- IWPG Partners with AUS and Learning Land Center in Lebanon to Hold International Loving-Peace
Art Competition
- 220 Students, Parents, and Community Leaders Participate, Sharing the Values of Peace and Coexistence
Children in Lebanon Share Messages of Peace and Hope Through Art Amid Ongoing Conflict and Uncertainty.
International Women's Peace Group (IWPG) Global Region 2, (Director Seo Yeon Lee), announced that it held the 8th International Loving-Peace Art Competition at the American Universal School (AUS) on May 15. In addition, from May 1 to June 6, IWPG collaborated with the Learning Land Center to operate the “8th International Loving-Peace Art Competition – ”My Peace Story” program. More than 220 participants, including students, parents, teachers, education professionals, and community members, took part in the two events.
The International Loving-Peace Art Competition is a global peace education project organized by IWPG to help children and youth learn about and express the values of peace through artistic activities.
Approximately 150 people, including 140 students, parents, and school officials, attended the event at AUS. Under the themes of peace, love, and coexistence, students expressed their visions for the future through drawings. Many shared hopes for a world where love, kindness, and friendship bring people together and enable everyone to live in harmony.
The Learning Land Center program went beyond a traditional art competition and was conducted as a five-session peace education course. Participating children discussed topics such as peace, safety, fear, and hope, while expressing their personal experiences and emotions through art. The program provided opportunities for participants to better understand themselves and one another.
The events were attended by several local leaders and community representatives, including Mahmoud Jawhar, Mayor of Bebnine; Iman Awad; Samia Alifai; Asma Mustafa, President of the Lebanese Women Workers Union; and Dr. Juliana Ali, an education director. They encouraged the children and expressed support for the peace education initiative.
Representatives from the Learning Land Center noted that the program provided psychological and emotional support, as well as a safe space for self-expression, for children living amid social and security-related challenges. They also emphasized that artistic activities helped strengthen the children’s resilience and self-confidence.
The artworks created during the competition will be submitted to the international finals in South Korea. The messages of peace and hope expressed by Lebanese children will also be
