Oral History Project

“Lest We Forget! “ Project

Peace Education

Nikihayekouchak project

Art for Peace Project

Phoenix Project

Peace and Smile Project

Peace Tours Project

Traveling C-Bomb Exhibition

Peace Counts

Messengers of Peace Project

 Internship Opportunity

4 April: International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

http://www.un.org/en/events/mineawarenessday/

18 April 2012: TOT Workshop on Peace Education

April

29 April : The Day Of Remembrance For All Victims Of Chemical Warfare

http://www.un.org/en/events/chemwarfareday/

9 & 10 May 2012: Peace Drawing Exhibition of Iranian & Japanese Children

18 May: International Day of Museums

April/May

23 & 24 May 2012: Workshop on UN structure and function/ finding UN documents

May/June

28 June : National Day for Campaigning Against Chemical/Biological Weapons, Anniversary of Gas attack to Sardasht in June 1987

3 July: Day of remembrance the victims of Iran Air civilian jet airliner shot down by U.S. missiles , 1988

June/July

6 August : Anniversary of atomic bomb attack to Hiroshima, Peace memorial ceremony in Hiroshima

11

August 2012: Deadline for participating in Peace & Smile, International Photography Contest

August

1 September 2012: Deadline for the voting section of the Peace & Smile, International Photography Contest

19, 20 & 21

September 2012: 3 art exhibitions ( an exhibition of selected children drawings, an exhibition of best photos of the Peace & Smile international photography contest, an exhibition of Peace Postcards) in front of Tehran Peace Museum inside the City Park

21 September : International day of Peace

http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/

September

23 & 24 September 2012: Peace Postcards exhibition at Arasbaran civic center, Art Gallery No.1:

26 & 27 September 2012: Exhibition of best artworks of the Peace & Smile international photography contest at Arasbaran civic center, Art Gallery No,1

2 October: International Day of Nonviolence (also Gandhi's birthday)

4 October 2012: Workshop on International Humanitarian Law, TPM-ICRC Collaboration

8 October: International Children's Day

Sep/October

Oct/Nov

26-30 November : 17th CSP Conference of State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention – The Hague – The Netherland)

http://www.opcw.org/

November

9 January : Anniversary of Gas attack to Behbahan platoon in shalamcheh, memorial ceremony , TPM’s annual Battlefield tour to Khuzestan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_attack_on_behbahan_battalion

January

February

16 March : Anniversary of Halabja Gas Attack in1988

March

Title of Project

Explanation

1

Oral History Project

(of Chemical Warfare Survivors)

(This project aims to gather long-form interviews with survivors of chemical warfare in order to create an archive of their histories. Interviews will be both audio and video, with transcripts available in the original Persian as well as English translations.)

• Organize workshops aimed at teaching how to conduct oral history interviews.
• Interview 20 survivors per month.
• Interview experts on chemical warfare and physicians familiar with cases of chemical exposure.
• Transcribe all interviews.
• Gather archival material related to chemical warfare.
• Create a digital archive of the interviews products (Audio, Video, texts)

2

Phoenix Project

(Survivors of chemical warfare volunteer as guides to the Peace Museum for their invited friends, family, and colleagues, They also work as peace ambassadors in their own communities by educating others about creating a culture of peace and by encouraging them to visit the Museum.)

• Organize workshops for survivors on how to narrate and provide information on their guided tours.
• Put together educational opportunities for survivors, especially focused on foreign language training.
• Design invitation cards for outreach purposes and uniforms for volunteer guides.
• Produce material for guided tours, as well as public relations material for outreach purposes.
• File monthly report from each member in the museum archives.

3

Traveling C-Bomb Exhibition

(This multi-lingual exhibition includes images and archival material about chemical warfare and its effects on survivors for the purpose of raising awareness)

• Select relevant images from the archives and write accompany material.
• Translate material to several languages.
• Curate and design the exhibition posters.
• Print exhibition posters and create digital format of the exhibition.
• Send the exhibition package to relevant destinations to be displayed.
• Display the exhibition during the “Messengers of Peace” missions.

4

Messengers of Peace Project

(Survivors of chemical warfare undergo training to serve as peace ambassadors from Iran to different international symposia/ conferences and public events

To raise awareness through eye witness accounts as well and to deliver message of peace )

• Organize 10-hour training workshops for peace messengers (gas attacks survivors).
• Research relevant peace symposia and conferences for attendance.
• Organize trips (one every three months).
• Create reports from each trip and publish reports on Museum website.

5

Art for Peace Project

(Create art projects that have peace and anti-violence as their core messages)

• Create workshops for training the trainers
• Collect art education material for Museum Library.
• Purchase material necessary for art projects and art workshops.
• Program art workshops.

6

“Lest We Forget! “ Project

(A support network for survivors who are hospitalized. We will follow up with them while they are hospitalized and provide any needed support to their families.)

• Create a network of all survivors of chemical warfare so that we are informed when one is hospitalized.
• Organize visits to survivors in the hospital and at their homes when newly released.
• Support survivors and their families who have special needs and extenuating circumstances.
• Advocate on behalf of the survivors in case they need extended medical care or extended social services for their families.

7

Peace Tours Project

(Organize tours to war-torn areas, battlefields, spiritual centers, and ecological sites with the purpose of learning lessons from the past and being messengers of peace)

• Identify locations for travel.
• Create tour itinerary.
• Collect travel guide and relevant materials
• Create tours to war-torn areas and battlefield sites, both domestic and international, with the purpose of peace education.
• Create an international and domestic network of peace tours.

8

Peace and Smile Project

(Create a photography exhibition aimed at capturing people in moments of happiness. The project will include photographs of people from diverse backgrounds all over the world)

• Call for photographs, both domestic and international.
• Submitted photographs will be judged and selected.
• Selected photographs will be printed and awarded prizes.
• Selected photographs will be exhibited at Museum.

9

Nikihayekouchak is Iranian counterpart of Random Act of Kindness project.

• In this project we are trying to promote the culture of peace and kindness through different available means in our society. Examples of what we plan to do are: visiting patients and seniors; handing out food and clothes to homeless people; smiling; offering our skills to people who need them; cleaning public places; giving away ice cream/small toy to children ....

We are in the beginning of our long journey and we need help to make it practical. If you are interested in, please contact us:

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09128237584

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4 April: International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

http://www.un.org/en/events/mineawarenessday/

8-19 April 2013: The 3^rd Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention –CWC-, The Hague- The Netherlands

http://www.opcw.org/

8-13 April 2013: Art Exhibition by Nasim Taghipoor, a volunteer member of TPM, on impacts of war and chemical warfare as the side event of the conference, The Hague- The Netherlands.

29 April : The Day Of Remembrance For All Victims Of Chemical Warfare

http://www.un.org/en/events/chemwarfareday/

April

 9 May 2013: Workshop on “Nukes and IHL”, TPM-ICRC collaboration

 18 May: International Day of Museums

23 May 2013: Workshop on “Refugee, Peace, Coexistence “, TPM-UNHCR office in Tehran collaboration

May

29June: National Day for Campaigning Against Chemical/Biological Weapons, Anniversary of Gas attack to Sardasht in June 1987

June

3 July: Day of remembrance the victims of Iran Air civilian jet airliner shot down by U.S. missiles , 1988

July

6 August : Anniversary of atomic bomb attack to Hiroshima, Peace memorial ceremony in Hiroshima

August

14-28 September 2013: “A Picture for Peace” travelling exhibition in “Art for Peace” Gallery, TPM-INMP collaboration

http://inmp.net/

21September : International day of Peace

http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday

26September : International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

September

2 October: International Day of Nonviolence (also Gandhi's birthday)

8 October: International Children's Day

October

November

10 January : Anniversary of Gas attack to Behbahan platoon in shalamcheh, memorial ceremony

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_attack_on_behbahan_battalion

January

February

16 March : Anniversary of Halabja Gas Attack in1988

March