Peace Education Peace Education is an important tool for the development of children and young people. This section is not yet available but will be an important element of the Sahajeevana Centre in the future therefore we have allocated space for it. Below is a little information about the reasons to have this section, which we are currently working on though it will take some time to develop. We dedicate our work to the promotion of a movement from the culture of war and violence, which has dominated previous history, to a culture of peace and non-violence characterised by values, attitudes and behaviours which privilege the non-violent solution of conflicts, respect for human rights, democracy, intercultural understanding, tolerance and solidarity. A culture of peace calls for non-violent relations not only between districts, but also between individuals, between social groups, between the state and all its citizens, and between human beings and the environment. Declarations and legal measures are not enough, but a culture of peace must grow out of the beliefs and traditions of the people themselves. While it does not deny the conflicts that arise from diversity, it demands non-violent solutions and promotes the transformation of violent competition through a process of healing and reconciliation into cooperation for shared goals. Of all the frontiers where the advance to a culture of peace is needed, perhaps the most important in the long term is the development of children and young people. In many places, children have no childhood and no schools, but are thrust directly into factories and farms or even onto the streets. And schools, themselves, often sustain and help reproduce the injustice and violence of society, including both structural and physical violence. Instead of this, schools can be a place where children feel cared for and where they can cultivate the knowledge, values and skills they need in order to create together a future world of justice and solidarity. Initially we hope to introduce Peace Education in the schools with the help of the Ministry of Education. We hope to prepare a frame which could be adoptable to all schools in Sri Lanka. We will be preparing an e-learning module for this to be available on the website. So we have created a space for this important initiative though it will be a while before it is available. Any thoughts or comments that you would like to contribute to this section for things that you think should be included in our Peace Education programme would be most welcome.