Children from different partner organizations were involved in this activity. Shanti Sewa Ashram organized a creative writing programme for the children on the 8 & 15 December 2007 at senior & junior levels. Similarly, Baal Shiksha also has conducted a creative writing programme in its different classes. The facilitators were assisting the children. They divided […]
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This was a one day camp. Seventy-five children from grade five to eight participated in this programme on the 5 January. The camp had programmes such as yoga, meditation, discussions, interactions, friendship games and excursion to different places. There was a special session conducted by Dr. C.M. Yogi in which he was highlighting four basic
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Children walked hurriedly towards the prayer venue at 7.15 a.m. on a cold January morning at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. As, I followed this impressive gathering of children I overheard a girl whispering gently to her friend ‘Do you know this was the day Gandhiji was shot dead?’ After a few seconds the friend replied ‘yes,
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Various programmes with the objectives of “sharing knowledge about Ethics” were held in different places in Nepal. The first programme was conducted at Shanti Sewa Ashram. The children of Seeds for Peace (SOP) & Hindu Vidyapeeth (HVP) were present in the programme at the Shanti Sewa Ashram on 17, 23 & 24 November 2007. The
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Peaceis more than just the absence of war, these were words spoken by Florence Mpaayei, the Executive Director of the Nairobi Peace Institute (NPI) while facilitating an encounter of children, youths and Religious Leaders in Zanzibar recently.
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The GNRC Sri Lanka Team organized their second Children’s Camp in Pathakada, Ratnapura (Sabaragamuwa Province) from the 1 to the 3 February with the participation of fifty kids representing fifteen villages of the Ratnapura District. The camp was held at the “Pathakada Bikku Trainging Centre” in Ratnapura. Similar to the previous children’s camp in Wallawaya,
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Inter Press Service has published an interview with Rev. Keishi Miyamoto on the state of the world’s children and the GNRC Third Forum. Read the article. IPS has also added a new feature section entitled "Children Under Seige" to their website. Visit www.ipsnews.net, scroll down and look right for the icon.
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Inter Press Service has published an article on the GNRC Third Forum, featuring an interview with Ambassador Samuel Koo, Chairman of the GNRC 3rd Forum Organizing Committee. Visit the IPS website to see the article. The article also appeared in IPS’s weekly magazine Terra Viva UN Journal, and was printed by the Asian Tribune.
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The GNRC Sri Lanka Team organized their third Children’s Camp at the Trincomalee Sarvodaya District Centre (Eastern Province) from the 08 to the 10 February with the participation of sixty five kids representing nine villages of the Trincomalee District. As Trincomalee is a major war torn area in Sri Lanka, it’s extremely especial the meeting
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Isiolo as a town is no stranger to conflicts with one community fighting another over scarce resources and ethnic animosities. It has one of the highest concentrations of diverse ethnic groups with pastoralist backgrounds living in arid and semi-arid conditions with a long history of neglect and underdevelopment. Under such conditions the susceptibility to conflict
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