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Peace Education: National Developments

Peace Education: National Developments. Recent Developments Key Lessons & Future Plans. Recent Developments Completion & Evaluation of Peace Education Pilot Peace Education in summer camps for delinquent youth. Future Plans School Outreach Peace Education with vulnerable children

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Peace Education: National Developments

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  1. Peace Education: National Developments Recent Developments Key Lessons & Future Plans

  2. Recent Developments Completion & Evaluation of Peace Education Pilot Peace Education in summer camps for delinquent youth Future Plans School Outreach Peace Education with vulnerable children Peace Education Training with Voluntary Community Social Workers (with Help & Shelter) Min. LHSSS

  3. Recent Developments HFLE curriculum developed & implementation begun Future Plans HFLE programme to provide foundation Integration of: Magnet Schools Health Promoting Schools Peace Education Escuela Nueva To create Child Friendly Schools Min. Education

  4. Recent Developments Health Promoting Primary Schools: Enterprise Primary needs analysis complete Request for peace education Key Lessons Greater collaboration between agencies within school environment Future Plans Needs analysis in process St Sidwell’s & Sophia primary Expand to 7 other primary schools throughout Guyana Peace & Love in Schools (PALS) initiative (Jamaica) Min. Health & PAHO

  5. Recent Developments Completion & Evaluation of Peace Education Pilot Support to VYC Life skills for out of school youth & street children Facilitation of national plan to widen impacts of peace education Development of project with MoE for peace education in Magnet schools Key Lessons Inter-agency collaboration essential Peace Education needs to be integrated into everyday life of target group Future Plans Pilot integrated peace education programme in schools Integration of HFLE, Children Friendly Schools & Health Promoting Schools UNICEF

  6. Recent Developments Citizen’s action groups formed Need technical support Funding sought Key Lessons Need to provide continued support to target groups Need financial support for personnel to do this Future Plans Proposed Project to address violence issues through drama Development of Citizen’s Curriculum WAVE

  7. Key Lessons Values form positive base for individuals to promote peace in their lives Ripple effect Need to sustain values in face of non-peaceful environment Most effective to work with: Children/youth Parents Teachers The Way Forward Parenting skills training Workshops for youth Training for teachers & educators Living Values

  8. GRPA Future Plans • Incorporation of Peace Education elements in other activities • Peer Educator Training • Sexual & Reproductive Health Workshops

  9. Recent Developments Life skills training for out of school youth and street children incorporating Peace Education Key Lessons Linking Peace Education with IT certificate course results in good attendance & retention of youth VYC gained capacity from working with other organisations Volunteer Youth Corps • FuturePlans • Replication of programme in other areas • Incorporation of Peace Education from sister agencies into programmes

  10. Recent Developments Support to Vreed-en-hoop Primary School Books ‘Virtues’ programme Training for teachers Books, stories, quotations, songs, activities School continues programme on own Positive change in student behaviour Key Lessons Teacher champion important to success of programme Must be owned by school / teachers Baha’i of Best/Klien/Pouderoyen

  11. Origins Network of Civil Society Organisations working on Conflict Transformation Conference: Governance Conflict Analysis & Resolution Recent Activities Capacity building workshop Regular fortnightly meetings Key Lessons Greater collaboration among those working on conflict transformation Training & capacity building is needed Partners in Conflict Resolution

  12. Other Initiatives • Peace & Justice activities in curriculum of Bosco Academy (of St John Bosco Boys Orphanage) • ERC: ‘Healing the Layers of Trauma’ Training by Dr Cabrera

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