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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
See link below to Soroptimist International
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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The following is excerpted from the report of Soroptimist International. Click here for the full report.
Soroptimist International Club Bamberg-Kunigunde, Germany
For
some time Club Bamberg-Kunigunde has been supporting performances in
Bamberg´s private "Chapeaux Claque" theatre which designs plays
specially for school children. These plays deal with problems such as
violence in schools, xenophobia and the sexual harassment of
children.The practical realization in the classrooms has proved highly
successful. These plays are acted out in front of the class by 2 - 3
actors with active contributions from the children. In this way young
people see these themes a part of a reality in which they are actively
involved.
These short plays have been successfully performed
in schools with the support of the education authority. This, of
course, costs money. The Club has financially supported a number of
performances in various schools and for children of varying ages. We
consider the goal at which this theatre aims extremely important and
helpful; we decided therefore, to continue supporting its work and
wanted, mat the same time, to include our own Soroptimist objectives.
We
have set out one point in particular from the Program Focus
International Understanding: "The furthering of mutual respect between
all cultures and the abolition of all forms of discrimination". In this
way more tolerance will be achieved.
Chapeaux Claque has
developed a new play based on these principles, "The Lord of the Five
Rings". The play deals with the five world religions:
Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. The first
performance took place in the small auditorium of Chapeaux Claque. The
audience was very mixed, consisting of children, numerous club sisters
and representatives of the press. The evening culminated in the signing
of a Peace Charter.
This new play will now be performed for
children aged 8 - 12 in the schools themselves. We are attempting
to finance a number of these performances. Our goal is that the
"Lord of the Five Rings" will make them think about other cultures,
will show them that god has many names and that the school children
learn to confront different cultures with tolerance, respect and
understanding. "Five Rings", based on Soroptimist objectives and the
Federation Project "Women Building Peace" will enable young people
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Soroptimist
International Club München-Schwabing & its involvement with Refugio
- Centre for Counseling and Treatment for Refugees
"IfF -
Refugio Munich" - is the name of Munich's Centre for Counselling and
Treatment of exiled Refugees and Victims of Torture (founded in 1994).
It offers and provides social and psychological counselling, crisis
intervention therapy, medical diagnosing and counselling for refugees
who have been tortured and are either traumatised or in a psychological
crisis.
Most refugees are referred to Refugio from social
services, psychiatric institutions, courts or relevant authorities for
refugees. As Refugio is the only counselling centre of this kind in the
whole of Bavaria (Bavaria has about 12.2 Million inhabitants -
Portugal: 9.8 Mio; Sweden: 8.8 Mio), refugees are referred to Refugio
from all over Bavaria.
One specialty of Refugio is its method
of working with patients in non-verbal-areas such as the Refugio art
therapy programme (art groups and art workshops) for more than 200
children and young adults - and its music therapy.
S.I. Club
München-Schwabing has been involved in supporting the Refugio Centre
Munich for the past three years. By the end of 2004, the club had
collected 7.000 euros which Refugio will continue to spend on the
treatment of two groups of traumatised girls. At the Club's 2004
Christmas celebration, we were on the receiving end: The Refugio Gospel
Choir came over to our President's home and venue of the celebration to
rock the house with their powerful and great voices. "We help you and
you help us" were the words of the American choirmaster. The members of
the choir were from China, Germany, Indonesia, Italy (piano), Kosovo,
Senegal, and South-Africa. We had a truly international evening and an
idea of how a planet of many nations could peacefully celebrate
together.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
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