For Deepika, a flower means happiness, and wood represents comfort. For Anuj, the cactus inspires moving ahead with life, no matter how hard it is. Anjila says that stone is a way to make shelter. Cheman feels that a leaf can represent life. And…

During Earth Week, A New Day Social Work Group, a Play for Peace club located in Vietnam, held a session where the children role played. The kids were asked to act out a scenario that featured a girl playing with her friends and taking a very long…

Water is indeed the very source of life. This precious finite resource is, for many of us, not a source of daily worry; we wake up with the certainty that when we turn on the faucet, water will come from it. We worry about showering quickly because…

Judy Gacutan’s 20 years of volunteer work have included more compelling moments than she can recount. She began volunteering in college, working with children living in extreme poverty. She worked in a center for abandoned children and with young…

This year’s Compassion Games Earth Week has finished successfully with Play for Peace clubs joining hands to honor Mother Earth across the world through a series of activities in end of April. One of the clubs engaged in this meaningful event is…

In November of 2015, SEMS Myanmar (Socially Engaged Monastic School) with the support of their funding partners AFSC (American Friends Service Committee) organized a Play for Peace training for educators, facilitators, teacher trainers, and…

"The Play for Peace platform came into my life and my perspective on education changed.” - Mentor, Vijay Kumar This month in India, Play for Peace Certified Trainer Archana Magar and Mentor Vijay Kumar organized a Play for Peace workshop for the…

Last week, clubs across the world organized events to honor Mother Earth, teaching their participants about the importance of conservation and care of the world and its resources as a part of Compassion Games Earth Week. This year's theme was…

Did you know that the average American household uses over 400 gallons of water PER DAY? Yet over 783 million people around the world do not have access to clean water. As a part of Compassion Games Earth Week, Play for Peace, individuals, and…

Natasha Das is a trained architect and designer who is currently based in Dubai, UAE. She joined the Play for Peace community as an online blog writer through the United Nations Online Volunteer Program. The Play for Peace spirit of “everyone is…