Education Partners
GPFF is committed to ongoing programs and activities in the areas of character education, leadership education, service learning and peace education. Among our partners on these initiatives in various regions of the world are:
Character Education
GPFF is particularly active in character education programs, with important models underway in Kenya, Paraguay and the US. For the Character Competencies Program in the USA, GPFF partnered in a unique pilot collaboration with federal, state, and city agencies, providing workplace and life skills training in the summer of 2010 for the youth of Atlanta, Georgia. In Kenya, GPFF has entered into a comprehensive partnership with the Ministry of Education and Brand Kenya to train teachers in character competency throughout the nation in school-based pilot projects.
- Republic of Kenya Ministry of Education
- Brand Kenya
- Africa Nazarene University(Kenya)
- CISCO and its Digital Library program (Kenya)
- SSD Temple (Kenya)
- US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Atlanta Regional Office
- Georgia State Department of Human Services (USA)
- Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, City of Atlanta (USA)
- Leadership Conferences
Global Peace Leadership Conferences were held in conjunction with each of the regional GPFs in Nepal, Indonesia and Paraguay. Additionally a special GPLC was held in Seoul, Korea from October 11-13, 2010, with the valuable support of the following partners:
- Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
- Korea Development Institute
- Educators Without Borders
- Service for Peace
- International Peace Sports Federation
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