We are signing a Partnership Agreement with Peace and Sport in Monaco(www.peace-sport.org). We are invited to spend a week running a music workshop, at the Friendship Games, in the DRC (on the Rwanda and Burundi frontiers), from the 14th-21st August. This is the 9th edition of these Friendship Games, with 11 different sports workshops, and our Music for Peace workshop.

Write up of the Live Together Day, April 6th 2018, Za'atari Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan

The Live Together program is run by Peace and Sport in cooperation with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) with the NGO IRD, and involves a host of organizations, each contributing with their specific expertise and assets to the smooth and safe implementation of sustainable sport for development and peace activities within the camp; hosting 80 000 Syrian refugees.

So far, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), the Fédération Internationale de Teqball (FITEQ) and World Association of Kick-boxing Organizations (WAKO) have conducted coaching seminars for refugees. During each coaching seminar, Peace and Sport integrates a part on peace building and on the Sport Simple Solutions methodology, focused on enhancing certain values through specific sport exercises. 85 refugees (men and women) have been trained so far to become coaches in the 3 sports and 205 children benefited from sport activities.

Nicole Redner, the General Manager of BRIGHT HOPES FOR KIDS (MONACO)conducted the Music for Peace workshop, singing together with 25 young Syrian girls and their teachers; teaching the song " Light a Candle for Peace".

This was very successful, and we have been invited to return. Our generous donors, the Paramusix Foundation and Daniel Von Lison, bought a new violin for one of the talented athletes, a 15 year old refugee. Nicole carried the violin with her from Monaco to Jordan, taking great care of this precious gift. This violin was handed over to this talented young man on the 6th of April; a dream come true for him; accepted with tears of joy.