. EDUCATION FOR PEACE .
An article from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
The Fundació Autònoma Solidària (FAS) and the Escola de Cultura de Pau (ECP) have launched the educational project Sí que es pau! (Yes, it is peace!), linked to the CROMA 2.0 program, with the aim of helping primary school students understand armed violence and providing them with the tools to act as agents of peace. The project ran from February to March of this year and involved six FAS volunteers who facilitated the sessions in the participating schools.
The initiative was implemented in six schools near the university—Sant Martí and Serraparera (Cerdanyola), Montessori and Pau Casals (Rubí), and Nova Electra and Sant Llorenç del Munt (Terrassa)—following a four-week program with sessions from Monday to Thursday.
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The project is based on a central idea: war has global impacts, and it is essential to equip children and young people with the tools to understand it and take action against it. Through six sessions, students have explored concepts such as direct and structural violence, International Humanitarian Law, military spending, conscientious objection, and peace initiatives, and have learned about the stories of activists from Gaza, Israel, South Africa, and Spain.
The learning process is documented audiovisually.
As part of the project, an explanatory video filmed at the Escola Montessori in Rubí has been produced, capturing one of the student work sessions. The video offers a close look at the development of the educational approach and how a space for reflection is created in the classroom.
The video features Cecile Barbeito, a trainer from the Escola de Cultura de Pau (School of Peace Culture), as well as two volunteers from the FAS (Foundation for Social Action), Ivet Pomés and Alberto León, who facilitated the activities. The video includes the voices of some students, who share their reflections on issues such as conscientious objection. It also includes some impressions from UAB (Autonomous University of Barcelona) students on how this pilot program has worked.
The project has received support from the Agència Catalana de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament, Generalitat de Catalunya.
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