Sri Lanka
After weeks of intense preparation, Peace Counts's traveling photo exhibition opened in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 19, 2007 with an audience of 100 invited guests.
After the traditional oil-lamp-lighting performed by Uli Jäger of the Institute for Peace Education in Tübingen, Germany (IFT), Michael Gleich of Peace Counts summarized his experiences to date under the heading "How to Build Peace." Two experienced peacebuilders from Sri Lanka then took questions from the audience: Kamala Peiris, 79, an advocate for peace education and human rights, and Narasingham, a Tamil whose "SEED" project was reported on by Peace Counts. Anchorwoman Sharmini Boyle of Young Asia Television was mistress of ceremonies.
During the exhibition's run, Jäger and Ana Mijic of IFT conducted a week-long series of workshops with approximately 50 participants including representatives of Sri Lankan educational institutions and interested members of the public. Following the orientation sessions, attendees held a number of sessions of their own in the local languages Tamil and Sinhala for nearly 500 people from all over Sri Lanka, including teacher trainees from the National College of Education. Michael Gleich, Paul Hahn, and Tilman Wörtz of Peace Counts conducted parallel workshops for 40 journalists and photographers. In addition, 80 students from the Sri Lankan College of Journalism (SLJC) took guided tours of the exhibit.
The organization Facilitating Local Initiatives for Conflict Transformation (FLICT), with major support from GTZ, was the local partner for preparation and organization of the exhibition and workshop series.
Sri Lanka
After weeks of intense preparation, Peace Counts's traveling photo exhibition opened in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 19, 2007 with an audience of 100 invited guests.
After the traditional oil-lamp-lighting performed by Uli Jäger of the Institute for Peace Education in Tübingen, Germany (IFT), Michael Gleich of Peace Counts summarized his experiences to date under the heading "How to Build Peace." Two experienced peacebuilders from Sri Lanka then took questions from the audience: Kamala Peiris, 79, an advocate for peace education and human rights, and Narasingham, a Tamil whose "SEED" project was reported on by Peace Counts. Anchorwoman Sharmini Boyle of Young Asia Television was mistress of ceremonies.
During the exhibition's run, Jäger and Ana Mijic of IFT conducted a week-long series of workshops with approximately 50 participants including representatives of Sri Lankan educational institutions and interested members of the public. Following the orientation sessions, attendees held a number of sessions of their own in the local languages Tamil and Sinhala for nearly 500 people from all over Sri Lanka, including teacher trainees from the National College of Education. Michael Gleich, Paul Hahn, and Tilman Wörtz of Peace Counts conducted parallel workshops for 40 journalists and photographers. In addition, 80 students from the Sri Lankan College of Journalism (SLJC) took guided tours of the exhibit.
The organization Facilitating Local Initiatives for Conflict Transformation (FLICT), with major support from GTZ, was the local partner for preparation and organization of the exhibition and workshop series.