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Tag : Myanmar

Teaching Compassion with the Dalai Lama

“...The Western/Modern world is doing a great job of educating the mind, but requires growth in educating the heart. Any modern tool can be positive or negative, good or bad; it simply depends on how we use it." The world recently celebrated…

Elisa: A Child in Guatemala #walkforpeace2015

"I like to play with other kids, and with the teenagers, because they are all really nice. " If you’ve been following our posts on the Play For Peace Palencia Club in Guatemala (and even if you haven’t), then you’ll enjoy this short testimony…

#ThankyouTuesday: Mandarin Bistro

For those who are joining the Walk for Peace: Go out and do it! Walking is good for your health. And if you can use your walking to help others, do it. It's the best thing to do. That's what life is for. So something for the next generation. Do…

Joe S. Aperdo: How I Became a PFP Mentor

Every play session that we have held, we have taught participants how to process and think about their experience of play. This way, they can apply what they have learned in their respective homes, organizations, and schools. My continuous search…

More from Guatemala: The PFP Palencia Peace Session

"The colours and movements of the game parachute matched the smiles of the participants. From these basic ingredients, the community began to engage with our program, and play." The Play for Peace Palencia youth have started a new era of leading…

Community Spotlight: Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion

I was very impressed with CSEI when I visited India. Their dedication, professionalism and deep understanding of the complexity of promoting true inclusion in their community is admirable. They use an integral approach of grassroots and high level…

Streamwood High School #walkforpeace2015

This was a great start! We hope to continue to work with Streamwood in the coming year. We were thrilled this Spring to work at Streamwood High School leading Practice Peace Sessions weekly with students from the Academic Seminar Program.…

#ThankyouTuesday: Taste of Himalayas

“Peace is happiness, peace is priceless.” Jack Bhandari and his restaurant, Taste of Himalayas, has been a supporter of the World Peace Day since 2013. Taste of Himalayas has served the St Charles and neighboring community for seven years now.…

The Brain on Compassion

Instead of using modern science to study hardship--all those negative emotions--can we use those same tools to study compassion? As many of you know, the world recently celebrated the 80th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at the Global…

Module 1 in Jaipur!

“ I liked everything [about this session]: the caring and togetherness... the most important thing is that no one loses.” Swati and Agyat are two of our wonderful trainers. Based in Pune, India, they travel to teach the magic of play. From…