Children paint for peace
and tolerance

Participants on the Painting School Project at an outdoor workshop in Brezovica/Brezovicë

On 4th October 2003, two groups of children from the Community Centre local school, went to Brezovica/Brezovicë for a one-day, outdoor painting workshop. They had painting classes up on the mountain, and then free time for walking or other sports activities.

The workshop was part of a six-month project, “Painting for Peace and Tolerance”, a multiethnic project involving Kosovo Albanian, Kosovo Serb, Ashkali and Roma children. The project was funded by the OSCE.

The idea was to promote reconciliation amongst younger generations through supporting something that all of them have in common – in this case, a love for art and painting. Bringing them together for the outdoor workshop gives them the unique opportunity to meet each other, and to establish first contacts and informal relations, in a relaxed environment.

The project also helped to identify new local NGOs as implementing partners.