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Global Village part of the Positive News International Network This piece about the Peace Mala was placed on the Global Village website in January 2006. Mala for Peace A Peace Mala is a symbolic bracelet that promotes friendship, respect and peace between faiths and people all over the World. It aims to overcome prejudice and…
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South Wales Evening Post – November 10, 2005 A Swansea-based project born out of the 9/11 disaster has led to a nationwide award scheme for young people. The Peace Mala was conceived by teacher Pam Evans with help from her pupils at Coedcae school in Llanelli, with the aim of encouraging peace and tolerance, as…
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Sunday April 3, 2005 Following the piece on the BBC website, ‘Do You Know Your Awareness Bracelet?’, which featured the Peace Mala, we received numerous emails from all over the UK, USA, Germany, and even as far away as Thailand. We were also contacted by the producers of BBC1’s ‘Heaven and Earth’ programme. They came…
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The Western Mail – November 15, 2004 The Pope and the Dalai Lama have endorsed it – and now the revolutionary Peace Mala is about to take over the world. Devised by teacher Pam Evans and pioneered in her Welsh classroom, the rainbow-coloured bracelet is dedicated to combating prejudice and religious intolerance. Bullying has come…
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June 21, 2004 On June 21, 2004 the BBC Radio Wales programme Mixing It broadcast an interview with Pam Evans, Amy Rees and Paul Rousselle. Peace Mala was contacted by Radio Wales in view of growing incidents of Islamaphobia and racism, having heard of the good work being carried out by Peace Mala. They were…
Read More Peace Mala interview – Mixing It on BBC Radio Walesarticle in The Western Mail – October 6, 2003 Pupils and teachers who started a multicultural peace movement have been praised twice in one week. A number of religious intolerances after September 11 was the inspiration for the Peace Mala bracelets, worn to demonstrate tolerance. Councillors and ChildLine Cymru praised the scheme which now attracts…
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feature by Jenny White – South Wales Evening Post – July 8, 2003 A section of this feature is repeated here. The photographs of the school children are copyright Phil Davies and used with kind permission of the editor of the South Wales Evening Post. Several local schools are helping to spread the Peace Mala…
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