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Learning to Live Together, a resource material to nurture ethical values needed to learn to live together in plural societies, is now available for teachers and youth leaders.  Read more ...

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After the South Asia Ethics Education workshop held in Coimbatore in 2006, Karthikeyan initiated a project for the promotion and protection of children rights in schools.  He has visited many schools and spoken to hundreds of children about the importance of learning about their rights and how they can help fostering a culture of respect for the dignity of other children in India.

You can download the Diary of this Young Indian Leader by clicking here


GNRC members in Israel arranged an interfaith learning and peace building program for Jewish, Christian and Muslim youth in Israel in July 2007. The Toolkit for Ethics Education through Interfaith Learning was used to design the program.  The full report of the week long program gives an account of the planning process and the implementation of the program without discarding difficulties and lessons learned in arranging the programs. The Report brings us along on the Journey and it is an example of a Best Practice in using the Toolkit.  Click here to download the full Report of the Massa - Massar (The Journey - The Path) program in PDF format. 

More information can be obtained by writing to the GNRC Coordinator in Israel, Ms. Dorit Shippin at dorit@nswas.org  


A Report on an interfaith learning and peace building program arranged by GNRC Israel in July 2007  
Massa-Massar "The Journey-The Path"


Contribution by Dr. Alice Shalvi, a member of the Interfaith Council to a panel discussion at the International Congress on Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue, Bilbao, Spain, in December 2005.



A three-day basic training for Educators on 'Learning to Live Together (LTLT)' was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from September 15th to 17th, 2011. The workshop was organized by Peace Education Network-Nepal (PENN) together with GNRC South Asia Secretariat and Arigatou International. Twenty nine participants participated in the training, including teachers, NGO workers, CSO workers and trainers. The workshop was carried out by Master Trainers, Suchith Abeyewickreme, the Secretariat Coordinator for GNRC South Asia, and Maria Lucia Uribe from Arigatou International. Read more



San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala - July 26 to 30 at Monte Carmelo House of Prayer was the site of an Ethics Education workshop on the use of Learning to Live Together with 40 representatives from religious institutions in Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Mexico and Nicaragua. Participants included theologians, managers, educators and youth leaders from the educational programs of these institutions.
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The study team of the Joint GNRC - UNICEF Study met in Florence 15 - 18 October for its Second Meeting at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Center

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has assured Rev. Keishi Miyamoto and a high-level GNRC delegation of his support for stronger ties between the GNRC and the United Nations and its agencies, in particular UNICEF and UNESCO.


SAN SALVADOR - Press Release published in the "Diario CoLatino",November 3, 2007. 
Representantes de la Red Global de Religiones a favor de la Niñez y Religiones por Paz El Salvador, pidieron al Ministerio de Educación introducir en la currícula el manual de educación ética y valores.


TOKYO/GENEVA, September 7, 2007 — Religious leaders from around the world and top UN officials will launch a worldwide initiative promoting ethics education in May 2008 at the Third Forum of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) in Hiroshima, Japan.



Multi-faith (multicultural) Calendar for the main religious faith in Britain


Pre-School through Grade Twelve



I come from India and bring with me warmth and love for everyone here from millions of Swadhyayees from all over the world...

As a university professor it is a rather rare case for me to speak to school children...




An Ethics Education Workshop using the Learning to Live Together  (LTLT) Manual was organized for the first time on 22th October, 2011 in Chennai , India, by Navadisha Montessori School. It was a follow up of the Coimbatore Peace Festival organized by Shanti Ashram and  Navadhisha Montessori School on 9th of August 2011  in India. Read more

A new training for Educators on 'Learning to Live Together (LTLT)' was organized by  Interkulturelles  Zentrum  (www.iz.or.at) in Vienna, Austria, on 11th October 2011. The workshop, entitled “Werte in einer globalisierten Welt” (“Values in a globalised world”)  was carried out by trainer Rebecca Zeilinger from NGO Interkulturelles  Zentrum within the framework of a micro project called “Schule Global”, financed by the Austrian Development Agency. Read more


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