Service:
We believe that sustainable peace flows from personal and meaningful connections, and that these connections are strengthened when we are of service to each other. Service projects naturally evolve from our connections with friends across the world, based on local needs.
What is PeacePal? Based in school classrooms, students build one-on-one connections with new friends across the world through letter writing and service learning.
There are two main components to the program.
Mission:
Project PeacePal connects youth globally through correspondence and service to promote a more peaceful world. We seek to ignite a generation of young people to create peace globally through the development of person to person connections across borders and over time.
Peace:
We believe that sustainable peace is only possible in a world where we experience our kinship as members of the human family and find joy in helping each other. Our program curriculum, called Peace Begins In Me, teaches skills like respectful communication, self responsibility, and appreciation of other cultures.
Adopt a Classroom:
Help us support our international programs from Afghanistan to Uganda. Many classrooms function in substandard conditions without basic necessities such as pencils, paper, desks, lighting, and clean drinking water. You can help create a productive learning environment for international PeacePal students and support our pen pal letter writing project.
Student Voices:
PeacePal seeks to ignite a generation of young people to create peace globally through the development of person to person connections across borders and over time. Through these connections can come an understanding of our common humanity, and the recognition of our similarities, creating a feeling of kinship and the resulting desire to help each other.
A World of Images:
Please take a moment to browse through our beautiful and powerful photos and videos of PeacePal classrooms, letters, and activities from around the world. We provide cameras to our international Program Directors to document daily life in their communities.
Give the Gift of Peace:
Anytime is a good time to give the gift of peace to someone. Purchase PeacePal totes, T-shirts, friendship bracelets and ornaments from our Online Store. A few simple key strokes and you're done! Help PeacePal while putting smiles on your loved ones' faces!