Showing posts with label Peace Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peace Education. Show all posts

28.4.10

Forgotten Diaries Documentary

15.4.10

Peace Café Update * Ενημέρωσι για το Καφενείο της Ειρήνης

The first Peace Café, organised in Athens by the Ship for the World Youth Greece Alumni Association, was absolutely successful!!!

Taro Yasuhi, the Japanese young man from Nagashaki, who created the Peace Café , co-ordinated a really interesting session on the Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Power, facilitated by Gülece Şenel, from Turkey, a specialist on Conflict Management and the Turkish-Greek conflicts.

The participants (members of the Alumni Association, students of the Deree American College and other young people who are interested on the topic) had the opportunity to watch a documentary film on the A-bomb at Nagashaki, as well as to exchange opinions on the current situation regarding atomic weapons and nuclear power.

On the same time, Ship for World Youth Alumni and ex-Advisors from other parts of Greece, Japan and other countries, had the opportunity to be on-line and participate in the discussions held.

After the end of the Peace Café, all the participating Alumni gathered together and kept one minute of silence for the soul of Chika Aoki, a Japanese Alumni who suddenly passed away last week.

The day finished with a visit to the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion, to see the sunset and enjoy the Greek nature and ouzo!

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Το πρώτο Καφενείο Ειρήνης, που διοργανώθηκε στην Αθήνα από τον Ελληνικό Σύλλογο Αποφοίτων του  Πλοίου για την Παγκόσμια Νεολαία, ήταν απολύτως επιτυχές!!!

Ο Τάρο Γιασούχι, ο νεαρός Ιάπωνας από το Ναγκασάκι, ο οποίος δημιούργησε το Καφενείο της Ειρήνης, συντόνισε μία αληθώς ενδιαφέρουσα συνεδρία για την Ατομική Βόμβα και την Πυρηνική Ενέργεια, διευκολυνόμενος από την Γκιουλετσέ Σενέλ, από την Τουρκία, ειδικό στην Διαχείρισι Συγκρούσεων και στις Ελληνοτουρκικές Συγκρούσεις.

Οι συμμετέχοντες (μέλη του Συλλόγου Αποφοίτων, σπουδαστές του Αμερικανικού Κολλεγίου  Ντηρή και άλλοι νέοι που ενδιαφέρονται για το θέμα) είχαν την ευκαιρία να παρακολουθήσουν μία ταινία τεκμηρίωσης (ντοκυμανταίρ) για την Ατομική Βόμβα στο Ναγκασάκι, καθώς και να ανταλλάξουν απόψεις για την παρούσα κατάστασι σε σχέσι με τα ατομικά όπλα και την πυρηνική ενέργεια.

Ταυτόχρονα, Απόφοιτοι και πρώην Σύμβουλοι του Πλοίου για την Παγκόσμια Νεολαία, από άλλα μέρη της Ελλάδος, την Ιαπωνία και άλλες χώρες, είχαν την ευκαιρία να είναι "εν γραμμεί" και να συμμετέχουν στις διεξαγόμενες συζητήσεις.

Μετά το τέλος του Καφενείου της Ειρήνης, όλοι οι συμμετέχοντες Απόφοιτοι συναθροίστηκαν και τήρησαν ενός λεπτού σιγή για την ψυχή της Τσίκα Αόκι, Γιαπωνέζας Αποφοίτου, η οποία μάς άφησε αιφνιδίως χρόνους την προηγούμενη εβδομάδα.

Η μέρα τελείωσε με επίσκεψι στον Ναό του Ποσειδώνος, στο Σούνιο, για να δούμε το ηλιοβασίλεμα και να απολαύσουμε την Ελληνική φύσι και το Ελληνικό ούζο!!









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1.4.10

More Blooming Cherry Blossoms * Περισσότερες Ανθισμένες Κερασιές


One more picture of blooming "sakura", the Japanese cherry blossoms, this time from Tokyo, sent to be by my Mari!

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Μία ακόμα φωτογραφία ανθισμένων "σακούρα", των Ιαπωνικών κερασιών, αυτή την φορά απ' το Τόκυο, σταλθείσα σ' εμένα απ' την Μάρι μου!

21.9.09

Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges - LIVE Broadcast!!!

Visit the link to watch and perhaps participate to the debate:

Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges - LIVE Broadcast | Anna Lindh Foundation

You may also get involved through Facebook (http://bit.ly/195Edw) or Twitter (http://twitter.com/AnnaLindh, tag #restoretrust).




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11.9.09

Five questions and one answer...

What is a culture? Is it an onion with plenty of leaves until getting to its core? Is it an iceberg that only some of its parts can be seen and that clashes when it meets other icebergs? Is it the software of our minds, which needs to be re-installed from time to time, especially when we change environments?

What is an identity? Is it something that we have since we are born? Is it something imposed by society? Is it something static or dynamic? Is it who am I, who I think am I, who others think am I or who I think others think am I?

What is a stereotype? Is it a fixed form in our mind about others? Is it the way our brain simplifies things? Is it positive? Is it negative? Is it neutral?

What is a conflict? Is it that we don't understand each other? Is it that we can't understand each other? Is it that we don't want to understand each other? Is it that we don't care about understanding each other?

And, finally, what is other?

I don't know the answers to the questions above. I believe, however, one thing. Humans are rather members of the body of humanity than parts. So, the same way my heart needs my lungs, the same way I need other humans. Because, as heart fails without oxygen and lungs die without blood, the same way I'm not complete without other humans and other humans are not complete without me.

As I said before, that's my belief, a kind of faith of mine. But in my language, the word trust has the same root with the word for belief or faith. Hence, by trusting people, I'm just following my belief, my personal faith.

So, I'm Michail, I'm a Greek from Crete, I live in Cyprus and I blog for Trust!




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31.7.09

I blog for Trust! * Ιστολογώ για την Εμπιστοσύνη

When, some time ago, I posted about the Anna Lindh Foundation Euro-Med Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue, I had no doubts that such an innovative project would be more than interesting. Furthermore, taking as granted that I'm not any influential Blogger, I had no doubts that I couldn't participate to...

I was wrong! Shortly after having expressed my interest for participating, I received an invitation by the ALF and last Sunday I flew to Luxembourg!

The training was held in the Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster, a really nice place combining natural, spiritual and cultural beauty. The main activities were on Monday, 27th, and Tuesday, 28th of July, 2009, and gave the opportunity to the some twenty participants to explore the paths of the Intercultural Dialogue and to search for new ways of using blogs, podcasts and social networking for promoting the Dialogue between Cultures.

This pilot activity was organised in the framework of the "Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges" Campaign, which aims, through civil society actions, to promote the Intercultural Dialogue in the Euro-Med area and to facilitate the Peace process in the Middle East. As Mr. Andreu Claret, Executive Director of the ALF, stressed, that was the first in a series of events in which Bloggers will be invited, as it is the intention of the Foundation to gather at least 43 Bloggers from the 43 Countries of the Union for the Mediterranean in every one of its major activities.

From now on, the blogs, podcasts and social networks represented in the training will be listed, via feeds, in the new list "Bloggers for Trust", located in the upper right corner of this blog of mine. So, you can have a look on them!!!

Last but not least: I have to thank Suchithra, Satish and Anto, my colleagues in the Aretaeio Hospital in Nicosia, Cyprus, who accepted to exchange some of our working shifts and Andreas, my Head Nurse, who approved these changes, giving me the opportunity to gain such a great experience.

So, I'm Michail, I'm a Greek from Crete, I live in Cyprus, and I blog for Trust!




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28.6.09

Anna Lindh Foundation Euromed Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue * Εκπαίδευση Ευρωμεσογαίων Ιστολόγων στον Διαπολιτισμικό Διάλογο από το Ίδρυμα Άννας Λίνντχ

An interesting Training on Intercultural Dialogue, for Bloggers coming from the Euro-Mediterranean Region, is organised by the Euromed Anna Lindh Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures. For more information, please visit the link:

Μία ενδιαφέρουσα Εκπαίδευσι στον Διαπολιτισμικό Διάλογο, για Ιστολόγους προερχόμενους από την Ευρω-Μεσογειακή Περιοχή, διοργανώνεται από το Ευρωμεσογειακό Ίδρυμα Άννας Λινντχ για τον Διάλογο μεταξύ των Πολιτισμών. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες, παρακαλώ επισκεφθείτε τον σύνδεσμο (στην Αγγλική):

Anna Lindh Foundation Euromed Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue