By Bethan Marsh and Emma Proux On Wednesday 6th November, pupils from primary and secondary schools across Wales united in the country’s capital to share their journeys to becoming a Peace School, with the theme ‘Building Peace in Wales and the World’. Head of Wales for Peace at WCIA, […]
The Temple of Peace opened its doors to old and new friends on Saturdays to mark World Peace Day. This year’s theme was climate change for peace marked the day with concerts, marches and community events around the world. WCIA friend Fi Fenton, lead groups of people on […]
By former WCIA volunteer, Geena Whiteman The UK is one of the worlds biggest foreign aid donors, having the third largest aid budget in the world and being one of only a few countries consistently achieving the UN’s target of spending 0.7% of the annual budget (the countries […]
My time at the WCIA by Ellie Kimpton What did you do during your week? During my week of work experience at the WCIA, I mostly helped towards the preparations for the Mock COP on Thursday (11/7/19), made 2 bilingual Facebook posts, wrote 2 blogs and translated English documents into […]
by Hannah Isaac I have spent a week at WCIA for work experience and it has been an engaging and eye-opening experience that I am grateful I had the opportunity to be involved with. This week I have done various tasks – some working in communications. For example, on […]
By Teresa Morandini My experience at the WCIA has come to an end. Since November, I have been volunteering with an amazing working group, always ready to help me in any possible way. It has been such a lovely time, in which I have learnt a lot. Firstly, […]
WCIA and the Wales Alliance for Global Learning (WAGL) welcomes new curriculum for Wales The Welsh Government worked with education and childcare professionals, and other experts to develop a new approach to the curriculum for Wales. This resulted in developing guidance which will help funded non-maintained settings and schools […]
Tensions rose among student delegates as they debated the issue of climate change during MockCOP sessions last week. Pupils aged 14-18 from south and west wales schools, represented countries from all over the world at Mock COP (Conference of Parties) in Cardiff City Hall and Swansea Civic centre. These sessions, […]
“An emotional roller coaster of an event,” That’s how the dramatic event at the Temple of Peace on 18th May, in partnership with the Josef Herman Arts Foundation, was described. The Dragons Heart and Dragons Soul performance through music and dance, powerfully depicting the persecution of people with learning disabilities […]
Watch the video of the #EU2019 candidates answering global issues that affect us here in Wales, in Europe and across the world including: climate change; sustainability; migration; economic development; agriculture & social development […]
