Programmes & Services

Current Peace Programmes

Cool Schools
The Cool Schools Peer Mediation Programme is a whole schools programme that was developed in 1991. It aims to train students in the skills of mediation and conflict resolution, whereby children learn to mediate conflict amongst their peers. It is now in over half of the schools throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Cool Schools Parents Programme
Bringing Cool Schools Home The Cool Schools Parents’ Programme seeks to enable parents to use the mediation skills that the children learn at school so as to reinforce these skills in the home. The programme provides alternative ways of dealing with conflict in the home and encourages parents to meet other parents from the school to share experiences and work together.

Schools' Outreach Programme (Wellington Only)
The Peace Foundation offers schools the Culture of Peace Outreach Programme as part of the 2001 - 2010 International Decade for Peace and Non-Violence for Children. The aim is to help develop values, attitudes and behaviours that respect freedom, democracy, human rights, tolerance, a rejection of violence and a resolution of conflicts through dialogue and negotiation.

Wellington Office Programmes
The Peace Foundation Wellington Office is coordinating a number of exciting programmes for promoting peace in the community, nationally and internationally including: The Schools Outreach Programme is run from here, and the Outreach Educator visits schools in the Wellington region to lead classes in peace studies and assist teachers with peace education resources. The Wellington Office engages with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, education resource centres, UNESCO and other national organisations in promoting peace and disarmament education.
The office is also engaged in peace education internationally through the Hague Appeal for Peace Global Campaign for Education, Peace Boat, United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs and other international organisations.