History

 

Rauhankoulun piirroskuvassa on neljä iloista lasta ja nuorta

The project “Peace School” was first established in the late 90’s to meet the requirements that arose from Finnish school children. Teachers felt a need for a student based and participatory way of dealing with issues of war (at that time especially the Bosnia war) and peace. This was a challenge for the Peace Union of Finland and the Peace Education Institute.

The activists and volunteers developed the project called the Peace School. Soon, drama was introduced as a method for giving tools to understand peace and deal with the arising issues. Since 2008, the funding for the two-year projects have mainly come from the development fund of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

This is Peace School

Peace School strives to educate and foster non-violent culture for children. We create and develop new methods of peace and global education.

The Peace School challenges Finnish students to think about global development issues, peace and nonviolence in their own lives, and conflicts at a global level. It is possible to customize the content of the content according to the group’s wishes.

The Peace School is a project maintained by Peace Union of Finland.

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