Play for Peace is a process where people from two different religions can lose their hate for each other.
Here is a story from Mon Ley, a Play for Peace master trainer in Myanmar and a teacher at SEMS (Socially Engaged Monastic School) who recently traveled with children from two different religious groups and showed them how they can co-exist peacefully.
“Shan and Pa-O nationals from the Southern Shan state in Myanmar have a history of religious and land conflict. In January 2016, I organized a trip for out-of-school children that included both Shan and Pa-O children.
All of us traveled together to Shan and Pa-O sites and we stayed together the entire trip including sleeping and eating together. I did Play for Peace with these “freedom learners” and during our time together no one was Shan or Pa-O. There was no discrimination and we played as one group, one team.
When the children played together they became familiar, and had kindness and love for each other. Play for Peace is a process where people from two different religions can lose their hate for each other. I have faith in the Play for Peace process as it brings people together and allows them to be in peace with each other.”
