Education

Sharing knowledge helps us make informed decisions that benefit us all.
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Harmful stereotypes that fuel tensions between groups are usually rooted in ignorance. URI Cooperation Circles work to educate people to create safer, more peaceful communities.

Examples of our work in this Action Area:

  • Escuela de Amor CC has been visiting a Catholic school in Buenos Aires, Argentina for more than fifteen years, answering students’ questions about their different religions to prepare them for encountering interfaith colleagues in university and work life.
  • When a USA school board wanted to ban a book about Islam, the Women's Interfaith Network spoke eloquently on peace, tolerance and understanding, resulting in a unanimous vote to keep the book in the school system.
  • Cultural Infusion empowers young Australians by helping them use cultural and artistic expression to promote social cohesion.
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A Noble Beginning in 2015 - PEACE CC extends helping hand to disabled students

Asia
Multiregion
Community Building
Education
Health and Social Services
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue
Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation
Poverty Alleviation and Economic Opportunity

It was indeed a noble beginning for PEACE CC this year, as it extended valuable help to handicapped students. The brain behind this was Maitri, the dynamic youth of our CC.

Last month, during our meeting, Maitri Tanna, an active youth member of PEACE CC (Multiregion) came up with an innovative idea of mass collection of old newspapers, old paper boxes and selling them to earn some money and use the money to help two handicapped students attending school. She wanted to begin the New Year with a noble cause. As the old papers goes for recycling in a way this also helps towards environment cause, she said.

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Jayanti - PEACE CC member encourages school students to support ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'

Asia
Arts
Community Building
Education
Environment
Health and Social Services
Human Rights
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue
Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation
Women
Youth

PEACE CC member and environment activist, Sirajuddin. M. Horaginamani encouraged and joined hands with school children to support ‘Clean India Mission’ (Swachh Bharath Abhiyan) at Holy Creseant Educational Society’s Alhuda School situated in KHB Colony of  Bijapur City, Karnataka on 25th November, 2014.

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Carrier Building Workshop for Female Youth by PCSW&HR

Asia
Education
Women
Youth

Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights (PCSW&HR) is executing the project “Economic Empowerment of Women through vocational, life skills, cultivation for kitchen gardening and Computer training” at Rawalakot AJ&K with the collaboration of its counterpart OBOS_Caritas Seoul Korea. PCSW&HR organized the carrier building workshop for the learners of computer literacy centre at Khaigala.