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In July 2003 the Teaching and
Learning for Peace Foundation was formed as a non-profit association based
in Adelaide South Australia. The foundation is endorsed by the Australian
Taxation Office as an income tax exempt charity (ITEC). Its specific mission
is to document, support, develop and present peace-building possibilities
based upon storytelling processes to communities both locally and
internationally, connecting via the Internet with the purpose of bringing
adults and children together to share in the peace-building process. Our
work directly attends to the improvement of the emotional, mental, physical
and social and most importantly, the spiritual well being of both adults and
children in all communities. Peace-building processes involve communities
directly attending to healing the dis-ease created by a lack of peace, at
all levels in people’s lives. The intrinsic elements of peace-building
stories are utilised by the foundation in the healing and rebuilding
activities undertaken.
We attend to these needs both pro-actively and reactively.
VISION
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to directly aid the healing and the rebuilding of peaceful communities
by reactively and proactively responding to the disruption and
disharmony caused from a lack of peace
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to facilitate the sharing of peace-building stories, songs and
activities
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to focus communities upon stories of hope and peace, with happy endings,
ones in which everyone wins
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to develop processes that allow for cross-cultural and
cross-generational sharing of peace-building stories
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to help create a world our children deserve to inherit
MISSION
Foundation Board Members:
Michelle Hodgins: public officer + financial manager + peace educator
Paul Hodgins: peace educator + camp manager
Peter Kasser: international advisor
Hamid Hossaini: international peace-builder
+ advisor
Robyn Ewing:
education advisor
David Smith:
education advisor
Dennis Mason:
secretary + student counsellor + camp manager
Ann Mason: website manager + peace educator
Special Advisors:
Jacqui Cookes: story advisor
DISCLAIMER
The
Teaching and Learning for Peace Foundation is a
non-profit organisation, endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as an
income tax exempt charity (ITEC). From January 2008,
the Foundation will begin earning an income from presenting storytelling
workshops and programmes, from the publishing or selling of its materials
and from peace-building activities organised by it. All our services will be
available to any individual or community, both locally and internationally,
who wish to use any of them. In 2005 we began applying for grants from
organisations that may wish to support our work.
As part of our role involves the sharing of stories created by
children, either via the website or in workshops, it is imperative that we
seek the children's permission to do so. Each has graciously given us
permission to use their stories and work, and accompanying this is we have
their parents' consent. Permission should therefore be sought by any person
or organisation before the children's work is to be used in any way beyond
the foundation's domain and should be arranged via the foundation's
administration offices before doing so.
Authors or storytellers whose stories are presented at the
website or in workshop activities have also graciously given permission for
us to do so. Their personal contact details are provided, therefore,
permission must be sought by any person or organisation wishing to use the
stories in a manner that is beyond the normally expected reading or sharing
of their stories, especially if the activities involve the exchange of
monies.
The foundation is extremely grateful for the support given by the
people and organisations listed on the links page. We have no direct
association with any other organisations or peoples and therefore the views
expressed at their websites or by themselves may not necessarily be
supported by our organisation.
The foundation holds copyright on any of its written materials
therefore permission must be sought before any can be used for presentation
in any form beyond that which the foundation itself presents either in
workshops or at the website.
Our children deserve a world that honours and respects the rights
of others so please support us with our efforts to ensure this occurs.
Yours in
peace,
The
Foundation Board Members.
©The Teaching and Learning for Peace Foundation
April 2012
The Foundation is endorsed
as a non-profit income tax exempt charity. Incorporation Number: A37614
ABN: 15592837505
April 2012 (last update)
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