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Lifting Lives: Canada's Truth and Reconciliation and a Call to Action
May 24, 2016
"It is important to the victims that they are given this opportunity to speak and have their stories heard, so they can start to heal." - Play for Peace volunteer Amanda Cook Play for Peace volunteer Amanda Cook lives in Alberta, Canada, and she…
Lifting Lives: Child Marriage in India
May 19, 2016
"Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow." -- The late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam India is home to the largest number of children in the world, and 20 percent of the population is between 0-4 years of age. But with nearly…
Announcing the Play for Peace Support Teams!
May 18, 2016
“Support teams are going to be a crucial part of Play for Peace, that will help our community to self-sustain their program development and marketing locally.” - Imroz Shah, Play for Peace Global Operations Manager To support our Global Learning…
Anjana: A regular girl emerging as an inspiration
May 16, 2016
"While leading training sessions my trainers’ team encouraged me each time in spite of any mistakes...When I do Play for Peace activities I forget all challenges of my life and this is not [only] what I feel but also other members of YTH feel as…
Experiencing the Impact of Play for Peace
May 12, 2016
“We don’t need convincing of the impact of the techniques but I am still touched when I hear the personal stories and when I am asked to perform more training so others can keep making an impact in their community.” - Agyat Shunya, Play for…
Parade for Peace: A New Compassion Games Story
May 11, 2016
"I am committed to change and the satisfaction of giving my effort, time and resources for a better society." - Play for Peace Club Jugar leader in Guatemala As you may already know, Play For Peace clubs worldwide engaged in this April’s Serve…
A journey of positive change for two young leaders from India
May 10, 2016
Their journeys of self-discovery and triumph show the impact of Play of Peace. Through cooperative play, a world for learning, cultural exchange and inspiration can be achieved. To be inspired is great; to inspire is incredible. A short…
Vietnam: A new day and a new start with the Compassion Games
May 9, 2016
“This training has help me a lot to have new skill - to play with children and educate them....Thank you so much A New Day Club to share with us so much meaningful information and skills.”- A participant in A New Day Club volunteer training,…
A Special Workshop with Trainers and Mentors from the U.S.
May 6, 2016
“We started with the [Play for Peace] ritual and then the mentors and trainers took over and led games one after another without pause. They kept the energy of the group up and showed how we promote inclusion and support each other throughout the…
Telling Stories from around the World Part II: Meet Our Full Communications Team!
May 5, 2016
The Play for Peace Communications Team represents 16 countries, and they are passionate about helping to support our Play for Peace Clubs and expanding public awareness of our organization. On Monday, we introduced you to our team of blog writers…
Announcing this year’s Walk for Peace!
May 4, 2016
Save the date! Our fourth annual Walk for Peace will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2016, from 11 am to 3 pm, at the Bartlett Nature Center in Bartlett, IL. With our highly successful Feast for Peace taking place just a few weeks ago, we are now…
Play for Peace in Vietnam: A New Day and the “United Value” Program
May 3, 2016
"I didn't have experience working with children so much before, but I believe I can learn and improve my skills from the experienced members of A New Day - I can follow them to teach many good things for children." - A volunteer from A New Day Play…
Personal Story: Using Play for Peace to Spread Joy to Those Affected by Conflict
Apr 29, 2016
"Here I realized that Play for Peace can be used to spread joy by helping people who have suffered and are affected by conflict. It can gradually make people happy and peaceful." - Mon Ley, Play for Peace trainer in Myanmar Here is another story…
Myanmar: An afternoon with children from Myitkyina
Apr 28, 2016
“When I was leading I was a little bit worried if my instructions will be ok. I even forgot an instruction but I was supported by my team.” - A Play for Peace youth facilitator in Myitkyina After lots of play and training in Myitkyina, it was…
Myanmar: Day 3 in Myitkyina – Building Connections
Apr 26, 2016
Since most of the participants work with groups of students, the Behavior Agreement is a tool that allows everyone to discuss and agree on acceptable and non-acceptable behaviors. Day 3 of Play for Peace training in Myitkyina brought another…
Compassion Games: A New Update!
Apr 25, 2016
"We are happy to know, feel and understand nature. We will continue this journey of knowing trees and nature." - Participant in Play for Peace's Earth Day activities in India Have you been following our work with the Compassion Games? If so, then…
Celebrating a Successful Feast for Peace (Part 2)
Apr 22, 2016
"Now I understand better why you talk about the Play for Peace family." - Play for Peace Trainer Loren Rubin We continue to share the highlights of our Feast for Peace, which turned Belvedere Banquets into a festive Carnevale setting for 135…
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