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Dear <<First Name>>,
A warm welcome to our latest e-bulletin in which you will find news and information about the fundraiser for The Prem Rawat Foundation, the WAF Awards for 2016, Give as you Live free donations, an appreciation for your ongoing financial support, and some updates.
As always we thank you for your continuing generosity, interest and support, and hope you enjoy reading our latest news.
The Peace Partners team
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The Prem Rawat Foundation
FUNDRAISER
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SAVE THE DATE
there has been a change to the date previously announced
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The screening of the movie 'INSIDE PEACE' in London is now planned for late January/early February 2017, not 26th November 2016 as previously announced. This will allow more people to attend and a wider audience to be reached.
There may also be screenings in other regions, so please look out for further announcements.
Full details will be confirmed once they are available.
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WAF AWARDS 2016
5th November Beijing, China
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Vote to decide the winners by Sunday 9th October!
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India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Mexico, Canada, China, Uganda. 9 amazing solutions securing clean water, air and food for communities around the globe. 9 inspiring stories. 9 sustainability lessons for the world. The WAFA Selection Committee of recognised development experts has chosen the finalists of the 2016 Water Air Food Awards, from a total of 175 projects we received in response to our open call launched on this year’s Earth Day.
The public vote is now open to decide the WAFA 2016 winners. Check out the inspiring stories and vote your favourite, before voting closes tomorrow Sunday 16th January at 24:00 CEST (11:00pm UK).
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You can help to make the event - and its live broadcast - happen by being a part of the crowdfunding campaign that has been launched to support it. For more details click here .
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Support Peace Partners through GIVE AS YOU LIVE free donations
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Every time you shop online, you could generate a free donation for Peace Partners via our retail partner Give as you Live. It really is that simple. It’s easy to begin. Just create a free Give as You Live account and start shopping online. There’s over 4,000 participating stores, from John Lewis to Amazon. Every time you make a purchase, Give as You Live donates a percentage of its commission to Peace Partners.
Give as you live will help you find the best prices for your shopping items and also send you vouchers and special offers from time to time.
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THANK YOU
for your support
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A big thank you for the generous financial support from our growing number of regular and one-off donors! Please enjoy reading the highlights below that represent just a few of the many ways that donations to Peace Partners have been of help.
Many donors choose to contribute to specific projects and these may be in the UK or further afield. Other donors offer support for Peace Partners to allocate their contribution to where the need is greatest. Either way it's good to know that 100% of each donation is forwarded to each chosen allocation! Also because Peace Partners is a registered UK charity, an added bonus is that donations received via Gift Aid are increased by 25%.
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Keeping the Peace: Mexican Navy Integrates Peace Education
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The Mexican Navy is trying a new approach to domestic peacekeeping in the troubled city of Veracruz. The force recently incorporated the Peace Education Program (PEP) into its training regime, offering the course to more than 240 marines, police officers, and security officials at its base there.
With many local authorities enmeshed in corruption, the federal government dispatched the Navy to help restore order. The force is taking a holistic approach to its duties—not only detaining criminals, but also trying to address the underlying social problems that lead to crime in the first place. Read more...
New Water System Saves Lives in Nepal
TPRF recently helped construct a new water distribution system in Ratamate, Nepal a remote village that was hit hard by last year’s earthquakes.
TPRF worked with its long-term partner, Premsagar Foundation, Nepal, local villagers, and social work students from St. Xavier’s College in Kathmandu to complete the desperately needed project. Read more ...
PEP for Veterans
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A Peace Education Programme for veterans was launched on Friday August 26th, 2016 in Crook, Co. Durham UK. Guests included veterans, emergency services personnel, representatives from the police force and other UK veteran's organisations.
Lee Hayward, founder of Save our Soldier said: "We intend this to be the first of many such programmes across the country. For those in or out of the armed or emergency services, finding stillness after deployment or time spent in conflict through self mentoring is what we are bringing." The first 10 week programme starts in October. Read more ...
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International Peace Day 21st September 2016 - update
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Oldham Peace Week
A member of the Peace Partners team visited Oldham, Lancashire to take part in the town's inaugural Peace Week and Peace Day celebrations, and shared some of his experiences with us:
"What is happening in Oldham is quite amazing ... The local council itself along with a growing range of groups, schools, teachers and pupils are getting involved and actively participating in enthusiastically embracing peace initiatives ..... Activists there have a track record of pioneering as far as the Pledge To Peace is concerned, and now it can be seen what happens when local groups embrace the Pledge To Peace both in letter and spirit. What I am witnessing here is quite inspiring!"
Read more about the week in Phil Lewis' series of blog articles here.
The Oldham Evening Chronicle report published on 21st September about the local initiatives can be read here.
During the course of the week's activities the Pledge to Peace was signed by several groups including The Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group, which you can read about here.
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PeaceCast.tv
Successfully broadcast online for 48 hours so capturing all of International Peace Day across all global time zones. You can catch up with their increasing range of video resources focussed on planetary wide appreciations of the importance of peace on their website. If you missed the Peace Day live stream you can view it on Youtube:
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You can view this year's full playlist here
The Prem Rawat Foundation
Created a special short video for their Peace for People 2016 campaign which has had 6774 views on Youtube since its 14th September release:
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Peace Partners Trustee Mary Dalgleish recently met with Chika Okeke, UK Regional manager of the International Women's Peace Group (IWPG) to participate in IWPG's "She Can Achieve Peace" Campaign. IWPG believe that the voice of women and girls is of pivotal importance to the peace process. Through this campaign IWPG aims to spread a Culture of Peace and help fulfil Article 10 of the Declaration of Peace & Cessation of War by asking inspiring women what peace means to them, how they find peace, and how they work to achieve peace in their lives and in the communities they serve.
Mary who is actively involved with the Prem Rawat Foundation's Peace Education Programme (PEP) was happy to meet with Chika and share information about the PEP and its impact.
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