INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING AND COLLABORATION AMONG GIRL STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT FAITHS

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2023-02-08

Country: South Africa
City: Gauteng
  • Organizer

    Turquoise Harmony Institute

  • Location

    46 Wingfield, Birdhaven, Johannesburg

  • Email

    [email protected]

This project aims to facilitate and provide PLATFORMS to promote peace, a culture of coexistence, and interfaith understanding among GIRL STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT FAITH schools. The project addresses a group of Grade 10 girl students from each school. It will be completed in three phases in the month of February 2023. 1- Knowledge ( 8 February 2023) Students will visit different religious centres and temples to learn about the fundamentals of each religion from official sources. Hence they will have accurate information which will help them to understand each religion better and it may help students to question any prejudices and misinformation they have. 2- Structured Dialogue (15 February 2023) Students will engage with each other in a structured platform to establish a meaningful dialogue about the day they visited different faith centres. Each group will be asked to talk about how the interaction benefits them and contribute to their worldviews through their religious perspective. We believe in this way mutual a deeper understanding will be developed. Students will be invited to discover new ways of looking at others and avenues of collaboration. It will also help students to understand other people and their religions. 3- Action for Common Good (22 February 2023) After developing mutual understanding and trust among the students through the first two steps, students will be encouraged to cooperate for a common good. It can be an outreach project to assist the needy or an environmental project. The students will demonstrate that even though we are different, we can work together to address our common issues and improve conditions for our fellow human beings and the environment.