Education East Timor Project #38172

PeaceJam Timor-Leste

by Ba Futuru / For the Future

Project Report | Jan 24, 2020
Conference Sparks Youth Screening Films

By Brandy Roberts | Portfolio Manager

On November 9th and 10th, over 250 youth came together for the PeaceJam conference, where they participated in workshops, group discussions, service learning activities, and listened to inspiring talks from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta, and Naldo Rei, child resistance fighter. On the first day, students participated in workshops with themes ranging from becoming environmental activists and using trash for promotion materials, to how to organize a large-scale event (such as PRIDE), and LGBTQI+ rights.

The second day, students used the knowledge and skills gained from the workshops in the service learning activities, where students organized a march against sexual harassment, painted a mural for peace, and cleaned up trash along the road. Since the conference, students were mobilized to share films and hold discussions in their respective communities 15 PeaceJam participants showed the film in 9 communities to 398 community members.

Back to all project reports

About Project Reports

Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.

If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.