Basic Peace Seminar



On Thursday, 30^th of June, Peace Volunteers organized a Basic Peace Seminar for 13 youths including boys and girls in Peace Embassy, west Kabul. Except one who came through Peshgaman English Language Course, the rest were coming from Arvin Educational Center. Besides, they were also school and university students, the young spirits who wanted to bring about a change in the monotonous day to day life. They all were invited through friends and connections of some sort. The seminar included theoretical and experiential activities and continued for one and a half days.

Theoretical Activities

Lectures, discussion and sharing experiences were the skeleton of this part of the seminar. All this activities aimed at awakening the deepest and original character shared by each individual human, that is to say, raising the sense of unity and morality based on the values shared by all human civilizations.

Based on the observable change in the participants, the seminar was quite successful. They all expressed their commitments and willingness to participate in next seminars and volunteer activities.

Experiential Activities

Words equal deeds were one of the values that the participants heard and discussed about. To a culture of indifference and vandalism which prevail in our society, it is a big task to bend oneself and take responsibility. A reinforced commitment to service is needed to light the candle of change.

Impressed with the lecture and the environment, the participants welcomed the suggestion of doing some tiny work of service. We did not believe, but even the girls took the gloves and masks to go out and clean the dirty alleys. They cleaned, discussed and had fun for one hour. To all of them it was a new experience and they had never such voluntary service work.

In reflection after the cleaning, they all expressed their ideas sparkled just in their mind as a result of experiencing service, to organize such activities in their communities and educational organization. They promised to become agents of change and expand the culture of peace through service and materializing the ideal of “living for the sake of others”.