During the past school year, our Creativity for Peace program brought together teachers and peer educators from across Bosnia and Herzegovina. At trainings led by the War Childhood Museum and Step by Step educators, 248 participants from 48 municipalities learned how to talk about peace with their students.
“The idea of peace is something that is extremely needed. There are many ways to approach it, and it is important to connect young people and adults so that we can live it together,” says Tarik Hasanić, a teacher at the Zenica Medical High School.
Creativity for Peace: The Opportunity to Learn and Pass on Knowledge to Others
Young people in this program had the opportunity not only to learn, but also to pass on knowledge to others. “I see a change in us, we started presenting our ideas more clearly, and students also became more interested in what we had to say,” notes Džan Džider from the same school.
Participants recognized how important it is to spread what they had learned. “What we are learning here is important for all young people,” says Lejla Alimanović from the Center for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation Sarajevo.
The program brings together schools of different types and profiles. “This is the inclusion everyone talks about, and now we are putting it into practice, showing that diversity is not here to divide us, but to connect us, so we can build a better future together,” adds teacher Amira Fejzić from Zenica Vocational Secondary School.
So far, the program has reached more than 6,000 high school students, and with the start of the new school year, our activities continue.
The project CREATIVITY FOR PEACE is being implemented in cooperation with the Center for Educational Initiatives Step by Step, with the support of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF).
