Peace and Non-Violence Campaign

1. The “School Day of Non-violence and Peace” (DENIP), founded in 1964 and also known as World or International Day of Non-violence and Peace, is a pioneering, non-state, non-governmental, non-official, independent, free and voluntary initiative of Non-violent and Pacifying Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world and in which centres of education, teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part. Because of I studied Human Rights in Spain, I thought that the campaign could be a chance of sharing different cultural points, and show to the children that It doesn´t matter the skin, nation, or country, if all of us fight for the Peace. I give them examples like Gandhi (religious man), Martin Luther King (politic), John Lennon (singer and activist), Malala (activist), different behaviours contending with violence. The campaign was done in Nicolae Balcescu school, German school, and Mihail Eminescu school

2. It advocates a permanent education in and for harmony, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights, non-violence and peace.

3. It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi. In countries with a Southern Hemisphere school calendar, it can be observed on March 30 or thereabouts.

4. Its basic message is: “Universal Love, Non-violence and Peace. Universal Love is better than egoism, Non-violence is better than violence, amd Peace is better than war”.

5. The method of teaching this activity of education in values should be one of experiences and it can be freely applied in each centre of education according to its own teaching style.