Summary

Since prejudice stems from ignorance , it is very important for the people to have a broader vision of life and cultures. Prejudice can be in an individual for his or her own culture too. Young people aren't aware of the various cultural opportunities in their living area very often. They are also not open to European realities all result in xenophobia and prejudice.

Our children will have the opportunity- through Comenius- to build relationships with students in other countries and possibly visit them. We want to foster their creativity by helping them to write a new 'peace' book in which they will combine peaceful sayings related to their cultures and add their own. Each partner will introduce famous thinkers from their own culture and these thinkers' work emphasizing peace and brotherhood. Children will also have an opportunity to find out Tolerant and Peaceful sides of their own cultures. Furthermore, it is aimed at showing the participants how to deal with a topic on their own, discussing with others and accepting other opinions as well as creating at the end of a common conclusion relying on the debates during the exchanges. Dealing with different cultural aspects of each nation participating in the project, are a good way to achieve our goal of minimizing xenophobia, prejudice and intolerance. In that way, the participants will be aware of the similarities and the differences among different cultures.

Last but not least, students will be encouraged to propose and exchange their own ideas on how to contribute to the building of a tolerant society and how to make a difference to promote socio-cultural cohesion and inclusion.