Overview

The Friends International Library committee is happy to tell F/friends about an exciting international event directed towards youth of the world – the publication of Power of Goodness: Stories of Nonviolence and Reconciliation.

This multi-language book of stories showing love and kindness in action grew out of a wish to help children of the world learn the ways of peace. Our vision is that young readers of Power of Goodness will be inspired to act with courage and to bring good into the lives around them.

After the success of the Russian version and the first edition of the Chechen version of Power of Goodness, the Friends International Library committee partnered with Peacebuilding UK to expand the project. Together, we are presently developing a teacher’s manual to accompany the book. Workshops focused on using the story collection and manual as a resource will be conducted for Chechen teachers by Chechen psychologists from Peacebuilding UK who are experienced in facilitating workshops focusing on peace education and human rights. All participating teachers will have enough donated copies of the second Chechen edition of Power of Goodness for their prospective school communities.

The Power of Goodness project is an ongoing creation of the Friends International Library. People from Chechnya, Russia, Britain, Canada and the United States work on this project.