By MUN Impact Writer Albert Oliva, Czech Republic
Salam Center for Peace is an organization which fights for the empowerment of women and students all around the world. The aim of this article is to make you more familiar with a concept of an intercultural program which was established a year ago buy Salam Kedan. This report and article will not only inform you about the recent social issues but it will also tell you how can you be involved. This program not only enriched students in Israel but also in other countries of the world. Undoubtedly this is the type of program which everybody should know about.
Where can we find solutions to economic issues? Political issues? Social issues? The answer to this question is very simple. WE are the solution. Without the interference of a group of people with the same aim, nothing can be solved, and Salam Kedan soon realized this when she established her intercultural program as part of Salam Center for Peace, an organization fighting for human rights and providing opportunities for future generations.
Salam provided us with a short description of her Intercultural program: “It’s a project that aims to connect cultures and raise awareness which is some of the goals of our organization – Salam Centre. What we do is arrange visits from international students studying in Tel Aviv to come to an elementary school in my Arab/Palestinian hometown called Baqa al Gharbiyye. The visitor gives a presentation about his life, traditions, culture, religion and once the visitor is done, the 6th grade students give a presentation about Palestinian culture.”
Salam continued: “The outcomes of the project are as follows. The students become more aware of other cultures. The students are encouraged to speak English since all the meetings are held in English. The visitors learn about the Palestinian Culture, empowering the youth and raising awareness as well as of course making connections.”
This is exactly what the population of our constantly challenged planet Earth should do. The intercultural program which was designed last year should serve as a role model for other organizations which share the same thoughts and aims as Salam Center for Peace.
There isn’t a day when you cannot hear in the news, radio, tv, that children are not fully informed about the issues which torment us every day. The Intercultural program which was designed by Salam does everything to address these concerns as she provides opportunity for students to integrate and share information about their culture with one another. So far the project has seen groups from a number of places. “We’ve had visitors from: India, Russia, USA, China and more to come and it’s been great!” said Salam.
The world needs educated students and educated students need an tolerant and understanding world . Do not hesitate and seek more information about such programs which help so much.