Arbeitsstelle Friedensarbeit im Haus kirchlicher Dienste

Ökumenische Dekade zur Überwindung von Gewalt 2001 - 2010

Aims and methods

Aims:

  • to discover and highlight different causes of violence, their structures and patterns in the lives of South African and German youth
  • to empower participants to reflect on personal experiences with violence
  • to enable participants to work on own patterns of violent behavior and reactions

  • to encounter different options of active non-violence based on new approaches to biblical ethical guidelines 

Methodology 

  • Interactive Teaching & Multimedia Approach
  • Exhibition "Canaan is everywhere" (Informal Settlement, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal)
  • 3-D Simulation "Canaan - violence and the plight of refugees"
  • Role play
  • Video clips, i.e. "A day in the life in Canaan", "Soweto", "Violence in a German subway" 

Materials: 

  • Reader on prevention of violence
  • Teachers Guide on the project "Steps against violence"
  • Accompanying project proposals
  • List of literature
  • Press clippings, media references
  • 140 facilitators have been trained between 1997 – 2011 working within a network of regional clusters in churches and schools
  • Leadership training and continuing education workshops are offered on a regular basis