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PEACE CHILD ISRAELOde to Volunteers for Peace |
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Volunteers for Peace began with a spontaneous influx of people dedicated to reconciliation and unafraid to be counted as those standing up for tolerance when it was anything but trendy to do so – November 2000.
Just weeks after the October 2000 disturbances, lead by song-writer Shlomo Gronich, 16 Arab and Jewish musicians gathered to record the Peace Child Israel anthem : “We Brought Peace Upon Us”, with our teenagers from Ramle and Lod, and future participants, then in the 4th grade, from Qalansua and Tel Aviv.
The violence continues. The need for tolerance remains. The 4th graders are now in 9th and the Jewish kids from Ramle are in the army. We hope they are more tolerant as a result of being in the Peace Child Israel program. A play “Roadblock”, produced and performed three times in Spring 2005 by kids from Qalansua and Emek Hefer proclaimed that this would the case. At least for them.
Some of the “Volunteers for Peace” have kept the faith. Shlomo and Lubna have founded “ADAMAI” and the call for tolerance continues. After five years. In the Adamai repertoire there is a song called: “How Long?”
How long will the hatred go on?
How long will the killing go on?
Give the children a chance.
Enough of war
The blood of my brothers shrieks to me from the earth
Participants in
‘VOLUNTEERS FOR PEACE”
Singers: (a-z) *
Zehava Ben, Shlomo Gronich, Nivine Jaabri, Elias Julianos, Eli Luzon, Lubna Salame, Lea Shabat and Sahmir Shukri
and participants from the Peace Child Israel workshops in Ramle and Lod and elementary schools students from Ibn Rudg (Qalansua) and Elentary School for the Arts (Tel Aviv).Instrumentalists: (a-z) *
Drums: Doron Rafaeli
Bass: Alon Nadel
Percussion: Gadi Seri
Guitar: Shmulik Budagov
Oud: Mikhail Marun
Piano: Shlomo Gronich
Darbuka: Bishara Nadaf
Flute: Amir Milstein
Nai Alfred Hadjar
Violin: Bashir Assad
Clarinet: Chanan Bar-Sela
Volunteers for Peace -Main Page
Photos of Adamai Press Release: Toward the Light and Adamei Debut Short film about le, ADAMAI
Peace Child Israel - Background
Established in 1988, Peace Child Israel is the veteran organization utilizing theatre and the arts as a tool for cross-cultural dialogue in Israel. Committed to addressing minority-majority relations and co-citizenship issues. the goals of Peace Child Israel are: education for democracy, pluralism and tolerance in the Israeli society. Through the medium of theatre and the arts, the pedagogical objectives of compassionate listening, critical thinking and non-violent communication are applied whiling workshop participants address issues of identity, stereotypes, mutual respect, equality in a democratic society, cultural similarities and differences. Role playing, reverse role-playing, collage, movement and improvisation are among the numerous tools used to facilitate experiential learning. cooperation in the creative process reSULTS in the writing and performance of AN original play by each group of teens from neighboring schools that participate in the project. programs for parents and teachers were added to the organization’s agenda in 2001. The Peace Child Israel program is recognized in the Ministry of Education “Community service program”
How to Donate
Donations may be made payable to Peace Child Israel and sent by mail to: PO Box 57431, Tel Aviv, 61573 Israel or via the New Israel Fund.
In North America, contributions to
Peace Child Israel can also be made via the
P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds, Inc
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