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, […]
News & Views
The Man with a Mission for a Movement: the Interwar Peace Campaigns of Rev Gwilym Davies
Wales’ World Peace Campaigns of the 1920s and 30s In the entrance vestibule of Wales’ Temple of Peace, visitors pass two intriguing linen hangings proclaiming the achievements of ‘Welsh Efforts for World Peace’ in the years that followed WW1. The claims sound incredulous… yet the story behind them is […]
Calum: “The best thing I remember is the feeling of happiness”
Read the truly inspirational story of our former volunteer Calum, who participated in our supportive volunteering programme “Step by Step” a few years ago. […]
United Nations Day 24 Oct 2019 – WCIA unveils ‘UN75’ Peace Heritage Programme for Wales for 2020 and Beyond
24 October every year marks United Nations Day internationally – the day on which the UN Charter came into being, beginning the great process of healing, reconciliation and rebuilding that followed World War Two. WCIA are marking this year’s UN Day by unveiling our plans to develop a new […]
Mr Robert Davies, founder of UNA Exchange, answers the Proust questionnaire !
Interview with Robert Davies, founder of UNA Exchange, conducted on Friday 18th October 2019 at the Temple of Peace and Health by Hélène Chaland (volunteer at UNA Exchange for the year 2019/2020) using the Proust Questionnaire. […]
World Peace Day at the Temple
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 […]
Fighting for Foreign Aid
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 […]
Daffodil Days of the 1920s-30s: Celebrating Wales-wide Community Activism
Blog and research by WCIA Archives Intern Rob Laker, on placement with Wales for Peace from Swansea University History Dept over Summer 2019. Drawing on materials from the National Library of Wales and Temple of Peace Archives; and Annual Reports of the Welsh League of Nations Union 1922-45 on People’s […]