🌟 Key Highlights
- Timor-Leste’s forum brought 17 schools together and ended with 3 MOUs for peace education 📚🤝✨
- The goal was to raise students as future messengers of peace 🌍❤️
- HWPL’s global online meeting shared programs like Building Peace in Schools, Tatou Kompry, and Odisea 💡📚🌟
- Over 300 participants supported the Declaration for a Culture of Peace 🎉🌍✨
Spreading Peace Education in Timor-Leste’s Universities 🌍✨
The Ministry of Higher Education of Timor-Leste and HWPL co-hosted the “Higher Education Vision Forum” on June 2 in Dili, the capital city. Representatives from 17 higher education institutions gathered to discuss how peace education can be introduced and expanded across the country. The forum aimed to plant the value of peace in young minds so they can grow as future “messengers of peace.”
During the event, participants heard about the importance of peace education, shared implementation ideas, and engaged in an open Q&A session. As a result, three institutions, including the National University of Timor-Leste, signed MOUs with HWPL to cooperate in introducing peace education into their programs. This marks a meaningful step toward creating a sustainable learning environment where peace becomes part of students’ everyday lives.
Schools as Spaces for Peace and Dialogue 🌍✨
In June, HWPL held a global online forum called “Schools as Spaces of Peace.” The meeting was supported by UNESCO partner bodies and education NGOs such as CLADE and the Higher Education Center for Sustainable Development. More than 300 participants joined, including teachers, researchers, and civil society leaders. The goal was simple: show how schools can stop violence and grow a culture of peace.
Speakers shared concrete programs and examples. The “Building Peace in Schools” initiative focuses on dialogue, partnership, and safe spaces for students. The “Tatou Kompry” method uses empathy and cooperation to stop bullying and restore dignity. Another project, “Odisea,” brings art, memory, and cultural diversity into the classroom, and already involves thousands of students across 26 countries. These efforts all highlight that schools can be places of healing, not division.
The forum ended with a call to support the “Declaration for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace.” HWPL emphasized that peace is not just a slogan. It requires strong will, trained teachers, and education programs based on respect and human rights. The clear message was this: schools must raise young people who value dialogue, empathy, and nonviolence.
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[한국인 이만희 평화실화 FOCUS│HWPL 뉴스레터(111)] 동티모르 3개 대학, HWPL과 평화교육 MOU 체결 < 특별기획 < 기획 < 기사본문 – 천지일보
Peace is up to you 😮 Good luck!
