Storytellers for Peace

A new video by the Storytellers for Peace is online, published for the International Human Solidarity Day , established on 20 December by the UN General Assembly in 2005. The main objective of this important anniversary is to recognize the universal value of solidarity, making member States aware of global purposes and initiatives to reduce poverty, as well as formulating and sharing poverty reduction strategies around the world. The video :

In 1990 the United Nations General Assembly chose December 18 as an ideal date to adopt a resolution on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. For this reason, every year on this day, on behalf of the UN, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) uses this anniversary, renamed International Migrants Day, to raise awareness about the fundamental contribution guaranteed almost everywhere by the hundreds of millions of immigrant citizens, as well as highlighting the dramatic situation in which the so-called internally displaced people are forced to live. Storytellers for Peace have decided to celebrate this important anniversary with their new video. In order of appearance: Barry Stewart Mann (narrator, educator, actor and author, USA) Martha Niño (author, marketer, speaker, motivator and storyteller, Mexico) Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher (author, playwright, storyteller, theater actor and director, founder...

  Hi everybody, Here is a new call by Storytellers for Peace . We look for videos storytelling about immigration for the International Migrants Day on 18th December 2022, a celebration created by the United Nations . We need a not too long video, the limit is 2 minutes with english subtitles on - if your language is not english, of course, and the story’s text in english in a word file o within the email. The deadline is November 30 . You can send the video to our email or just write for any question. Let’s make peace through stories! Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher

UNICEF , also known as the United Nations Children's Fund , is a United Nations agency accountable for give humanitarian and developmental assistance to children of the world. The agency is among the most popular and recognizable social welfare organizations on earth. UNICEF's activities regard providing immunizations and illness prevention, administering treatment for kids and moms with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition, improving sanitation, promoting educational projects, and furnishing emergency alleviation in response to disasters. It is the successor of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund , created on December 11, 1946 , in New York, by the U.N. Relief Rehabilitation Administration to offer immediate comfort to children and mothers affected by World War II. Let's celebrate the 75th Anniversary of UNICEF with stories from Storytellers for Peace . Eleven narrators and other artists, musicians and actors from different countries...

World Water Day is a yearly observance created by the United Nations. It is held on 22 March to highlight the importance of fresh water. This year’s theme is Valuing Water . We want to support this fundamental message with our voice. Water is life, water is all of us, water is everything. The storytellers from all over the world in order of appearance : Barry Stewart Mann (USA) Beatriz Montero (Spain) Joerg Baesecke (Germany) Jozé Sabugo (Portugal) Lisi Amondarain (Argentine) Hamid Barole Abdu (Eritrea) Cecilia Moreschi (Italy) Katharina Ritter (Germany) D.M.S. Ariyrathne (Sri Lanka) Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher (Italy) Suzanne Sandow (Australia)   Storytellers for Peace was born in June 2016. It is an international network of artists, storytellers, authors, actors and musicians who create collective stories through videos. Artists come from all over the world and tell stories about peace, justice, equality and human rights. All participants tell their stories in their first langu...

Hello everybody, December 2, 2020, we will celebrate the International Day for the abolition of slavery , a yearly event organized by the United Nations General Assembly since 1986. For this important event we chose to create a collective video to tell you stories about past slavery and the modern one too. This is a great moment for us, because this is our tenth video, but also because we are very happy to welcome in our family “ Theatre for Change ”, a wonderful group of actors and storytellers from India. Here are the storytellers from all over the world in order of appearance: Barry Stewart Mann (USA) Ankita Jain (India) Enrique Páez (Spain) Srinivas Beesetty (India) Hamid Barole Abdu (Eritrea) Devashish Singbal (India)  Cecilia Moreschi (Italy)  Vikram Sridhar (India)  Lisi Amondarain (Argentine)  Parul Bhargava (India)  Katharina Ritter (Germany)  Mimansa Ojha, Vandana Dugar, Mukesh Mukhiya, Himanshu Prasad (India)  Faria Fatma (India)  Aless...