Peace child international

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Peace Child International is a Buntingford, UK based charity (UK Charity Registration number: 1095189) focusing on sustainable development and youth empowerment.[1]

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[edit] History of the Organisation

Peace Child International began as a musical, based on Bernard Benson's The Peace Book. The Musical itself was composed by David Gordon and written by David Woollcombe. It intended to resolve conflict between the USA and the USSR. Since its original use the musical has been used in conflict resolution efforts in Azerbaijan/Armenia, Central America, Cyprus, the former Yugoslavia, India, Israel and Northern Ireland.

Since 1992 Peace Child has focused mainly on the issue of sustainable development producing a number of books on the subject with UN agencies.

[edit] Youth Involvement

The charity is concerned with youth empowerment and attempts to bring about sustainable development using youth. Peace Child International also runs Gap Year programmes for people ages 18-25 in Peru and India, and the organisation hopes to include Ghana, Kenya and Sierra Leone soon.

The Ambassador programme is a way in which young people, generally aged 10 to 18 are able to be involved with the charity. Individuals become Peace Child Ambassadors for change, and are charged with educating other young people in various ways. The most notable of these is by teaching and presenting in their own schools and others, encouraging other young people to get involved with sustainable development.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Youth congress call to seek peace. BBC News. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.

[edit] Selected bibliography

  • Woollcombe, David: YOUTH-LED DEVELOPMENT (Schumacher Briefing No. 14) (2007, ISBN 9781903998984)
  • Peace Child International: Stand Up for Your Rights (2001, ISBN 1854345737)
  • Peace Child International: Stand Up, Speak Out: A Book about Human Rights (2001, ISBN 0613944097)
  • Unesco, Peace Child International: Rescue Mission--planet Earth: A Children's Edition of Agenda 21 (1994, ISBN 1856971759)
  • Findlay, Merrill; Gordon, David; Woollcombe, David; Benson, Bernard S.: Peace Child: A Study Guide for Schools (1988, ISBN 0731609301)
  • UNEP: Is the Future Yours?: UNEP/UNESCO Research Project on Youth and Development (2001, ISBN 9280720112)
  • Peace Child International: Be the Change (2000, ISBN 0896104176)

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