Category: Events and Workshops
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Climate change a faiths, secular issue
Read more: Climate change a faiths, secular issueAlthough spirituality is difficult to define, it is needed to protect our struggle for social justice from disillusionment and to liberate a creation suffering under the burden of climate change and global warming.
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For the Healing of Nations
Read more: For the Healing of NationsRev Dr Sam Kobia, Senior Advisor on Peace, Conflict Resolution and Social Cohesion in the Executive Office of the President of Kenya, was speaking at the opening of a symposium on ‘Healing and Reconciling Wounded Memories: Key Elements in Achieving Holistic Peace’. The seminar, organized by OikoDiplomatique and Norwegian Church Aid, took place in December…
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Villains or victims?
Read more: Villains or victims?Adults affected by conflict and violence as children face difficulty… function well in society. Without psycho-social help and healing…
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A hopeless population is a dangerous one
Read more: A hopeless population is a dangerous oneEach person is a like a unique leaf with a unique contribution to make to society – and to the healing of nations.
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Unseen wounds the most difficult to heal
Read more: Unseen wounds the most difficult to healby Dr Alan Channer Gunilla Hamne, founder and director of the Peaceful Heart Network in Sweden, then presented ‘The concept of unhealed wounds and memories’. Hamne explained the profound effect an experience of trauma can have in a person’s life. ‘Unseen wounds are the most difficult to heal.’ she said. ‘Anger and hatred are often…
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When a child has killed
Read more: When a child has killed“I am a child of war. All I knew was war. We are haunted by our bitter memories of war…” testimony at the Symposium 2016