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January 27, 2015
“Volunteerism, education, and service are replacing rape, robbery and kidnapping in the culture of young people in south eastern Nigeria.”
“As {the} Nigerian elections are approaching, if the youth that should have been used as instruments of mass destruction and violence by self-motivated politicians in achieving their selfish ambitions, are engaged in productive and promising ventures like {learning} ICT skills, the possibility of building a peaceful state is guaranteed.”
— Femi Sylva, COE...
January 21, 2015
Nina Meyerhof, president and founder of COE, finished as a finalist for the 2015 edition of the Public Peace Prize. A pioneer in rallying youth around the world for peace in the 21st century, this American educator founded the Children of the Earth organization, present in more than 30 countries. Her publications and achievements propose teaching models and training tools based on a conscious spirituality proposing awareness of ethical living and youth leadership for peace. She received...
January 15, 2015
“I hope our silence amplifies the voices of youth everywhere calling for climate action now!”
-Itzcuauhtli, from Silence into Action
Itzcuauhtli (Eat-Squat-Lee) is an 11 year old indigenous eco hip-hop activist with Earth Guardians. His parents recently attended a Children of the Earth program in Vermont, USA. Over the past year he says he has learned more about the urgency of our climate crisis and worries about the kind of world his generation will be left with if there isn’t a switch to...
January 13, 2015
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28 young people (18 – 30 Years) – 1 from each EU country and 8 from other continents as guests
Date 26th April to 3rd May 2015
Place Schloss Tempelhof – Germany
Final Application Day 15th February 2015
The YES initiative aims to reduce youth unemployment primarily in Europe to be followed up in the rest of the world. With rates of 50/60% in Spain, followed closely by other countries like Greece, Portugal, Italy, UK and so on...
December 23, 2014
by Kehkashan Basu, leader of the COE UAE Hub
The chill of winter has enveloped us and has heralded the onset of the festive season. Our city is full of tourists and residents preparing to celebrate Christmas and usher in the New Year. The beautiful decorations, brightly lit shop windows and the pleasant weather are combining to make the coming weeks really memorable for the residents. Yet in the shadows of these bright lights are groups of people who conscientously toil night and day to keep...
December 17, 2014
Support the development of a new cultural center in Nepal while finding respite in the serene Himalayan Mountains.
For the past few months, the Toronto Group has been organizing the creation of a cultural center in Nepal that will eventually host retreats and workshops on spirituality, leadership and the arts. On November 27th members of the group presented to a community group for social justice, about the idea of the center and its workshops. In the spring of 2015, members from the Toronto...
October 29, 2014
The One Peaceful Africa (OPA) logo is the true face of who we are, sharing the reality of our projects in Africa. Our shirt highlights the face of a girl on our logo who does not have the opportunity of going to school because of what she is taught.
Princess Ukaga, OPA Director, believes One Peaceful Africa heralds a new era, one to empower African youth to pursue peace. When asked what OPA means to the African people she responded, “OPA is PEACE.”
It has been a year since the first training...
October 28, 2014
Jimmy Lama, COE Chapter Leader in Nepal, and Director of the Helambu Education Livelihood Projecy (HELP) shares his excitement in an update on dozens of volunteer placements across 18 partner schools over the summer.
The Helambu Education and Livelihood Project (HELP) is a registered non-profit organization based in Kathmandu originally supported by Mondo Foundation (a UK charity), which was started in 2009 to work on improving education in the Helambu region and its surrounding valleys of...
October 10, 2014
Girls’ education is a basic right that benefits the whole of society. After the 2012 attack on Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for women and the kidnapping of more than 200 young girls from a school in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram girls education including the safety of young girls going to school became right at the heart of the public interest.
Today according to the BBC World Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai...
October 6, 2014
On September 19, two days before the world recognized The International Day of Peace, and held the Climate March, youth from around the nation gathered at the UN in New York City to participate in the student day event.
50 culturally diverse Vermont students attended the event, and were excited to be at the UN, celebrating the important day. The students were engaged with the panelists which included Jane Goodall and Yo Yo Ma. Feedback from the group was that they were very excited to be at the...