On the occasion of October 2nd, The International Day of Non‐Violence and the Lebanese National Day of Non-Violence, the universal "sculpture of non‐violence", by the Swedish artist CARL FREDRIK REUTERSWÄRD has been unveiled in the first Arab capital, Beirut.
For autumn/winter 2018, Weekday will launch a comprehensive collaboration with Non-Violence Project (NVP), a non-profit organisation that promotes solving conflicts without violence through educational programs. The partnership consists of two parts: a newly formed network of spokes- persons for peace and a collection that enables Weekday customers to promote peace in their daily life.
The Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVPF) announces two new Peace Ambassadors - New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist and HC Frölunda's Joel Lundqvist. "We hope to bring more knowledge to young people and spread Non-Violence Projects important message about non-violence by becoming Ambassadors for Peace."
Blaise Oberson heads a foundation recently established in Geneva, which educates young people to eradicate violence.
ROME- Patrizia Gucci has crafted her own version of the internationally renowned symbol for the Non-Violence project foundation. As the only Gucci family member currently working in design today, she has redesigned the knotted gun created by artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward in 1980 which is on display outside the headquarters if the United Nations in New York City.
I år är det 30 år sedan den världskända fredssymbolen ”The knotted gun” inrättades utanför FN-byggnaden i New York. I samband med 30-års jubileet lanserar nu Non Violence Project nya designsamarbeten på den symboliska revolvern. Acne For Peace heter den första designen som tagits fram av Acnes Jonny Johansson.
More than 25,000 pupils are to benefit from a new project to combat violence in schools in eastern Uganda The Non-Violence Project Foundation’s (NVPF) education project was launched this month with the aim of stopping youth violence in the country and more students being murdered in schools. Article by Billy Briggs for Their World, April 05 2018
250 schools, 2500 teachers, 25 000 students with a total of 250 000 people in communities will be engaged in The Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVPF)'s educational project in Uganda, thanks to the financial support from the City and the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland.
250 schools, 2500 teachers, 25 000 students with a total of 250 000 people in communities will be engaged in The Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVPF)'s educational project in Uganda, thanks to the financial support from the City and the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland.
The Non-Violence Project Foundation has just officially launched the NVP India office in the presence of local authorities. India is the 31st country in which NVPF is active. Birenda Kumar, the local director, is now now starting to implement the NVP educational programs in schools around the country. The objective is to educate 3 million young people by the year 2025.
Nearly 6% of Geneva's secondary school students report being harassed at school or on social networks, according to a study by the Department of Education. The Non-Violence Project Foundation wants to launch a tool at school that allows students to report violence and receive support. Photo: Norbert Michalke By: Aurélie Toninato