We just concluded a four-day Facilitator Training Workshop on the Learning to Live Together in Mexico, organised by the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) Mexico at the Mexican Theological Community, with 34 participants coming from 16 different religious institutions, including Zen Buddhism, Brahma Kumaris, Sai, Christianity (Anglicans, Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist and Roman Catholic), and several NGOs, including World Vision México, Enrique Barrera A.C., Comunidad Teológica de México, Manos Extendidas and Centre for the Protection of Minors from Javeriana University.

This is the first introduction to the Learning to Live Together Programme in Mexico and we are excited with the commitment of the participants to bring the Programme to their institutions. It is expected that the workshop and follow up will also help to strengthen the GNRC group, develop ethics education programs for the protection and empowerment of children, and prompt concrete actions for the well-being of children and youth in the country.

Special thanks to GNRC Mexico and the Mexican Theological Community for hosting the workshop, and to our Trainers: Mr Larry Madrigal from El Salvador, Mrs Olga Lucia Sierra from Colombia and Mr Marco Laguatasi from Ecuador.

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We are pleased to share that the pilot workshop for the adaptation of the Learning To Live Together Programme to Middle Childhood was held from 7 to 9 August at Shanti Ashram in Coimbatore, India. With the participation of 42 amazing children from 21 schools.

Children explored how to share,care and be fair with others. They went through interfaith visits, reflected about themselves, gratitude towards others and interacted with nature.

This is the sixth of a series of pilot workshops organized around the world.

Special thanks to Shanti Ashram staff and volunteers, the Learning to Live Together Trainers: Pavithra Rajagopalan, Prabha Karthik, Vijay and Kaviya, as well as young facilitators, children, School Principals and parents for making this such an enriching event.

Photo credit: C.Satish Kanna

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Today we celebrate International Youth Day!

First observed back in 2000, this day reminds us to treasure and support our youth, and help eradicate the obstacles, such as conflict and climate change, that may prevent them from developing their full potential.

One of our main contributions to youth is Learning to Live Together, an interfaith and intercultural program for children and young people.

Read more about the program and how you can implement it, here: https://ethicseducationforchildren.org/en/what-we-do/learning-to-live-together.

Click here to download it for free: https://ethicseducationforchildren.org/en/knowledge-center/documents/learning-to-live-together

#YouthDay #SafeSpaces4Youth #LTLT #LearningtoLiveTogether #ethicseducation

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Eid al Adha, or the ‘Feast of Sacrifice’, is the holiest festival in the Muslim faith, and commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son upon God’s command. After God saw Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, he provided Ibrahim with a lamb to sacrifice instead.

On Eid al Adha, Muslims make a special effort to pray, go to a mosque, and in some cases, a lamb may also be symbolically sacrificed, representing the lamb given to Ibrahim by God.

During this time, many Muslims travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the holiest place for this religion, to perform the traditional pilgrimage, Hajj.

Wishing all our Muslim friends a blessed #EidalAdha.

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La Sra. Mercedes Román ha sido una fuerza impulsora clave en la implementación y difusión del programa “Aprender a vivir juntos” en América Latina y el Caribe.

En esta entrevista, ella nos habla sobre su labor trabajando con niños y mujeres en situaciones vulnerables, y cómo su familia y trasfondo religioso le inculcaron un fuerte sentido de justicia, generosidad y atención hacia los miembros más necesitados de la sociedad.

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