The Non-Violence Project

Non-Violence Project

Founded	1993
Type	Educational non-profit organisation
Focus	Education, Non-violence, Peace
Headquarters	CH 1227 Geneva, Switzerland
Method	Education, violence prevention
Board of directors	Jan Hellman (Chairman, Founder), Rolf Skjoldebrand (Founder), Claes Cronstedt, Jens Holm
Website	nonviolence.com

The Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVP)^[1] is a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire, motivate, and engage young people on how to solve conflicts peacefully. It holds violence prevention and nonviolence education programs for schools and sports clubs around the world.

The Non-Violence Project Foundation, which was registered in 1993 in Bagnes, Switzerland, and has currently offices in 11 countries around the world. Its logo is the iconic Knotted Gun sculpture named Non-Violence. It has educated eight million students, teachers, and sports coaches with programs covering three main subjects: conflict management, self-esteem building, and nonviolence. Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono^[2] are, among others, ambassadors of the Non-Violence Project.