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MARIE BLANCHE LIBRARY COMMUNITY PROJECT OF NEOS VOUTZAS

by cathy / On 31 May, 2019 / In News

Following the heartwarming and inspired talks by Nobel Peace Laureate, Adolfo Perez Esquivel of Argentina and the workshop leaders of the 2018 PeaceJam Greece Conference, the contagious enthusiasm my 20 students and I experienced followed us through the year. The words “one person can make a change” became a part of our daily conversations in English class. My students...

Honoring 1976 Irish Nobel Peace Laureates on St Patrick’s Day with Home Project Youth!

by cathy / On 31 May, 2019 / In News

International education caters to a microcosm of the world every day in every corner of the globe. Guided by principles of universal human values, equity, inclusion, global thinking, and world citizenship, NESA and other international schools can be found in the forefront of innovation in education and social change. Bringing together the foundations of international education with the...

Nobel Laureates of Peace to Work with Local and International Schools in Greece

by cathy / On 31 May, 2019 / In News

Celebrate with us the launch of PeaceJam Luxembourg and PeaceJam Romania!

by cathy / On 27 May, 2019 / In News

Peacejam Europe is celebrating the official launch of our new projects in Luxembourg and Romania, starting in 2019. Our team, volunteers and partners are looking forward to seeing how PeaceJam can use its three main pillars- Inspiration, Education and Action- to inspire future leaders in these two countries. Since 2018, PeaceJam Europe reached teachers and pupils all over Europe, and...

220 Youngsters Gather in Leuven to Attend the PeaceJam Belgium Conference

by cathy / On 11 April, 2019 / In Uncategorized

On 23 and 24 February 2019, over 220 youngsters between 15 and 25 years old from all over Belgium gathered in Leuven for the annual PeaceJam conference. The conference has been jointly organized by the KU Leuven, UCL, ULB and VUB universities and offered an opportunity for youngsters to meet the Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman, a journalist, politician and human rights activist who won...

Betty Williams at the PeaceJam Conference

Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams Mentors Young People at UK Youth Leadership Conference

by cathy / On 30 March, 2019 / In Uncategorized

PRESS RELEASE 27 March 2019 PeaceJam UK’s annual youth leadership conference at the University of Winchester, took place on 9 and 10 March with Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams from Northern Ireland. Betty Williams is the co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, for creating the Peace People movement with Mairead Corrigan Maguire, which called for an end to the sectarian violence in...

Award winning film about Nobel Peace Prize Winner Betty Williams to have UK premiere in Winchester

by cathy / On 5 November, 2018 / In Uncategorized

28th October 2019 Press Release On Monday 29th October at the University of Winchester, PeaceJam UK will be hosting the UK premiere of PeaceJam’s latest film ‘Contagious Courage’ which focuses on the life and story of Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams. Use this paragraph to give more information about the film. Use the film poster to help you as it’s got a description on the...

First Partnership Agreement Signed in Luxembourg

by cathy / On 1 October, 2018 / In Uncategorized

PeaceJam Luxembourg, coordinated by 4motion asbl, offers a unique opportunity to pilot the award-winning PeaceJam program and the educational curriculum Compassion in Action. This curriculum aims to promote positive role models to youngsters by discovering the life stories of five Nobel Prize winners. It inspires young people and help them find their unique potential and passion. Pupils are...

PeaceJam Europe becomes an Erasmus+ co-funded project!

by cathy / On 1 October, 2018 / In News

From December 2017, PeaceJam was officially recognized as one of the recipients of the European Commission’s funds to support education, training, and youth in Europe. With the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, PeaceJam started its journey to inspire and mobilize youth in Luxembourg, Belgium, Greece, the UK, Romania, and the Netherlands and adapt the Compassion in...