"Meeting the other is very important. Understanding the other is essential because it will save us a lot of unhappiness.(...) Violence generates even more violence. It was important to break this vicious circle." -
@chafass10@ffplebanon@RegionNormandie@IofCIntl@iofcleb
“In Rafah, I have witnessed the gates to a living nightmare.
A nightmare, where people have been suffocating, under persistent bombardment, mourning their families, struggling for water, for food, for electricity and fuel.”
- @volker_turk
A new Amnesty investigation has found that the Israeli army indiscriminately, and therefore unlawfully, used white phosphorous in an attack on Dhayra in south Lebanon on 16 October.
The attack must be investigated as a war crime.
3,195 children killed in #Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019. We are calling for an immediate ceasefire.
"Gaza has become a graveyard for children. It's a living hell for everyone else.” - @UNICEF
"Fuel is vital for the water supply; for the ambulances; for the hospitals to operate." - @WHO
"Some of these buildings where people are sheltering are coming under attack." - @UNOCHA
It wasn’t safe for him to travel to Switzerland. She saw herself as a victim of war. But for both, their time in Caux in summer 1988 became a milestone in their personal journey for #peace and #reconciliation.
https://t.co/i2g9YQUjXS
#caux#stories#change#75yearsofencounters
"Peace is the space where I can thrive and fulfil my dreams at full potential, and so can all the other members of society."
(Diana - Romania - Tools for Changemakers - IofC Switzerland Staff)
#peaceday#MyPeaceStory@T4C_IofC
@najwanammour "أي تغيير صغير سيقطع شوطًا طويلًا..هذا درس من الدروس الكثيرة التي تعلمتها من مبادرات التغيير والذي بقي معي ويذكًرني دائمًا بأهميّة تغيير الذّات أولًا. وساعدتني مجموعة "وقت الصمت" على ترسيخ ذلك...
ويتابع @JoeHakim8 "كما ساعدني في خلال الحرب في بناء الثقة مع "الآخر" الذي اعتبرته عدوّي ومواطن درجة ثانية. وتساعد #مبادرات_التغيير في السعي إلى التوجيه إلى كيفية الاهتمام بمن حولي وما أقدّمه."
What about you? How is IofC helping you #changemaker#iofcleb#iofc
@JoeHakim8 "الأداة الأساسيّة لمبادرات التغيير هو وقت الصمت، فهو بمثابة النظر في المرآة ورؤية جو الحقيقي. وساعدني على إصلاح بعض العلاقات في حين رأيت الكبرياء والشّوائب والادّعاء في إصلاحي الذاتي..." #changemaker#quotesoftheday#iofcleb#iofc#iofclebteam