Power of Goodness
This web portal has been initiated by Peacebuilding UK and designed together with the Centre for Peacebuilding and Community Development (CPCD) in Chechnya to provide a communication platform for the Little Star psychologists of CPCD, teachers, students and others to share their experiences, ask questions, share ideas and present new stories or other work inspired by the stories of ‘Power of Goodness’. The stories are provided on this web portal in Russian, Chechen and English languages. Work with these stories and the curriculum laid out in the teachers’ manual raises awareness of the universal themes of nonviolence, justice, reconciliation and ways to prevent and transform conflict in our lives and the societies where we live. The project aims to support teachers in promoting positive role models and values and a culture of peace among school children and through them and their families among their wider communities.
Power of Goodness pages in social media such as Facebook and X enable psychologists, trainers, teachers and students to share stories and ideas from the project with their peers. There the teachers will be able to ask the psychologists questions, share experience, seek advice for specific situations and receive general support in using the Power of Goodness stories in schools. This will complement the trainings for teachers in 20 schools in Chechnya that CPCD continued to provide since 2014. The interactive web portal will enable users to update the training manual by providing comments, suggestions, new exercises, feedback from using the stories with children in the classroom, and even new stories that arise from such sessions. These stories created by students will inspire others and promote the themes and values of the Power of Goodness.
On this web portal you will find links to social media, to dedicated pages on Power of Goodness on Facebook, Youth Fabric on Facebook, to enable students to share stories and ideas from Power of Goodness with their peers.