Arigatou International Geneva has been invited to attend a regional workshop organized by UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, titled "Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED) : Transforming and Sustaining Our World Through Learning" with educationists from Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The workshop will take place from 4 to 7 July.

Participants will engage in discussions about transformations for Sustainable development, Learning to Live Together, Peace Education and prevention of violent extremism through education ( PVE-E). Arigatou International will make a presentation about Learning to Live Together.

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Arigatou International has been invited to the International Interreligious Congress on Peacebuilding organised by Scholas Occurrentes, the NGO founded by Pope Francis to foster a culture of peace and meeting the other through education, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace. The event is taking place in Jerusalem from 2 to 5 July.

Arigatou International is represented by Mrs Maria Lucia Uribe, Director of Arigatou International Geneva, who joined as panelist to share good practices of Interreligious dialogue and collaboration.

The panel was shared by Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, Director Jewish Studies Program at Rollins College (USA) and it was also composed by
- Zehavit Gross, UNESCO Chair in Education for Human Values, Tolerance, Democracy and Peace, Bar Ilan University (Israel)
- Omar Abboud, Rabbi Daniel Goldman, Fr. Guillermo Marcó Instituto de Diálogo Interreligioso de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Rabbi David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs at the American Jewish Committee (Israel)
- Most Rev. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

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We are glad to share that today our partners, Centro Bartolomé de las Casas - San Salvador, member of GNRC El Salvador, launched in collaboration with the Salvadorian Lutheran University a Diploma course on the Learning to Live Together - Ethics Education programme.

The course composed of 5 modules and accredited by the University is addressed to 22 teachers of pre-primary, primary and secondary school from the public education system. They teach several subjects including natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences, among others. The teachers will implement the program with their students as part of the Bridging the Gap project funded by CORDAID that aims to develop leadership skills and empower young people for the prevention of violence in at risk areas affected by gang violence. Ethics education is the main component of this initiative.

We joined them through a video message to welcome the teachers in this learning journey. We thank Centro Bartolomé de las Casas for this excellent program and wish them success moving forward.

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On 27 June, the Ministry of Social Affairs in Panama and its office of Safe Social Development launched the manual ENFOCA that aims to support training on character development as a social intervention strategy to foster youth leadership and peaceful coexistence, to which Arigatou has contributed.

The ethics education framework and its pedagogical approach are central to the development of ENFOCA. Arigatou International Geneva has been collaborating with the Ministry of Social Affairs to train social workers in at risk areas in 6 provinces to work with children and families.

Mrs. Maria Lucia Uribe, Director of Arigatou International Geneva, shared a video message for the opening ceremony pointing to the main elements of the ethics education framework that strengthen ENFOCA.

The Minister of Social Affairs Mr. Alcibíades Vásquez Velásquez was present in the meeting.

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Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the month-long fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan.

It's one of the two major holidays in the Islamic year and is celebrated with prayer and thanksgiving to God, as well as feasting and gift giving.

May you be blessed in Eid al-Fitr!

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