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LOCATIONS - Japan
EARTH KIDS SPACE / Oshu- Japan
Earth Kids Space Program developed and operated by the Goi Peace Foundation offers a safe place for children to gather after school and on weekends, where they can learn about peace and harmony and respect for all life and the environment through games, stories, interactive workshops and outdoor activities.
The program currently has some 30 centres across Japan and in five other countries, all run by volunteers with the support of local governments, schools, public institutions including libraries and community centres, youth groups and NGOs, demonstrating effective community collaboration.
In December 2010, the Earth Kids Space Program was recognized as an official activity of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
(DESD, 2005-2014) by UNESCO.
Photos in Japan: Koshi Hosokawa
LOCATIONS - Portugal
TAMERA – EIN FRIEDENSPILOTPROJEKT/MONTE CERRO - Portugal
What is Tamera? "Those who don`t want war need a vision for peace"
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amera in Southern Portugal is an international training and experimental site for the development of peace research villages and healing biotopes worldwide. Under the motto "Think Locally, Act Globally," approximately 200 people live, work and study in Tamera. Tamera’s aim is to develop an example of a model for a nonviolent coexistence of people and between people and nature.
The main tasks of Tamera are: the education of young people within the "Monte Cerro" peace study, the building of a village model called "Solar Village" which produces its own food and solar energy, and global networking under the name of GRACE.
Photos in Portugal: Elias Barrasch
LOCATIONS - Africa
CREATING FUTURE – BEING FUTURE/ Capetown - South Africa
Here in Capetown South Africa we ask children and teenagers about their vision of a desirable future and what they expect from th adults.
We have visited organizations which care about the future of their children, like ZIP ZAP, a circus school working with street children and HIV children who are integrated into a big family and are educated to artists.
ZIP ZAP Zirkusschule / Capetown - South Africa
Situated in the heart of downtown Cape Town, South Africa this circus school provides free circus and performing arts training for youth from all walks of life.
Zip Zap is a diverse family committed to teaching the invaluable life skills of trust, honesty, responsibility, teamwork and discipline, while training and playing in the circus.
The achievement of Brent van Rensburg and Laurence Esteve's dream is apparent by the positive effect circus has played in so many children's lives, but the opportunities to touch more are boundless.
We seem to come into a big harmonious working family and this family even extends to a HIV Children’s project in the nearby township Kayelitcha, that is integrated in a weekly routine with workshops and all sorts of sharing and caring.
Photos in South Africa / Südafrika: Elke von Linde
MAMA AMELIA’S CHILDREN / IN TOWNSHIP MFULENI OUTSIDE CAPETOWN South Africa
Frequently, social workers and police bring children to Mama Amelia's instead of sending them to a traditional institution for homeless children because of the superior care, support and love that the children find there. Frequently, children are afraid to go back to homes where there is disease (AIDS, tuberculosis), alcoholism and abuse, so they seek out refuge at Mama Amelia's. Many parents come to Mama Amelia and ask her for help because they do not have food or clothing for their children. Mama Amelia does not turn any child away.
Close to the Township Mfuleni, about 20 kilometres east of Cape town, a car waits to escort us safely to Mama Amelia’s House.
Mama Amelia hosts about 100 children during daytime and about 70 every single night in a very proper home that is kept secure by an enormous iron gate that has to be shut immediately when entered.
Mama Amelia tells us of children who are just laid down in front of her shelter, brought by the police or extremely poor parents and all of them find a warm home here, so that most of them stay and help with raising the next generation.
For Mama Amelia every and each child is important and no child gets rejected, even if the arch is overcrowded.
A project that gives hope and support to generations of under priveliged children through one single woman’s lifeskill, who has become a role model for not only this particular place but is known throughout the world.
HERSCHEL SCHOOL / Capetown - South Africa
Herschel, founded in 1922, is an independent Anglican School in Cape Town that provides an incomparable learning continuum for girls from Pre-Nursery to Grade 12. We work tirelessly to create an environment in which every girl has the opportunity to thrive and in which she is encouraged to cultivate a passion for life.
We focus on the spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual well-being of the pupils in a positive vein and invite them to enjoy their education. There is a demonstrated commitment to beliefs and values education, and as such the girls are encouraged to develop ethical and moral values, self esteem, self-confidence and a sense of their own worth. In all their undertakings the girls are urged to take risks, to step into uncharted zones and to find the balance between their need for school support and their own ability to face challenges. At Herschel we instil creativity and flair, enthusiasm and the capacity for independent and critical thinking. The girls are encouraged to take the initiative through a dynamic programme of leadership and community service opportunities.
LOCATIONS - Columbia
Peace Village SAN JOSÉ DE APARTADÓ / Columbia
www.cdpsanjose.org
www.sos-sanjose.org
In the Colombian conflict region in the northern province of Urabá the peace village San José de Apartadó with its 1350 inhabitants fights non-violently for survival.
Since its foundation on March 23rd 1997, more than 200 farmers, men, women and children have been murdered some of them very brutally. The inhabitants do not give up, on the contrary: they build up a future model for an autonomous and peaceful life, a seed of hope for Colombia in a region which is heavily fought for military, police, paramilitary and guerrilla groups.
In 2007 they were honored with the Peace Award of the City of Aachen / Germany. They need international protection. Please help!
Photos in Columbia / Kolumbien: Elias Barrasch
LOCATIONS - India
BORN FREE ART SCHOOL / Bangalore– India
No child is free until all children are free !
The Bornfree is a special school exclusively for street and working, freed bonded labour children.
The objective is to educate and develop them through the Arts. They share their experiences, express themselves and contribute to the understanding of child labour.
The Bornfree for artistic learning teaches Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Music, Theatre, Contemporary Dance, Film making. It is a stepping stone for the children on the streets to get into mainstream education.
The founder and head of this school , John Deveraj, is an artist and filmmaker himself and contributed to the "Part Time Kings" project as cameraman, co director and and and.....
Photos in Indien/India: Constanze Wild