Living Peace Festival in Cairo

A project involving 25,000 children belonging to 200 schools from 136 cities in 103 countries

Sunday, April 6, 2014: an international event live on internet

The backdrop for the third edition of the Living Peace Festival, which will take place in Cairo, is the tense situation currently present in Eygpt.

It was in 2011 that Mr. Carlos Palma, International Activities Coordinator at El Rowad American College in Cairo started this initiative to educate for peace, and today more than 25,000 students from all over the world are involved in the Living Peace project. 

Living Peace is characterized by the participation of students and teachers, who are involved in creating initiatives to educate for peace, through a global network of people and institutions. Schools taking part are allowed to develop projects according to their ability, while encouraging young people to use their creativity and making them aware of their contribution towards a common aim. This creates a dynamic participation that fills the various components of the school with enthusiasm while reinforcing solidarity among students, teachers, principals and parents, and also leaving an impact on civil society.

In Cairo, for example, Living Peace involves students and teachers, Muslims and Christians, that come from twenty schools. In other countries, the results of the project was presented  this year to civil authorities (Uruguay, Spain, Malta and Luxembourg) and to the media (Korea and Brazil). The project is also presented through street activities, where the school involves the city in youth initiatives in favour of peace and fraternity. Of particular importance are those initiatives set up to address crisis situations, as schools in Japan hit by the Tsunami in 2011 and those in Syria struck by war.

International organizations have shown interest in Living Peace since its very beginning. Carlos Palma, the mind behind this initiative said, “In 2011we were invited to the World Peace Forum in Schengen, Luxembourg to talk about our projects. Since then, we have attended the World Peace Forum every year and we have created a network of relationships with personalities both in the United Nations and the European Union, who sustain and encourage our efforts for peace”.

The event was following on April 6th by more than 100 countries around the world.

Rowad American College  received many messages, from the Ministers of Education  from Uruguay and Malta, from the Kings of Spain and many NGO working in Education and Peace in USA and in Europe.

Six TV Channels (national and International) in Cairo transmitted the news and also some magazines and European TV showed a short vision of the event.

Countries participating in the RAC International Peace Festival 

RAC Int.Peace Festival Film 1 - Participation in Living Peace

RAC Int.Peace Festival Film 2 - Participation in Living Peace

RAC Int.Peace Festival Film 3 - Participation in Living Peace

RAC Int.Peace Festival Film 4 - Participation in Living Peace

RAC Int.Peace Festival Film 5 - Participation in Living Peace

RAC Int.Peace Festival Film 6 - Participation in Living Peace