Peace

"Education – the right kind of quality education – can... heal divisions and the traumas of war.
A school can and should be a place of peace."
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, in the foreword to our report Where Peace Begins 

Today's schools hold tomorrow's leaders and opinion makers, yet 37 million children are growing up with the effects of war and conflict and not going to school. Every day we are losing the opportunity to build peace through education.

THE GLOBAL DEBATe

Join the debate 
Save the Children is launching a global debate on education and peace. Can you contribute?    
Where Peace Begins Report
Read the report designed to kickstart the debate.
Want something shorter?
world in debate 
See how countries across the world are engaging in the global debate. 
Jan Egeland 
Find out what the Norwegian peace negotiator has to say.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN EDUCATION FOR PEACE?

Liberia Short Film 
See how education can rebuild peace in Liberia.
Grab a pen for peace 

Take a picture of yourself doing the peace + education sign and become part of our Facebook community.

Download posters for peace 

Download, print and show them proudly in your classroom, bedroom or anywhere else.

Abdelwahab's picture 
Click on the names to see children's drawings
Abdella     Rami Agum       Abdelwahab