“Peace Counts” Workshop in Tehran Peace Museum

 The Peace Counts workshop was held in the Tehran Peace Museum on February 2nd, 2016. 15 participants from 6 member organization of the Council for Promoting the Culture of Peace for Children were present in this workshop.


During the workshop different concepts of peace as well as conflict escalation levels were discussed. At the end, one Culture of Conflict Poster was donated to each one of the participated organizations.


The Peace Counts exhibition in the TPM includes 25 stories of successful peace builders from around the world and is part of an international "Peace Counts on Tour” project conducted by the Berghof Foundation. Tehran Peace Museum hosted Peace Counts exhibition on November 2014 and July 2015 with the presence of the Berghof Foundation’s representatives.

 

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