The media plays a critical role in how parties in conflict view one another, understand their respective situations, and ultimately work to either further the goals of peace or inflame conflict. The principals of the Appeal Foundation have a long history of promoting media as a tool for conflict resolution, beginning with the work of the Media Peace Centre in South Africa throughout the 1990's, and continuing to this day in the design and production of online and broadcast content, as well as educational curricula for young people around the globe.

Working in collaboration with partners in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, the Appeal has developed educational curricula and broadcast media content for children and adults that promote values of tolerance and respect for diversity, and which encourage dialogue and promote the peaceful resolution of conflicts.

Balkan Peace Media Projects:
The Appeal Foundation has authored and co-produced a number of media projects to support reconciliation and tolerance in partnership with local broadcasters and production companies in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia.   These include a "Truth and Reconciliation" radio and television series, a soap opera television project for reconstruction and healing, a joint animation project for Balkan children, and support of media coverage exposing the human trafficking networks in the region.

Scandinavian "Dream of the Good" Peace Education Program:
In collaboration with author Anna Bornstein, the Peace Education Department of Tromso University in Norway,  Lundberg University and Sweden's Seventh Generation Foundation, the Appeal has worked on the "Dream of the Good" peace education project for young people. To date over 10,000 teachers have been trained in various methods of peace education and the Swedish Parliament is considering a national program to include peace education in all schools and major political institutions.

Tallberg Forum:
Working with the Tallberg Foundation, an independent non-profit organization set up in 1980 to enhance understanding of transformational leadership, values and institutional change, the Appeal joined (co-organized) the project team for the Forum's 2005 workshop entitled "How on Earth Can We Live Together? Exploring Frameworks for Sustainable Global Interdependence," which brought together 450 leaders from 73 nations throughout the world. This two year project will continue in South Africa.
www.tallbergfoundation.org

Sri Lanka:
In conjunction Young Asia Television and the Academy for Educational Development, the Appeal advised and supported the production of the award-winning television drama series, "Take This Road". This multi-part series profiled the lives of three families, one Sihalese, one Tamil and one Muslim, living in the war-torn city of Jaffna.


Productions and joint initiatives by Peace Appeal, Media Peace Centre and partners:
1. Youth Network Television (YNTV - South Africa/international) -- see
    also www.chattheplanet.org by NextNext Entertainment
2. Nogalo (Animation Series with HRT and CWPNM/NYU in Croatia/Bosnia)
3. Laundry Service (TV Soap with CWPNM/NYU in Bosnia)
4. Take This Road (TV Drama with YATV and AED in Sri Lanka)
5. Africa: Search for Common Ground (Documentary series with SFCG and
    Ubuntu TV in Africa)
6. African Renaissance (Documentary series with TVE and Ubuntu TV in Africa)
7. Video Dialogues (Film Dialogue Series with Ubuntu TV and partners)

For more information on the above productions, contact info@peaceappeal.org