Living Library Project
Living
Library: A UNDP project to turn testimonies of displaced persons in Ukraine
into “books”
The
project Living Library was in news in May 2016. It is a United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) project for the displaced people in Ukraine.
Under
the project, the testimonies of displaced persons are turned into books in a
so-called Living Library.
Key points of Living
Library project
·
Goal:
To ensure everyone starts “feeling a little bit more comfortable with each
other.
·
It
hosts the therapeutic stories of displaced people of different communities of
Ukraine.
·
It
provides stories of displaced person and records them and brings them all
together into a library that other people can consult.
·
It
provides support in conflict areas like Ukraine to promote dialogue and
reconciliation between communities.
·
It
contains stories of different communities collected from throughout the
country, including the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk.
·
The
project is implemented in partnership with the European Forum for international
Mediation and Dialogue (MediatEUr).
The project Living Library is in line with
the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Agenda for Humanity, which includes:
Ø
Respecting
the rule of war
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Leaving
no one behind
Ø
Working
differently to end need
Ø
Investing
in humanity
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