Croatia
Building Boats, Building Community, Building Peace
This multi-faceted peace building expedition is designed in order to work with students along the rivers of the central region which borders the three countries of Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia. This project helps children that are from the formerly occupied areas and have lost their families or have inadequate family support due mainly to poverty and who currently reside in the care of the state.
The peace building curriculum will use traditional riverboats as a cornerstone to discuss shared cultural values and inclusion and acceptance of differences. The traditional watercraft, heritage of boat building, and maritime skills along the river of this region is used as a practical element and a dynamic tool through which the curriculum will be arranged, teaching post-conflict reconciliation, peace building, and interpersonal relationship skills.