The Weekly Shot: Painting for Peace

26 August 2019
The Weekly Shot: Painting for Peace - AYEPO

Afghanistan Youth Empowerment and Peace-building Organization (AYEPO), a URI Cooperation Circle, hosted a student art competition to help heal the wounds of living with violence and to promote peace among students of different backgrounds. This is especially needed in Afghanistan today, where young people have grown up facing fear, danger, and alienation from their peers of different cultures. The Cooperation Circle also runs workshops teaching students leadership skills, “soft” skills, and mediation training.

Learn more about the competition and see more of the students’ art.