Teachers, don't leave those kids alone

07/01/2017

“Travelling shouldn't be just a tour, it should be a tale.”
― Amit Kalantri
Follow young and inspiring teachers improving the world: DNS 2016 - African Study Travel

25/07/2016

Gallery in Sweden!

In a cozy, tiny, non-profit bookshop in Copenhagen, which is run by volunteers, Virginia, Karolina and Indie settled down to have some discussions about education and introduce DNS Necessary Teacher Training College. It was a very nice evening, thank you all!

11/05/2016

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex

No Border School was an educational collective that connects teachers, resources, and ideas with various groups in and around Athens to facilitate classes for refugees and workshops for educators. The school operated from 2016-2019.

02/12/2015

During the time of our travel, while "catching" smiles, we learned how easy is to make a possitive change. Today, more than ever it is important to share and inspire each other. So many people up there are making change! Join us!

Meet Earth Guardians! Story to learn and get inspired. (; (o;

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez's name isn't the only thing that's extraordinary about the 15-year old.

19/11/2015

One of the ways to use Peace Gallery for peace education:
Create workshop and try to define peace.
Do you define it as conflict-free, terror-free, non-violent environment?
Ask yourself why.
Ask yourself if we need to teach peace as we teach maths and history.
How to do it?
Define peace again!
Do you define peace as respectful, harmonic, happy environment?
Curtain.
Applause!

26/10/2015

Thank you, Kristina Kurilaitė ( "Jaunimo gidas" journalist), for spreading a word about our project. We are becoming famous in Lithuania. :)))

Taikos mokytojomis pramintos dvi lietuvės šią vasarą praleido prie Sirijos sienos, siekdamos pabendrauti su karo pabėgėlių vaikais. Socialinę pedagogiką Danijoje studijuojančios Svetlana Kosenko ir Nadežda Jevdokimova, nusprendė keliauti kuo arčiau Sirijos, siekdamos pačios pamatyti, kas ten iš tikr…

19/10/2015

Pilot version of "Peace Gallery" is already up and ready to bring the message!
Together with folks we are going to have first workshop today in Gellerup, Arhus, Denmark.
Do you want to have our Gallery for your club, school, project, library, community center and etc.? Write to us about your ideas!

21/09/2015

Today, during the International Peace day celebration we exposed the gallery to the public for the first time! Public was invited to leave comments which can become a part of the gallery in the future.

Here is some feedback:
“It is not easy to be a refugee kid from a war-torn country. Yet the kids are unique to be able to smile through all of that”
“It could be the best thing that happened in their lives. They found support and friendships.”
“Kids are kids and it is beautiful to see them smiling. They will grow as strong adults. It is better to give them happiness than anger to grow of.”
“Just kids being kids. It could have been my school.”
“It is very nice and overwhelming to finally see a gallery of refugee kids, that I would call – natural. I can clearly see the naturality and pureness in their faces. This is the first time I see this type of photo gallery and this is the best so far.”
“The dreams are stronger than fear! You reminded those kids! Thank you!”
“Simple happiness.”
“After seeing this pictures it makes me feel a bit sad and upset, but at the same time it is amazing that kids are kids who are a young souls and still have thus brightness. They are just simply children who can smile and laugh. But also there you can see from some of these faces how tough it is. I’s beautiful.”

Thank you all for the beautiful Peace day!

14/09/2015

Lithuanians got some reading (: (o:

Ašaros ir juokas. Skausmas ir džiaugsmas. Bendravimas ir žaidimai. Taikos mokytojomis pasivadinusios 21-ų Nadežda Jevdokimova ir 28-erių Svetlana Kosenko vasaros atostogas praleido žaisdamos su karo pabėgėlių sirų vaikais. Kelionei uždirbo pačios Į Turkijos teritoriją, esančią prie pat Sirijo…

25/08/2015

"Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air — explode softly — and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth — boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn't go cheap, either — not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination. "
~Robert Fulghum

We would say it is necessary to work more on "ingredients", in order to create a perfect recipe. But isn't it a great idea? :)



Friends: Svetlana Kosenko; Nadežda Jevdokimova