civic-environmental activist, and the founder of the Save Sinjajevina movement;
Pablo Dominguez, an eco-anthropologist who specialized on pastoral mountain commons and how they work bio-ecologically and socio-culturally.

Petar Glomazic, an aeronautical engineer and aviation consultant, documentary film maker, translator, alpinist, ecological and civic rights activist, and a Steering Committee Member of Save Sinjajevina.

Persida Jovanović is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in political science and international relations, and she spent most of her life in Sinjajevina. She is now working together with local communities and the Save Sinjajevina association to preserve the traditional way of life and ecosystem of the mountain.

Europe, global, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

Ex-Soviet Countries: International Day of Peace

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The following 157 events in 7 countries formerly part of the Soviet Union were listed in Google during the week of September 21-28 this year under the key words “Международный день мира”and “Міжнародний день миру”, as well as “International day of peace”.

In addition to these, 16 events are listed on the maps of One Day One Choir and Montessori schools singing for peace, but there is no indication which took place this year and which took place only in previous years.

Note: To save space, where there are many entries for a city, we have provided the text from one or two and only the link for the others.


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BELCOOPSOYUZ, BELARUS

On September 21, 2021, the curator of the 11 O-B group, Gordievskaya Lyudmila Ivanovna, held an information hour on the topic “SEPTEMBER 21 IS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE”. The students prepared a presentation and discussed the history of the holiday.

GLUBOKOYE, BELARUS

Two families were registered in Glubokoe on International Day of Peace.. . . Honorable guests came to congratulate the young families: the head of the department of ideological work, culture and youth affairs of the regional executive committee, deputy chairman of the regional organization of the Belarusian Peace Fund, Lyudmila Karnilovich, and the chairman of the regional union of trade unions, Tatyana Lazarenok. . . . Lyudmila Fedorovna and Tatyana Antonovna presented the newlyweds with symbolic gifts: let the doves of peace protect their families from disagreements and horseshoes of happiness bring them good luck.

KLIMAVICHY, BELARUS

On International Day of Peace, in Belarus, children born on September 21 receive the title “Child of Peace”. This time the activists of the NGO “Belarusian Peace Foundation” have planned the action “We are for world peace!”.

KOPYL, BELARUS

On this day, all educational institutions of the Kopyl region held various events dedicated to the theme “Dove of Peace”, class hours “Only with the kindness of hearts” and informational breaks “Peace is friendship” for students in grades 1-4. Master classes in plasticinography “Dove of Peace”, an educational program and creative work on paper products “Bird of Peace” and “Flower of Peace” were organized. For students of grades 5-9, an information and educational program “The strength of the country in the unity of the people” was held. A dialogue platform on the topic “National Unity – the Basis of Peace” was organized for students in grades 10-11, where children could speak and discuss current topics.

MINSK STATE LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY, BELARUS

On September 20, within the framework of events timed to coincide with the International Day of Peace, a meeting was held by the student club of the UNESCO Chair of the Moscow State Linguistic University “Peace and Tolerance through the Study of Foreign Languages ​​and Civic Education” and the student scientific circle “We Live and Learn the Culture of Peace” with the city branch of the Belarusian Peace Fund. Topics for discussion: How the Peace Fund was created, what are its goals and objectives, how are such actions and projects of the Fund implemented.

BELARUSIAN PEACE FOUNDATION, MINSK, BELARUS

It is very symbolic that the Belarusian Peace Foundation today, on September 21, is holding an action “Our attention to war and labor veterans.” Its meaning is to organize the most comfortable conditions for patients in hospitals.. . . The action was also supported by the Minister of Healthcare Dmitry Pinevich, “the fact that this happens on the Day of Peace and the Year of National Unity is very symbolic. And the fact that this particular form of assistance has been chosen has an even deeper meaning. After all, it was they, the veterans, who brought peace to our land ”.

MOLODECHNO, BELARUS

On September 21, the primary organizations of the State Educational Institution “Gymnasium No. 6 of Molodechno” held a joint action “We need peace on the whole planet!” Participants of the action were invited to write their wishes. This idea found a response and interest among all high school students, teachers and parents. The action resulted in a wonderful collage – a message about the preservation of the world.

TALINN, ESTONIA

On September 21, 2021, the group “Solnyshko” (kindergarten “Ojake”) and the group “Kakuke” (kindergarten “Kelluke”) held a joint event in honor of “International Day of Peace”

The event began with a mobile game “Pass the hand” on the method of Kiiusamisest vabaks! together with the main heroes – Bears. During this task, children were tuned to a positive communication, learned to express emotions: joy or surprise. . . .At the end of the event, the children played the game “Drawings on the back of another” according to the method “Kiiusamisest vabaks!”. Thanks to such activities, children learn through the game to cooperate, understand and accept emotions. And especially valuable is the fact that mutual respect develops the skills of respect for people of different nationalities!

BAGHDATI, GEORGIA

International Day of Peace is celebrated on September 21th every year, is a global urge to stop fire and violence. Today the Board of gender equality of Baghdati joined in the activies (with photos of children celebrating)

KAZAKHSTAN

Today, September 21 is celebrated by the peoples of the world as the International Day of Peace. The main goal is to call for the celebration and strengthening of the ideals of peace within states and peoples, as well as among them, Asylbek Zhumabayev, chairman of the Public Consent Council under the regional APK, said at a press conference in the Regional Communications Service today.

KOKSHETAU, KAZAKHSTAN

On September 21, Akmola regional branch of the People’s Party of Kazakhstan celebrated the International Day of Peace, and held the action “Kokshetau people – vote for peace!” Residents of the regional center answered the main question, what does the word “peace” mean to them? 76 years have passed since the last salvo of the war, so how much do we, the heirs of Victory, value this fragile peace today? The townspeople talked about the need to improve the quality of education, health care, about the problems of development, about the rise in prices for electricity, about the terrible state of “drinking” water.

BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN

International Day of Peace was celebrated in Bishkek under the UN program and the support of the International Center of Roerich. The organizers were the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, the Tien Shan Society of the Roerichs, the Kyrgyz Society of the Siege of Leningrad and the City Council of Veterans. During the opening ceremony at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, the bell was traditionally struck and everyone could sign on the symbolic ribbon of peace.. .. The round table “Peace and Culture – two sacred strongholds of mankind” was also held there.

ARKHANGELSK, RUSSIA

Arkhangelsk schoolchildren released white doves into the sky on International Day of Peace. Beforehand, poems were recited on the playground near the school.

BALAKOVO, RUSSIA

In the Balakovo branch of the Regional Special Library for the Blind, an educational hour “In peace and harmony” was held, dedicated to the International Day of Peace.

BALASHIKHA, RUSSIA

September 21 – International Day of Peace. In the library center “Yuzhny” with pupils of grade 4 of 22 schools within the framework of the action “We are for Peace” an educational game program “Colorful Planet” was held. The students made a virtual trip to the countries of the Eurasian continent. They got to know Japan, China, India, America, Australia, Russia. From the librarian’s story, the children learned about the traditions, sights and achievements of the countries, and also played the national games “Races on the Prairie”, “Japanese courtesy”, “Jimmy, dance”, “Take the handkerchief”.

BARNAUL, RUSSIA

Every year on September 21, the international community celebrates the International Day of Peace. Of course, lyceum students could not stand aside! They joined the # chalk4peace # sing4peace # dance4peace # turntable world promotions. As part of the celebration of the International Day of Peace, the children of our lyceum created postcards for the nursing home. We discussed the events dedicated to the actions “No Terrorism!”, “No Extremism!” We have formulated hashtags, slogans of peace. Then we held a song flash mob “Songs of the World” together with the students of Lyceum 33 in Ivanovo. Also, they were awaited by the master class “Pinwheel of the world”. During a teleconference with the city of Ivanovo, lyceum students from two cities created turntables and discussed the goals of sustainable development.

BASHKIRIA, RUSSIA

International Day of Peace is celebrated on 21 September. The campaign “Different nationalities – common values” is timed to coincide with it, which will take place at 17:00 in the Bashkiria lifestyle center.

DMITROV, RUSSIA

International Day of Peace was celebrated in the youth department “Peer”. Q creative lesson was held here, during which the children learned about the history of the holiday, and also made white paper doves – one of the famous symbols of peace.

DOLGOPRUDNY, RUSSIA

Kindergarten No. 21 “Rosinka”. On the International Day of Peace, our pupils took part in the thematic exhibition “How beautiful is peace!”

ESSENTUKI, RUSSIA

On September 21, 2021 in the groups: “Romashka”, “Teremok”, “Yagodka”, “Yablonka” MBDOU kindergarten No. 28 “Kolosok” held events dedicated to the action “Dove of Peace”….they read poems about peace by V. Orlov “House under a blue roof” and O. Maslova “Let there be peace”, listened to the song with the children: “Let there always be sun” music by A. Ostrovsky, words by L. Oshanin, and also watched the presentation” Dove – a symbol of peace and happiness on earth “, in which preschoolers got acquainted with the history of the holiday.

IMENKOVO, RUSSIA

International Day of Peace is celebrated annually on September 21 as the day of an all-general ceasefire and non-violence. As part of its holding, the Imenkovsky rural house of culture, together with the rural library, organized a holiday in which children’s groups took part.

KOSHUKI, RUSSIA

For the International Day of Peace and the World Day of Russian Unity. Students of the association “Young local historian” MAOU DO CTR and GO “Harmony”, which was opened within the framework of network interaction on the basis of the school in the village of Koshuki, held an action “Day of Peace” and drew a bright poster.

KRASNOUSOLSKY, RUSSIA

Madou Kindergarten Number 1 “Ryabinushka. Click here for video of celebration

KURGAN, RUSSIA

The International Day of Peace was celebrated by students of gymnasium №32. We launch pigeons, draw pigeons, ”says Elena Lyamina, deputy director for educational work. This year, balloons instead of doves. Primary school students took part in the action – more than 200 people, each of them launched a white balloon into the sky. Click here for a video.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – EURASIAN PEOPLES ASSEMBLY

On the International Day of Peace, the UB Secretary General and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation conveyed greetings to the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly. A reception was held at the GlavUpDK Cultural Center at the Russian Foreign Ministry in honor of the International Day of Peace. The reception was attended by prominent public and scientific figures, representatives of UN international organizations, UNESCO, FAO, SCO, representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry and diplomatic missions of foreign states in the Russian Federation.

MOSCOW – VDNKh

On September 21, 2021, the Cosmonautics and Aviation Center at VDNKh will host free thematic excursions “Peace in Space and on Earth” dedicated to the International Day of Peace, and on September 26 – another digest, within the framework of which Denis Prudnik, Chairman of the Youth Council of the Russian Space Society, will tell about the latest developments in the field of astronautics. Guests of the Cosmonautics and Aviation Center will enjoy free thematic excursions “The World in Space”. They will be dedicated to the International Day of Peace. Visitors will learn about the historical path of the development of new thinking – from the ideas of the conquest of interplanetary space by two superpowers – the USSR and the USA – to the ideas of uniting all countries for the sake of achieving common goals for the benefit of all mankind. The guide will tell you how the military rivalry between the two countries has grown into friendship and cooperation in space exploration. Guests will learn about projects such as Soyuz-Apollo, Intercosmos, Mir station, International Space Station and much more.

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MYTISHCHI, RUSSIA

House of Culture “Povedniki”. “We are for peace.” Video lecture for the International Day of Peace. 15.00. Youth Center “Impulse” (Mira str., 9). Open lesson of the creative workshop “Russian Patterns”. 16.00. House of Culture “Pirogovsky” (village Pirogovo). Conversation and master class on making a figurine of a crane dedicated to the International Day of Peace. 18.00.

NABEREZHNYE CHELNY, RUSSIA

September 21 GAPOU “Naberezhnye Chelny College of Arts” took part in the action “Let there be peace on Earth.” History teachers Sharovoy M.O. and Karpova A.N. a class hour was organized, at which 1st year students of the “Design” department presented an exhibition of drawings.

NOVONIKOLAYEVSKY, RUSSIA

On this day, the International Day of Peace, all residents of Novonikolaevsky and members of the Novonikolaevsky – Our Home group learned the history of this holiday on the Odnoklassniki website. For their attention the photo exhibition “World – Peace! No war!” And also videos “September 21 – International Day of Peace!”

NOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA

Since “Peace in the World” continues to be an unrealizable fairy tale, the Bajushki Center decided to go the opposite way and began to create a magical world of fairytale families . In the opinion of storytellers, only family creativity can today become the basis of a modern family, thanks to which they will live “happily ever after.” Now in the Center “Bayushki” there is a whole block of creative family projects at the start, which will be carried out in collaboration with all the good forces of our city of Novosibirsk.

ORENBURG, RUSSIA

Today, September 21, on the International Day of Peace, the youth policy department of the Orenburg administration is launching an action timed to coincide with the holiday. Its essence is to decorate the “ Spruce tree of Friendship ” located in the park. Pervovsky, a symbol of peace – a white dove. Every resident of Orenburg can take part in the action, come to the park and hang a dove made from paper on a spruce tree. The tree of friendship is located in the park on the alley” Eurasia”. The tree symbolizes strong interethnic relations and friendship of peoples.

PETROVSK, RUSSIA

Within the framework of the important social action “Dove of Peace”, the leaders of the Petrovsk Children’s House of Arts under the guidance of the curator Andrey Bragin, with great pleasure, made white doves out of paper and handed them out to the residents of Petrovsk

POLYARNYE ZORI

On September 21, the action “Dove of Peace” took place in Polyarnye Zory. Today, on the International Day of Peace, the action “A single hour of spirituality” Dove of Peace “took place on the Heroes-Pilots Square. This action is designed to contribute to the establishment of peace on Earth and the rejection of violence. Every year on this day, we remember with gratitude all those who gave their lives for the victory over fascism, both during the Great Patriotic War and in all modern wars and conflicts.

SARATOV, RUSSIA

Within the framework of the International Day of Peace, employees of the Regional Center for Pre-conscription Training of Youth, together with pupils of the military-patriotic association “Flame”, conducted a flash mob “Dove of Peace” for residents of the Zavodskoy district of the city of Saratov. Young patriots told passers-by the story of the holiday, about the consequences of numerous wars and the importance of the struggle for peace for every inhabitant of our planet. All the participants of the action were presented with symbolic figures of doves with wishes of peace, kindness, love and freedom. A master class was held to the well-known musical composition of Isaac Dunaevsky, and everyone could make a paper dove using the origami technique – a symbol of peace!

SAROV, RUSSIA

In honor of the celebration of the international day of peace, volunteers of the Insight club made and handed out a “symbol of peace”, origami-cranes, and also asked what the word MIR means for the visitors of the Youth Center.

SHAKHTERSK, RUSSIA

On the International Day of Peace, students of the 5-A grade (class teacher Koval ES) prepared and conducted a small event called “Dove of Peace” for the sponsored grade 1-A. First-graders listened attentively to the information about the holiday, answered the quiz questions. The event was decorated with beautifully performed poems and bright posters made by 5-A grade students.

SHATURA, RUSSIA

Actions on September 21
13:00 – Korobovskaya library – “Dove of Peace”
14:00 – Cinema lecture hall, Misheronsky Palace of Culture – “International Day of Peace”

SOSNOVOBORSK, RUSSIA

“Kindergarten of combined orientation No. 6” of the city of Sosnovoborsk (MADOU DSKN No. 6 of Sosnovoborsk). In our garden, in the “Fairy Tale” group, an event dedicated to the International Day of Peace was held. Children prepared postcards, which were presented to the residents of our city during the excursion.

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

This year, Peace Day will be held at three points at once on Vasilievsky Island:
– Annunciation Garden (Maly Prospect of Vasilievsky Island, house No. 17/72) from 11:00;
– Alexander Grin’s Garden (10th line of Vasilievsky Island, house number 37) from 14:00;
– Oleg Karavaichuk’s Garden (15th line of Vasilievsky Island, house number 50-58) from 12:00.
Lectures on urbanism and ecology, a competition of children’s drawings and photographs, concerts, master classes, film screenings and much more are waiting for the participants of the holiday.In addition, within the framework of the Day of Peace, a competition was announced for the best project of a mural on the firewall of house No. 50 on the 15th line of Vasilievsky Island. The subject of the image is the composer Oleg Karavaichuk, who has lived in a nearby building for over 80 years.

UFA, RUSSIA

In kindergarten No. 280 of the Ordzhonikidze district, the events “Children for Peace on Earth!” Were held. Children drew our planet on paper with their palms, listened to songs, read poems about the world, danced.


VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA – BELLS

On the International Day of Peace, in the hero-city of Volgograd, the traditional annual action “Ringing of Peace, Memory and Joy” was held. This year it took place in the Alexander Garden – next to the cathedral of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky consecrated the day before. Early in the morning, teachers and schoolchildren, activists of public organizations, representatives of the Volgograd authorities gathered here. The audience was greeted by the director of lyceum No. 5, chairman of the committee on education, culture, youth policy of the city Duma Larisa Tropkina – thanks to her initiative and support, the Peace Bell has been ringing in Volgograd for the 9th year in a row.. . . At the end of the action, the schoolchildren traditionally released doves into the sky, and then all together visited the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, where one of the main Orthodox holidays, the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, was celebrated on that day.

VOLGOGRAD STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Volgograd State Medical University celebrated the International Day of Peace. Foreign students of the University supported the tradition of the United Nations Organization and told about their home countries and customs to schoolchildren in Volgograd.

VOLGOGRAD SCHOOL 117

VORONEZH, RUSSIA

College of Music named after Rostropovich. Science teacher Anna Nikolaevna Starodubtseva, together with 1st year students, will take part in the action dedicated to the International Day of Peace. . . . Participants will be told about the history of the festive date. At the end of the action, students will traditionally launch white balloons into the sky.

ZAMOSKVORECHYE, RUSSIA

On September 21, representatives of the Zamoskvorechye Children’s Creativity Center launched the Peace Bell online challenge. All participants need to post a video clip at this link: https://youtu.be/ncphnRRYK1s along with the hashtags #Kolokolmira #InternationaldayMira #CDT_Zamoskvorechye on their pages on social networks. Thus, the sound of the bell will be heard everywhere, ”said Olga Safronova, an employee of the press service of the Zamoskvorechye Center.

UKRAINE – 11 CITIES

In recent years, more than 80 organizations and initiative groups from all regions of the country have joined the solidarity action. They held flash mobs, lectures, performances, film screenings, bike rides and many other interesting events. This year open-air dialogue actions will take place in 10 Ukrainian cities. Public activists, anti-terrorist operation / environmental protection veterans, displaced persons, representatives of local authorities, and concerned city residents will gather at the common table. The dialogues will be organized by a network of public initiatives and individual active citizens who are building a democratic society in Ukraine. Also in six cities will be a performance “Accord”, organized by the Kyrgyz cultural center “KUDUK” and the organization “Theater of Change”. “Peace Day in Ukraine is about a peaceful and just society. During the Russian-Ukrainian war in Donbass, more than 12,000 Ukrainians died. And more than 1.5 million people have lost their homes, jobs and friends. Veterans, doctors, volunteers and activists are still dying on the front lines for us to live in a peaceful society, ” said Dmytro Kuznetsov , a coach for the reintegration of ATO / OOS veterans and their families. . . . Educational and cultural events will take place across the country: from the town of Tyachiv on the border with Romania and Hungary to Belovodsk in the Luhansk region. It is already known that meaningful discussions, constructive discussions and search for joint solutions will be organized by activists in Batyovo, Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk, Tyachev, Chernivtsi in the west, Zaporizhia, Melitopol, Nova Kakhovka in the south, Belovodsk, Lysychansk and Slovyansk in the west. Young people from these cities will take part in peacekeeping dialogue both at the community level and at the interregional level.

AVDIIVKA, UKRAINE

the Avdiyivski zagalno-svitnі schools І-ІІІ steps №6 and №7 traditionally celebrated the All-Ukrainian campaign “dove of peace” for the International Day of Peace. Teachers have prepared paper doves, which are a symbol of peace, and they have embellished the territory of schools with them. They also held a competition for children on the asphalt “I paint peace.”

ARTEK, CRIMEA

On International Day of Peace, September 21, “Artek” took part in a teleconference linking the children’s center with schools and Russian centers in the Czech Republic, Portugal, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland and Malta. Modern teenagers and their mentors talked about what peace, friendship mean to them and what can unite people in different countries, on different continents.. . . The guys came to the conclusion that today’s children can contribute to the preservation of peace: strengthen contacts with each other, debunk prejudices, learn to be friends. Artek residents agreed with their peers on the importance of such meetings in the future for promoting the values ​​of friendship, intercultural interaction and cooperation between children and youth of the countries.

BOBRYNETS, UKRAINE

Click here for the video made for International Day of Peace by students of Bobrynets Agrarian Vocational College.

BOHODUKHIV, UKRAINE

On September 21, 2021, the Dove of Peace action took place in the Bohodukhiv Lyceum G2 on the occasion of the Day of Peace. From early morning, the members of the Student Council of the lyceum greeted the teachers, students and staff of the lyceum, attaching paper doves to all who came to the educational institution. Everyone had the opportunity to join the creation of the Book of Peace.Students of grades 5-6 took part in the flash mob “Let there be peace on the planet Earth” and together with students of grades 7-11 created thematic exhibitions of flowers and natural materials. (with photos)

BORATYN, UKRAINE

On the occasion of the Day of Peace, the Boratyn primary school hosted thematic events. Class teachers conducted peace lessons and hours of communication. (with photos)

BUCHA, UKRAINE

Students of Bucha School №4 joined the celebration of this event. The children drew pictures with wishes of peace, happiness and clear skies. 4th grade students of Bucha NEC “BIRCH” encouraged younger students to friendship, peace, justice, good deeds, love and respect each other, gave the symbols of the day – doves, made with their own hands. Also, students of 8-B class of Sinyakivsky Chemical-Technological Lyceum №15 joined the All-Ukrainian campaign “Peace Dove”. The children made paper doves as a symbol of peace and spiritual development of the nation. . . .Thematic events were held at Zdvizhivska Gymnasium on the occasion of the Day of Peace. The day began with a flash mob “Peace Dove”, which was prepared by elementary school students. They prepared doves and drawings with a bird of peace in advance. During the day, a competition of projects “I am for peace in Ukraine” was held.

CHERKASY, UKRAINE

In support of the All-Ukrainian educational campaign “Peace Dove”, September 21 The following events were held in the The first city gymnasium of the Cherkasy city council, a
UNESCO Associated School: radio line in different languages, thematic exhibition of library books “Let there be Peace”, Quest “Symbols of Peace”, thematic design of gymnasium corridors and classrooms, meeting with the ATO participant, creation of the Peace Dove panel, flowers laid at the monument to the fallen soldiers, lectures on the holiday of peace in different countries, an action with primary school students “Postcard for a soldier”, an exhibition of drawings “Peace walks the planet” and more.

DNIPRO, UKRAINE

The International Day of Peace is traditionally celebrated on September 21 in Ukraine and all over the world. At the Prydniprovska Secondary School, 1st and 2nd grade students in the extended day group listened to an informational minute and painted thematic drawings. (with photos)

DNIPRO UNIVERSITY

September 21 is the International Day of Peace. On this occasion, the Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs held thematic events. From early morning in the lobby of the university was placed a canvas depicting the dove of peace – the traditional symbol of the holiday. Students of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social and Psychological Education and Management met employees and applicants for higher education in a living corridor with yellow and blue balls in their hands. On paper figures in the form of birds, the applicants wrote wishes to the anti-terrorist operation fighters. They will be handed over to the defenders through volunteers. Also on this day, a meeting was held with the head of the ATO Museum Vadym Yakushenko and the ATO Museum researcher, writer Hanna Toryanyk. After communicating with the guests, the students watched the documentary “Ways of Donbass”.

DNIPRORUDNE, UKRAINE

At the Dniprorudne gymnasium “Sofia” on the International Day of Peace students of 10-B in an educational hour discussed the topic of peace with the class teacher Elena Starokon. Interesting thoughts, adult views on important issues. And at the end of the lesson the children launched the doves of peace – let them fly …

DUBNO, UKRAINE

On September 21, the social and psychological service of Dubno lyceum organized and held an action “For me, peace is…” on the occasion of the International Day of Peace. The aim of the action is to draw attention to the question of peace and effective ways to achieve it. The event was joined by students of grades 5-11 and teachers. Participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with the history of the Day of Peace, the scale of its celebration in different countries, learn about the originator of the symbol of peace, watching informational materials and videos. Continuing the sentences “For me, peace is…”, “What am I doing to make peace?”, The children wrote their thoughts on symbolic paper doves of peace.

FEDOROVSKAYA, UKRAINE

On the International Day of Peace, Gymnasium students of Fedorovskaya comprehensive school of I-II degrees reflected their vision of peace on paper as part of the “Peace through the eyes of children” campaign. Each student created a unique creative work. Everyone had the opportunity to get acquainted with the works of talented students. We wish everyone a peaceful sky, because it opens up prospects for humanity, without reducing them to the struggle for survival!

HAISYN, UKRAINE

On the International Day of Peace, Haisyn Lyceum №7 hosted the following events:
– educational classes “Let there be peace in the whole earth”, “Peace on earth – joy in the family”, “To stand together for peace – not to be at war”;
– exhibitions of drawings: “Fly, our dove is a symbol of peace, good and light”, “Let there be peace”;
– action “Dove of Peace”;
– students of the school took part in the charity event “Gift to the East”

HANNOPIL, UKRAINE

Hannopil NVK (educational complex): photos of student activities for the International Day of Peace

HORODYSHCHE, UKRAINE

Horodyshche Economic Lyceum celebrated the Day of Peace.. . . This day is designed to make people not only think about peace, but also act for it. Today in our lyceum we remember that our Ukraine belongs to those points of the globe where there is a war.

HRUSHIVKA, UKRAINE

Photos from school celebration in Hrushiv Secondary School.

IRPIN, UKRAINE

For the International Day of Peace is celebrated. The Irpin Vocational College of Economics and Law hosted a competition to write the best work on the topic: “With peace in the heart”. The winners were chosen from 40 works written by second-year students. So congratulations to them.. . . We thank the participants and wish everyone to live in harmony with themselves and peace in their hearts!

IRSHAVA, UKRAINE

Every year our institution, Irshavsky School No. 2, joins the celebration of the Day of Peace: a school-wide action was held, during which children unfurled Peace umbrellas in the hope that they would protect Ukraine and our entire planet from war just as they protect us from the rain… Also, all students of our institution joined the All-Ukrainian educational activity « The dove of peace. (with many photos)

IVASHKIVTSI, UKRAINE

On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, which is traditionally celebrated in Ukraine and around the world on September 21, thematic events were held in Ivashkovets ZZSO I-III school. The school day began with a flash mob “We are for PEACE”, which was prepared by students in grades 6-11. Also, students (grades 1-4) joined the All-Ukrainian action “Peace Dove”. The children made paper doves as a symbol of peace and spiritual development of the nation. During the day there was a competition of drawings on the asphalt “I draw PEACE” (grades 1-11) and the action “I vote for PEACE” (grades 1-11 and teachers). The students wrote their wishes on their palms and attached them to the information stand. By the Day of Peace, children planted flowers near the school.

KHARKIV, UKRAINE

Our school, Kharkiv comprehensive school of I-III degrees No. 150, which is part of the all-Ukrainian network of “Schools of Peace”, annually joins the celebration of this date. On September 21, the thematic lessons “Peace is in our hands!” were traditionally held in grades

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KHMELNYTSKYI, UKRAINE

In Educational complex №10, Khmelnytskyi, history and law teachers held informational minutes dedicated to the Day of Peace. Pupils of 5-D and 6-D classes made symbols of peace, doves, which decorated the trees around the school. Their message was “Let them fly all over the country and bring us all the long-awaited PEACE.” Also, 6th grade students took part in the flash mob “Intellect of Ukraine for Peace”, drew a picture “Children need peace”, greeted students and residents of the neighborhood with postcards, and created a thematic video. Click here for the video.

KIEV SCHOOL 263

International Day of Peace has been celebrated worldwide since 1981 at the initiative of the UN General Assembly. This year the flash mob was prepared by 6th grade students for the song “Love Ukraine” by Natalia May.
My singing Ukraine,
May your path be happy,
Let the song be your nightingale
It is heard, as now, in the ages.
Click here for video of the students singing

KIEV SCHOOL 115

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KIEV, KRAMATORSK, MYKOLAIV, ZHYTOMYR, DNIPRO & ODESSA WOMEN FOR PEACE

On the International Day for Peace: activists of the “Women for Peace” carried out a large-scale flash mob. Their one-hour promotions in Kiev, Kramatorsk, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipro and Odesa participated in the national platform “Women for Peace” – at the initiative of the People’s Deputy Natalia Korolevskoy. Dozens of activists, deputies, community girls and mothers called for peace in Ukraine. . . . They reminded both the government and the Supreme Council that promises were made to establish peace in our country. We very much hope that once again the demands of our women, which we set out in our appeal, will be heard and measures will be taken.

KORSUN-SHEVCHENKIVSKY

Municipal institution “Korsun-Shevchenkivsky multidisciplinary training and rehabilitation center” Nadiya “of Cherkasy regional council”. Click here for video of their activities for International Day of Peace

KOVEL, UKRAINE

On the occasion of the Day of Peace, the Kovel Lyceum No. 7 hosted thematic events during hours of communication. Representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Leisure prepared drawings with symbols of peace and created an exhibition. Lyceum students took part in the all-Ukrainian online competition “Peace – the language of happiness.”

KUNA, UKRAINE

Secondary school of I-III degrees in the village of Kuna, Vinnytsya region.
International Day of Peace. Our students also joined the celebration of this holiday. The day began with a flash mob “Peace Dove”, which was prepared by students of 5th and 7th grades. During the day the action “I choose Peace” was held. The children wished peace and harmony, called on all people: “Learn to do good to people and do good on Earth! Live in peace and harmony!”

KVASYLIV, UKRAINE

In order to form a deep understanding of peace issues, expand preschoolers’ knowledge about the importance of peace on earth, education of humanism, patriotism, love for their homeland and their people, respect for people of different nationalities in Kvasylivsky ZDO (kindergarten) there were various events and interesting forms of work with preschoolers. So, the little preschoolers of Kvasylivsky ZDO (kindergarten) are also actively joining the celebration of the Day of Peace under the slogan “Both adults and children seek peace on Earth!”

LUTSK, UKRAINE

Municipal Institution “Lutsk Nvk №26”. 1st grade students joined the celebration of the International Day of Peace. They watched a video about the history of the holiday and learned about the symbol of peace. Pupils made a paper dove with their own hands, circling their own palms. With this action, they seemed to vote: “We are for peace!” Everyone had the opportunity to express their own opinion on the topic “Peace is…”. In order to keep the peace in the classroom, the children got acquainted with the “Circle of Choice”. This is a way of overcoming conflicts that may arise in schoolchildren. The students considered several options for a peaceful way out of the situation. The first-graders performed the work to the melodies of songs, which called not only to think about the need to preserve peace on Earth, but also to do something effective for it.

LYUBOMI, UKRAINE

Events dedicated to the International Day of Peace were held at the Golovne boarding school as reported on the educational institution’s Facebook page. Pupils made their own paper pigeons, drew pictures, posters, created applications. Class teachers and educators conducted educational classes “I want peace”, “Peace on earth – joy in the family.” Students visited various stations where they danced, drew, solved riddles and performed sports exercises.

MARKIVKA, UKRAINE

Today, celebrations on the occasion of the Day of Peace took place near the landmark for the residents of the Markiv community – a monument to compatriots who laid down their lives for the inviolability of state borders. In the conditions of the war in the East of Ukraine, this holiday acquired a special, at the same time sublime and tragic significance. . . . Colonel Ivan Levchenko honored the memory of those killed in the struggle for peace and freedom of Ukraine and laid flowers to the memorial. In all secondary schools of Markivshchyna various ceremonial events took place, which united a common goal: to draw attention to issues of peace in Ukraine – and around the world.

MARTYNIVKA, UKRAINE

The International Day of Peace was held at Martynivska Secondary School of the 1st-3rd grades. under the slogan: “Children of Ukraine for peace!”. Pupils of the school joined the All-Ukrainian campaign “Dove of Peace”: they made paper doves as a symbol of peace and spiritual development of the nation. During the day there was a drawing contest “I am for peace in Ukraine” and an action “I choose PEACE”. Students wrote their wishes on the emblems and attached them to each other, and organized a flash mob “PEACE” in the school yard. (with photos)

MELITOPOL, UKRAINE

For the International Day of Peace, this weekend in the park of culture and recreation Gorky was held an open dialogue with the community about the possibilities and means of building peace at all levels of life, according to the press service of the IGU. Both townspeople and guests of the city took part in the dialogue: representatives of the Department of Culture and Youth, employees of the local history museum, school teachers, business trainer, pensioners and housewives, students of UVK No. 16, School No. 15, schools “Prometheus”, VPU, MPAL , students of Moscow State Pedagogical University named after B. Khmelnitsky, TDATU them. D. Motor, ZSMU, KNU and others.

MIRGOROD, UKRAINE

On the occasion of the holiday People’s Art Group children’s song and dance ensemble “Dawn” (artistic director Halyna Hrynchuk) took part in an event of multinational cultural diplomacy Festival “Myrhorod – a city of peace unites friends”, organized by Myrhorod City Council and Azerbaijan center named after Muslim Magomayev.. . . The dances of the peoples of the world, presented in the repertoire of the ensemble “Dawn” demonstrate that Ukraine is developing on the basis of multiculturalism and respect for the cultures of all nations living in its territory.
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MYRONIVKA, UKRAINE

On September 21, employees of the psychological service held events dedicated to the International Day of Peace with the students of Myronivsky Academic Lyceum No. 2. (with photos)

NIZHYN, UKRAINE

Nizhyn Agrotechnical College of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. Today, as part of the celebration of the International Day of Peace, the student body of the college joined the All-Ukrainian action “Peace Dove”. Click here for video from the school

NOVA KAKHOVKA, UKRAINE

On the eve of the celebration of the Day of the city of Nova Kakhovka, namely September 21, the International Day of Peace is celebrated. Nowadays, the concept of peace is so relevant to every inhabitant of Ukraine that it is inadmissible to ignore the importance of it. That is why the STAN Youth Organization, with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is involving active residents in peacekeeping dialogue and reintegration training in Ukraine. The project partners were the CRISP Foundation – Conflict Transformation and Civic Education “CRIPS – Conflict Simulation (Berlin) and the Impulse.UA Charitable Foundation (Zaporizhzhya), the Kuduk Cultural Center (Bishkek), the independent publication Zaborona Media (Kyiv) ), public organizations “Theater of Change” (Kyiv), NGO “Youth Space” (Uzhhorod), NGO “Charitable Foundation” MLT Museum PLUS “(Melitopol), NGO” Our Format “(Belovodsk), NGO” Innovative Education of Transcarpathia ” (Father), Foundation for the Support of the Elderly ”

NOVOGRAD-VOLYNSKA, UKRAINE

Novograd-Volynska Secondary School of I-III grades. No. 7. Today, peace in Ukraine is not an abstract desire, it is a conscious goal, because the struggle for a peaceful existence, for the right to live in one’s own state continues in the east of the country. . . .On the occasion of the Day of Peace, thematic events were held at our school. In particular, the action “I vote for peace” took place among primary school students, during which children wrote their dreams of peace on the planet on colored palms and attached them to posters. The sincere smiles on the children’s faces showed that they were satisfied with their participation in such a serious public affair. Click here for their video.

NOVOHUIVYNSKE, UKRAINE

On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, educational activities “We are united only in peace” were planned and held at Novoguyvyn Gymnasium. Students learned the history of the International Day of Peace and were involved in the action “Peace Dove”. Workshops “Emblem of Peace” were held. The thematic exhibition “Under the Peaceful Sky” was shown in the library.

NOVOVOLYNSK, UKRAINE

On the occasion of the International Day of Peace on September 21, 2021 in Hordynianska SZSh I-IIst. history teacher T. Bilynsky held an information hour “The right to peace – the 73rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” And also the teacher-organizer G. Beley carried out the action “Let there be peace on all earth”. The students made palms and joined in the creation of the main symbol of peace – the dove. We believe that every hand will bring peace and tranquility to Ukraine.

ODESSA, UKRAINE – EPARCHY

On September 21, 2021, a grand flash mob in honor of the International Day of Peace was held in Odessa with the support of the Odessa Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The organizers were the Odessa Regional Peace Council and the Odessa Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with the participation of many public and creative organizations of the city. Click here for video.

ODESSA FLASH MOB

Dancing, music and good mood. On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, about two hundred young Odessa residents held a large-scale dance flash mob in the city center. Click here for video.

ODESSA CHILDREN’S CENTER

For Ukrainians, PEACE DAY became especially important in 2014, when the eastern regions of the country felt what war was like. Children grow up and are born, for whom peace and peaceful skies above their heads are a huge dream. Therefore, in the Ukrainian Children’s Center “Young Guard” we celebrated this day with several events. The symbolic football match was played the day before by the boys-vacationers of the camps “Star” and “Sunny”. . . . On September 21, educational classes “The most desirable word” PEACE “, a flash mob” Drawing a bright future “, a drawing contest” WE ARE FOR FREEDOM, WE ARE FOR PEACE! ” and a children’s peace march. The children’s march of peace – exciting, awe-inspiring, full of deep symbolism in musical, light design, choreographic compositions, literary and theatrical elements – ended this busy day.

OLESHKY, UKRAINE

“Oleshkivsky basic educational institution No. 4” of hosted a competition of drawings on the asphalt for the International Day of Peace. Pupils of 3-4 grades happily presented their works to the jury. (with photos)

ONOKIVSKA, UKRAINE

Today, on the occasion of the International Day of Peace in Kamyanytsya OZZSO I-III centuries. Onokivska village council of Uzhhorod district held thematic events. Pupils of the 5th grade prepared a wall poster “Day of Peace!”, Students of the 6th and 7th grades held a competition of drawings and drawings on the asphalt “Children of Ukraine – for peace on earth!”, Prepared drawings for the school stand “We are for peace”. An informational minute “Together for Peace” was played on the school radio. (with photos)

POKROV, UKRAINE

September 21 in Pokrov on the square named after I.Sirko at 17:30 there will be a patriotic flashmob for peace.

PRYLUKY, UKRAINE

Pryluky Secondary School of I-III grades No. 9. Click here for the video prepared by the school for the International Day of Peace

RADYVYLIV, UKRAINE

Radyvyliv Lyceum no. 1. On September 21, 2021, lyceum students celebrated the Day of Peace. Pupils of grades 1-4 took part in the action “Peaceful Borders”, where sincere wishes of peace and harmony were placed on the map of Ukraine. Boys and girls of 3-4 grades took part in the thematic master class “Flag of Peace”, during which children made colored flags with the image of a dove – a symbol of peaceful life. Students of 5th grade, using various techniques, made their own white, blue-yellow doves, on which they wrote their wishes, dreams of peace. Seventh-graders took part in the drawing contest “Peaceful Sky”. Class teachers of grades 8-11 held an hour of communication “September 21 – International Day of Peace”, during which students learned about the history and traditions of the International Day of Peace in the world, shared views on the vision of peaceful life in Ukraine and the world. Teacher-organizer Khmaruk S.Ya. conducted a lesson “For peace in the world” with students of 4-5 grades. (with many photos)

RALIVKA, UKRAINE

Ralivsky Support Institution of General Secondary Education named after Ivan Frank. On September 21, an educational event was held in the 9-A class on the topic: “Blue of peace, flights over Ukraine!” The students dedicated poems to the heroes of the Fatherland, patriots who fight and give their lives for the rights and freedoms of all people, a worthy future of their country. The educational hour ended with the song “Ukraine is you”.. . . the class teacher of 5-B class Vitik OM held an educational hour in which students watched a video about the origin of the holiday, prepared emblems, joined the creation of the project “Peace Dove”.

RIVNE SECONDARY SCHOOL NO. 9; UKRAINE

Rivne secondary school no. 9. Today, September 21, is the International Day of Peace. Pupils of 2-B class celebrated this day in the circle of their class. The students made doves of peace out of paper and listened with interest during the information break, as this day is celebrated all over the world. They also took part in the “Peace Dove” flash mob. The children wished everyone to live in harmony and peace. (with many photos)

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RUDKIV, UKRAINE

Vankovytsky Institution of General Secondary Education of I-Ii Degrees. On the occasion of this day, the teacher-organizer OI Milchanovska united all students for one purpose: to show everyone that our children want to live, create, learn and grow under a peaceful sky, in a peaceful country. Despite the gloomy weather, all students gladly joined the flash mob “We are for peace!”, And each made a traditional symbol of the holiday – the dove of peace. And also the information corner “Day of Peace” was prepared.

SEMENIVKA, UKRAINE

Semenivka institution of general secondary education of I-III degrees No.2 of Semenivka village council. Photos of student activities for the International Day of Peace/

SEVERYNIVKA. UKRAINE

The students of Chernyatyn ZZSO of I-III degrees also joined the celebration of Peace Day. Teachers of grades 1-4 held a master class “Pigeon of Peace”. The children made paper doves as a symbol of peace. Pupils of 5-11 grades in the assembly hall of the school became participants of the flash mob in “We are for peace”. The teacher of the 2nd grade Barda VP held an interesting conversation with children “We are for peace in the world”

SHPOLA, UKRAINE

The International Day of Peace is traditionally celebrated on September 21 in Ukraine and all over the world. Today, peace in Ukraine is not an abstract desire, it is a conscious goal, because the struggle for a peaceful existence, for the right to live in one’s own state continues in the East of the country. On the occasion of the Day of Peace in Shpola Lyceum No. 1 the day began with a flash mob “Dove of Peace”, which was prepared by representatives of the school parliament (head Kichenko MV). During the day, a drawing contest “I am for peace in the planet” was held. An information bulletin “History of the International Day of Peace” was created for students. Interesting and informative informational minutes took place in grades 1-5. (with photos of students and their activities)

SKVYRA, UKRAINE

Every year on September 21, Ukraine and around the world celebrate the International Day of Peace. On this occasion, teachers and students of the Creativity Center joined the celebration. In the courtyard of the institution, the group organized a flash mob “Children of Peace – for Peace!”, Designed to draw attention to the global problem of peaceful life on the planet.. . . Tthe pupils of the “School of Success” group of the Skvyra Center for Creativity created a video sketch “Peace on Earth”.

SLOBOZHANSKE, UKRAINE

World Peace Day at Slobozhanska Primary School. The staff of Slobozhanska Primary School also joined the event, organizing a school-wide flashmob “palm of happiness.” Our students watched the video Adalet R. Garmiany, in which Adalet draws bright colored palms on the broken walls of the city where the hostilities took place. His idea is to call on the people of the world to act peacefully. This palm, which was first placed on the ruins of buildings in Kurdistan, has become a symbol that art can revive even the world in ruins. Soon, with this palm, many colorful images appeared on the wall as a symbol that the world is being reborn and good will overcome violence, war and misunderstanding between people. It was from watching this video that the story of our school flashmob began. In each class, they painted, cut out multicolored palms and placed them on a white canvas, thus urging all people not only to think about the need for peace, but also to do something for it.

STEPANIVSKA, UKRAINE

The International Day of Peace is traditionally celebrated on September 21 in Ukraine and around the world. On this occasion, thematic events were held in educational institutions of Stepanivka community. In particular, at the Yakovlevsky basic educational institution (director – Larysa Boychenko) the librarian of the village library Olga Stelmashenko held a thematic line for primary school students, during which the patriotic action “Ukraine wants peace” took place. And in Stepanivka Secondary School (director – Maria Zagrebelna) a drawing contest was held among schoolchildren and certificates and diplomas of various degrees were awarded to participants and winners of the All-Ukrainian contest “Peace – the language of happiness”

SUMY, UKRAINE

Volunteers of Sumy State University also joined the celebration of Peace Day, organizing an action on the central square of the institution. Students handed out symbolic doves to students, staff and passers-by with good, motivating wishes and they held a master class where they learned to create origami doves.

TCHOP, UKRAINE

On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, which is traditionally celebrated in Ukraine and around the world on September 21, the following events were held at the Tchop Secondary School of I-III levelsNo. 1:
– drawing competition “I draw the world” (teacher Matsola TM);
– educational event with students 3-B “Dove of Peace” (teacher Izhik MB);
– educational event with students 1-A “Peace on the planet Earth” (teacher Lisnichuk LV);
– educational event with students 1-B “Dove of Peace” (teacher Oliferchuk GV).
– The students joined the All-Ukrainian Peace Dove campaign and made paper doves as a symbol of peace and spiritual development of the nation. (with photos)

TERNOPIL, UKRAINE

On the occasion of the Day of Peace, the 2nd grade students of Thermopil School No. 4 conducted thematic lessons. (with photos)

TORETSK, UKRAINE

On the eve of the International Day of Peace in the library – branch No. 5 TMTSB with branch libraries, the action “Day of Peace – a holiday of the whole Earth” was held. . . .On this day, everyone was able to join the action. They left pleasant wishes on paper figurines in the form of miniature birds, which were then used to decorate the canvas. (with many photos)

USTYNIVKA. UKRAINE

SIn the Oleksandrivka village library of the Ustynivka village council, the library staff held an event for children dedicated to the International Day of Peace.. . . Participants made paper flags with a dove as a symbol of security, hope and peace. During the event, the librarian informed the participants about the history of the International Day of Peace and handed out symbolic palms of blue and yellow with the inscription “We are for peace”. The guests left pleasant wishes on paper figurines of birds, which were then used to decorate the canvas.

UZHHOROD, UKRAINE

The whole world celebrates the International Day of Peace. Students of the Linguistic gymnasium named after TG Shevchenko joined the celebration. The importance of maintaining peace, freedom and peace was discussed. We observed a moment of silence for those who died, protecting our homes from the worst enemy – war. We talked about the cloudless sky above our heads and created a dove with messages about what little hearts with big dreams believe in and want.

UZYN, UKRAINE

Uzyn comprehensive school of I-III degrees No. 1. Photos of student activities for the International Day of Peace.

VASYLKIV, UKRAINE

On the International Day of Peace, pupils of the Art Studio “Koloryt” of Vasylkiv City Center for Children and Youth Creativity – Natalia Tverdokhlib, Vladyslav Kryvenko, Yaroslav Dvorakivsky, Daria Nikitina joined the “Peace Dove” action by preparing a series of drawings.

VELYKOSEVERYNIVSKA, UKRAINE

On the Day of Peace, the students of the Osytniaz branch expressed their wishes for peace and harmony and called on all people to live in peace and harmony. They also made a virtual trip around the planet Earth “Peace Dove flies to Ukraine”, held an action “I am for peace in the world”, and painted paper doves of peace. We – for peace! (with many photos)

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE – PODOLSK SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL LYCEUM FOR GIFTED YOUTH

Lyceum students of grades 8-11 joined the action “Peace is this.” 11th-graders showed creativity and prepared a video about peace. We all believe and hope that peace and harmony will prevail in our prosperous Ukraine as well. Click here for the video made by students

VINNYTSIA SCHOOL 25

VINNYTSIA TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN CENTER

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE – ZAPORIZHZHYA SICH BOARDING COLLEGE

On the occasion of the Day of Peace, thematic events were held at the Sich Collegium. Colleagues made paper pigeons as a symbol of peace and spiritual development of the nation during labor training lessons and decorated the school yard with them. They took part in the action “Peace begins in everyone’s mind”, during which students expressed their wishes for peace and harmony to their homeland. The class teacher of 9-A class spent an interesting hour of communication on the topic “Peace through the eyes of children.”

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE – ZAPORIZKY METALLURGICAL FAKHOVY COLLEGE of

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE _ COSSACK LYCEUM

ZDOLBUNIV, UKRAINE

Zdolbuniv Primary School No. 7. On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, teachers and educators held a conversation “Peace is such an important word!”. Pupils of 3-B class (Wojciechowska OO) together with the teacher-organizer Movchanyuk IO made posters on the theme “Peace for all on earth”, and pupils of extended day groups made origami paper doves, symbols of peace. (with photos)

ZOLOTONOSHA. UKRAINE

In order to form a deep understanding of issues related to peace, expand students’ knowledge of the importance of peace on Earth, education of humanism, patriotism, students in grades 1-4 of secondary school G3 passed from class to class “Dove of Peace”.

(Note: the following communities are claimed by the Ukraine, but have declared their independence as the Donetsk People’s Republic or the Lugansk People’s Republic.)

BILOPILSKY, UKRAINE

On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, the Lyceum 62 named after SM Gordienko hosted thematic events, in which class teachers and the psychological service of the school actively involved students, because this topic is extremely painful and relevant, it is the cry of the soul of every patriot of his country.. . . Today, peace in Ukraine is not an abstract desire, it is a conscious goal, because the struggle for a peaceful existence, for the right to live in one’s own state continues in the east of the country.

DONETSK LYCEUM

In our lyceum, the International Day of Peace was held under the leadership of Olga Leonidovna Yalanskaya. The guys expressed their hopes for peace, prosperity, health for all people, love, friendship. (with photos)

DONETSK SCHOOL 89

International Day of Peace … It was about peace, about the versatility of this great word that they spoke today at the classroom hour in the 10th grade. Boys and girls made the symbols of the holiday, wrote good wishes to the people of our planet. Happy Peace Day, friends!

LUGANSK STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY

Luhansk State Agrarian University celebrated the International Day of Peace. A large-scale flash mob “We are for peace!” with the participation of first-year students of all faculties and the folk ensemble of modern pop dance “Paradise”. The initiators of the event were: the department for educational and social work of the university, the faculty of social professions and the Primary trade union organization of LSAU employees.

LUGANSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC “REPUBLICAN CENTER FOR ARTISTIC AND AESTHETIC CREATIVITY

LUGANSK YOUTH LIBRARY

LUTUGINO YOUTH CLUB “VICTORY”

very year, on September 21, the Youth Club “Victory” of the Lutugin Specialized Secondary School holds an action for the International Day of Peace together with young schoolchildren. For the guys, this action has already become a good tradition. After all, it is this date that is considered the day of strengthening the ideals of peace among all countries and peoples – both at the national and international levels.
International Day of Peace was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981. Twenty years later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously decided to celebrate Peace Day every year as a day of non-violence and a day of ceasefire.
The guys from the Pobeda Youth Club, like no one else, knows the price of a peaceful sky above the earth, so they call on all clubs https://vk.com/oc_monolit join the action, because we are a single Slavic people who must take care of world peace.

LUTUGINO LYCEUM

Within the framework of the International Day of Peace, a number of thematic events were held at the Lutuginsky UVK Lyceum School. In grades 1-11, class hours “Children for Peace” were held, dedicated to this holiday. The children remembered the history of the holiday, held drawing contests “Children draw the world.” According to a long-standing tradition, the students made paper doves, which are a symbol of this memorable day. (with photos)

PEREVALSK

For many years the Perevalsk boarding school has been joining this peace project. In the elementary grades, children took part in the conversation “We need Peace!”. The children discussed old Russian proverbs, talked about how they understand the work of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky “What is good and what is bad”, and also held games to rally the class team. At the end of the event, the students made a joint application with the image of the tree of the world. In grades 5-7, the lesson “Day of Peace. The world begins with you. ” The students were told why it is important to celebrate the day of peace with the whole planet, how to help children in different countries, why there are still so many weapons in the world, and much more. The result of the lesson was hand-made doves, which were made by the children. High school students in the form of an open microphone discussed issues of terrorism and security and collected signatures under the symbolic petition “I AM FOR PEACE!” In addition, a drawing competition “Children for Peace on the Planet!” was held.. . . The class commanders launched balloons into the sky with the symbol of the holiday. This year, not only teachers and students, but also parents of students took part in the events

ROVENKI

Day of Peace in Rovenkovo ​​school No.8 named after S.V. Poluyanova. As part of the annual events of the international “Day of Peace”, our school hosted a flash mob “We are for Peace “, in which students of the 11th grade took part. Single lesson “The World We Need!” for students in grades 1-11. The guys drew pictures and posters “I need peace!” There is a tradition of releasing white doves as a symbol of peaceful intentions.

STAKHANOV

Employees of the City Center for Culture and Leisure in Almaznaya held a themed event dedicated to the Day of Peace for the students of School No. 25.. . .During the event, schoolchildren discussed the meaning of the word “peace”, got acquainted with the history of the founding of the International Day of Peace. The children read poems, the leitmotif of which sounded the word “peace”. Words in defense of peace were also sounded in the lines of the author’s poem by Nadezhda Sukmanyuk, a 9th grade student. In conclusion, according to tradition, everyone sang the song “Solar Circle” together and attached paper doves to a huge blue poster symbolizing the sky, writing on them the most sincere wishes for good and peace to all people.

TOREZ

For the International Day of Peace, in the municipal cultural institution “Club named after Pushkin of the city of Torez” there was an informative game program “The peace that everyone needs!” Children of 2-3 grades of the Municipal Educational Institution “School No. 9” learned such concepts as war, conflict, peace and friendship, kindness and mercy, what happiness and beauty are. And what should be done in order not to destroy our world. We made a “virtual journey” into the world of goodness and happiness on an imaginary transparent balloon, during which children simulated the world around them, fantasized about what it could be. In memory of this day, the guys decorated a friendship poster with doves wishing peace, happiness and goodness!

YASINOVATAYA

Despite the shelling of the city center by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, residents of the city of Yasinovataya nevertheless celebrated the international day of peace, the correspondent of Donbass Segodnya reports . Children recited poems about peace, rang peace bells and launched symbolic paper doves into the air. During the shelling, the children of the boarding school in Yasinovataya were forced to hide in a shelter. In the morning the residents of Yasinovat saw off their children when the Ukrainian army from artillery opened fire on the city. See also a news video

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