ChalkPeace

Peace Education

We as human beings are war-like in our thought processes. Our communication, words and manner of conveying emotions suggests a predisposition towards violence.

Our Peace Education Resources and Workshops center around the core idea of peace being a process that begins from within: as empathy, respect for diversity or cultivating the value of mutual trust and tolerance.

Gender Equality

If all genders were equally respected, given their due, and were free to enjoy the inherent sovereignty they own over their minds and bodies, no other inequities would hold water.

Our Gender Equality Resources and Workshops center around the core idea of gender being a spectrum, beyond the ambit of the binary, and then couches approaches towards creating equality within that space.

GBV Sensitization

In both peacetime and wartime, the occurrence of gender-violence is a representation of dominance and aggression, and that the bodies are focal points for aggressive discrimination based on gender.

Our GBV Sensitization workshops help create awareness of violence as it exists - both as micro and macro aggression, and as structural and outright violence. We aim to build peaceful spaces through sensitization.

Educational Institutions

Since 2014

Curriculum Development

We develop curriculums that can be included within the scope of regular and mainstream education systems. These curriculums are a product of deep-dive research and robust testing on ground.

Since 2014

Workshops for young people

We hold workshops for children and young people on peace education, gender equality and gbv sensitization. Our workshops focus on hands-on learning by creating safe and engaging spaces.

Since 2014

Parent-Teacher Training

We are increasingly conscious of the fact that parents and teachers continue to mould and influence young people. We work with them to help keep the momentum going on shaping young people to be sensitized citizens

Corporate Training

Since 2014

Workshops

We hold workshops for corporate establishments on peace education, gender equality and gbv sensitization. Our workshops focus on hands-on learning by creating safe and engaging spaces.

Since 2014

WPSH Awareness

In line with the legal requirements per the Vishakha Guidelines, we train workforces corporate and business establishments on sexual harassment awareness, reporting and conduct safety audits

Since 2014

Safe Work Spaces

We train the workforce in conflict resolution, conflict management, non-violent communication, tolerance and respect for diversity and peace-building through empathy to make workplaces safer and inclusive.

Our Accomplishments So Far

workshops

2100

young people

parents and teachers

schools

corporates

400

adults

Sunday, 4 March 2018

We hosted a peace education workshop with a bunch of brilliant people from BNP Paribas at the Soul Garden Bistro, in collaboration with TEDxChennai. We addressed themes of non-violent communication, empathy and compassion, and breaking the unconscious bias. Take a look!

Friday, 16 February 2018

One of our newest volunteers, Mr Ram Raj Doraiswamy (who happens to be our star legal team head Manasa's father!) hosted a fun workshop on children's rights and peace for students of 5th, 6th and 7th grades of the Government Higher Primary School, Ashoknagar, Hubballi. Here's what the session looked like.

Monday, 12 February 2018

We worked with the kids from Grade 5 at Akshar Arbol International School on role models, and how we can all identify role models around us, within us and from before us. We also engaged in some fun games that looked at how to emulate a role model in a way that our individual identities are not compromised on.

Thursday, 8 February 2018

We had a workshop with the children of class 4 at the Akshar Arbol International School in Chennai. We talked about human rights, child rights, and engaged in hands on learning about needs, wants, rights, resources, and how we can come together to work for child rights.