The Peace Education Festival will teach youths to be global citizens
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PyeongChang, May 28 – As part of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) aim of being a Game for Peace, the Peace Education Festival is being held from 27-31 May and is jointly organized by POCOG and the Gangwon Provincial Office of Education (GPOE).
"I Love Peace, I am a Peace Maker" is the tagline for the festival and the objective of the four-day event is to support and educate youth to form meaningful discussions on how to make the world a more peaceful place and understand Olympic and Paralympic values through sports.
Over 400 students and teachers from seven Asian countries - Korea, Japan, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and the Philippines were invited to participate in a variety of activities in Gangneung. The event kicked off with a lecture introducing the Olympic and Paralympic values and Olympic Truce. Students were then put into small groups to visit the six zones of the festival namely Sitting Volleyball Zone, Boccia Zone, Field Hockey Zone, 5-a-side Football Zone, Pipeline Teambuilding Zone, and the PyeongChang 2018 Education Zone.
At the PyeongChang 2018 Education Zone, students were able to experience different Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports such as ice hockey, wheelchair curling and ski jumping through virtual reality. Cultural activities were also a big part of the festival, where students watched a variety of performances, made Korean traditional items, and participated in language games.
Chen Silin, 14-year-old student from Changchun Foreign Language School in China, said, "Through this programme, I learned that sport is not about winning, but having fun and meeting new friends. It was also great to meet students and teachers from so many different countries and meet through sport."
Marion Christopher, a teacher at the Don Eulogio De Guzman Memorial National High School in the Philippines, said, "Didn't expect the unity the students are showing through sports I feel my students are having a once in a lifetime opportunity."
POCOG President LEE Hee-beom said, "We hope that through the range of programs and activities at our Peace Education Festival, the students from across Asia will not only get a chance to experience winter sports ahead of PyeongChang 2018, but that they will also forge friendships through the values of sports and peace."
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Photo 1 – The event kicks off with a lecture introducing the Olympic and Paralympic values and Olympic Truce
Photo 2 – Participants experience wheelchair curling
Photo 3 – Participants take part in team building activities such as 5-a-side football
Photo 4 – Students at the PyeongChang 2018 Education Zone
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About POCOG
The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) will host the XXIII edition of the Olympic Winter Games on 9-25 February 2018. Approximately 95 countries and 3,000 athletes are expected to take part in the first Olympic Winter Games to be held in Asia in 20 years. Seven sports comprising 15 disciplines will be on the official program.
The PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will take place on 9-18 March 2018, with approximately 50 countries and 670 athletes competing. Six sports are on the Paralympic program.
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