The Non-Violence Project
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| Motto | Knowledge is Power |
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Type | Educational Non-profit organisation |
| Focus | Education, Non-violence, Peace |
| Headquarters | CH 1227 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Method | Education, violence prevention |
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Jan Hellman (Chairman, Founder), Rolf Skjoldebrand (Founder), Claes Cronstedt, Jens Holm |
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| Website | nonviolence |
Jan Hellman (Chairman, Founder), Rolf Skjoldebrand (Founder), Claes Cronstedt,
The Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVP) is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to inspire, motivate and engage young people on how to solve conflicts peacefully. It holds violence prevention and nonviolence education programs for schools and sports clubs around the world.
NVP, which was registered in 1993 in Bagnes, Switzerland, and has offices in 15 countries around the world. Its logo is the iconic Knotted Gun sculpture named Non-Violence.
NVP has educated eight million students, teachers, and sports coaches with programs covering three main subjects: conflict management, self-esteem building, and nonviolence.
Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono are, among others, ambassadors of the Non-Violence Project.
NVP's signature logo is the Non-Violence also known as the Knotted Gun. It has been created by the Swedish artist, Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd as a memorial tribute to John Lennon after he was shot and killed on December 8, 1980, in New York City. One of the 3 original bronze sculptures is displayed at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The Knotted Gun has become a worldwide symbol of the non-violence movement. Several replicas of this sculpture can be found around the world, including the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, at Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town and in the Chaoyang Park in Beijing, China.
NVP was born with the idea to use the Non-Violence to inspire, motivate and engage the young community in positive action and give them the tools and skills to solve conflicts peacefully. In 1993, Jan Hellman and Rolf Skjöldebrand founded the Non-Violence Project. The best way to achieve the Non-Violence mission was to convince schools and sports clubs to include violence prevention and life skills programs into their basic education schedule. NVP's concept was first piloted in Sweden with great success. NVP invited the business community to partner in their endeavor and toured roughly 100 cities, spreading the non-violence message. A year later NVP had reached 100 000 students and initiated 300 local projects in Sweden. In 1995, a crowd of people gathered at the Sergel's Square in central Stockholm lighting candles in the shape of the Knotted Gun Several celebrities participated at the event like model Emma Wiklund, singer Siw Malmkvist, Lill-Babs and the actress Lena Olin. The television host Kristin Kaspersen organized the event.
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