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