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Mashrek’s Second ‘Youth For Change’ Day celebrating DPAC
“Stop Violence Against Children”
Mashrek International School in Amman celebrated DPAC 2011 by organizing a full day of awareness-raising activities in the school and the local community.“Stop Violence Against Children”
The celebration took place on 6th December 2011 and was organized and executed by students in grades 8 and 9.
The fifty participants in the workshop came from Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.
They were Muslims, Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants. The Conference was organized by the European Law Students Association - ELSA, one of GNRC's partners and it was also supported by Save the Children, Norway, the Law Faculty of Sarajevo and the German Foundation IRZ.
They were Muslims, Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants. The Conference was organized by the European Law Students Association - ELSA, one of GNRC's partners and it was also supported by Save the Children, Norway, the Law Faculty of Sarajevo and the German Foundation IRZ.
The Global Network of Religions for Children in Europe, in dialogue with various people and partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina, organised a basic training course on how to use the manual “Learning to Live Together” (LTLT).
Under the theme “We Can Do Something to Stop Violence”, around 40 young people and children gathered to celebrate the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children at the Refugee Center in Rixensart, Belgium. The event was organized by the GNRC Youth Group together with FEDASIL, an NGO working with Refugee children.
The Day of Prayer celebrations in Spain took place on 20th November, 2011, the same day of the general elections in the country. The main theme of the celebration was violence against children and the importance of ethic and spiritual education to address this problem.
Celebrating the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children, The GNRC AS Secretariat, the Ecumenical Studies Center, and the GNRC members in Jordan, joined together in an evening of prayer, contemplation and action.
Thirty eight participants in the GNRC AS Regional Workshop on Ethics Education for Teachers and Educators celebrated the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children (DPAC) in Om-Durman, Sudan.
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In the city of Managua and at sites all around the country different faith-based groups participated in saying the Latin American prayer for children, and as a result, for the first time in Nicaragua, an interfaith committee was created for prayer and action, with representatives from seven religious organizations.
In the city of Managua and at sites all around the country different faith-based groups participated in saying the Latin American prayer for children, and as a result, for the first time in Nicaragua, an interfaith committee was created for prayer and action, with representatives from seven religious organizations.
In Romania, DPAC was celebrated in Bucharest and Sibiu, the European capital of culture in 2007. Partners in the organization of the activities were Santa Macrina Foundation, the Arab Orthodox Community in Romania, the British School, the Anastasia Popescu School, the Saint Dumitru Orthodox Church in Bucharest, the Nicolae Iorga School in Sibiu and the Santa Ursula Orthodox Church also in Sibiu. The religions represented among the total number of around 400 participants were: Orthodox, Catholic and Muslim.
