Amu, with the project “Living Peace International” adheres to the active citizenship initiative launched by United World Project
Dare to Care is a path that was born within the United World Project , promoted by Youth for a United World , from the desire to look at politics and one’s own commitment as citizens in a different light. As expressed by the title, Dare to Care wants to promote the courage to take care, to be interested in others, to take responsibility and to act by involving everyone, with concrete initiatives in one’s own territory to respond to needs identified in the surrounding reality. AMU – Action for a United World Onlus (AMU), which has supported active and global citizenship projects for years, has decided to join this important initiative, making it an integral part of the activities promoted within the Living Peace International project, a global network entirely dedicated to peace education, through activities, proposals and training seminars. Living Peace International aims to increase, in different learning and living environments, the individual commitment to living peace and for peace. To date, more than 1000 schools and groups have joined the project and over 600 thousand children and young people have been reached by its initiatives across 5 continents.
Why education and caring?
Taking care of others means putting them at the center and giving them what you have. The same thing happens during the educational process: studying, educating and educating ourselves allows us to contribute to new ideas, proposals aimed at the common good, giving foundation to our actions as citizens. It is precisely from the importance of taking to heart our responsibilities and the future of the world that Dare to Care has matured. In Living Peace, Dare to Care takes shape through the development of an activity, which aims to increase empathy towards those in difficulty and at the same time create a group dimension, within which each person can give their contribution and bring their specificity.
What do we propose?
With the launch of the Dice of Peace , on whose faces are written phrases that help build peaceful relationships according to the concrete commitment of each person, we want to generate a reflection on the meaning of the phrase that emerged and above all on what it means to live this phrase in socio-educational contexts of various types, in order to be part of the construction of global citizenship. This moment helps participants to highlight their own protagonism, making them aware of the value of each person’s actions and the potential of acting together in a group. However, the reflections that emerged cannot remain an end in themselves: it is necessary to take a next step . For this reason, Living Peace proposes the sharing of points of view in a mural and the creation of a collective action that promotes the care of others , which allows participants to begin to DARE TO TAKE CARE. All the experiences, reflections, moments of sharing, actions of the #DARETOCARE implementation path can be immortalized with photos and videos and posted on social networks with the hashtags #DARETOCARE and #LPDARETOCARE , in a large global network, supportive and ready for action! What are you waiting for? Join us and take care of others together with us, with pride and courage, without ever being afraid! If you want to participate or know someone who could take part, visit the Living Peace International website
