Alternatives to violence work in Ukraine
Mary Morris describes work that is contributing to the development of this country’s civil society
Last autumn the international board of Friends House Moscow (Dom Druzei) met in Odessa on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine. We chose this venue for our annual meeting so that we could meet the facilitators who run the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in Ukraine and hear about their work. AVP is an international volunteer movement that was started by Friends in America in the 1970s and now operates in nearly thirty countries. It seeks to promote nonviolence in the most practical way possible – by running workshops that equip participants with the skills to respond in nonviolent ways to conflict situations in their everyday lives.
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