TOKYO, Feb. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Niwano Peace
Foundation will award the 35th Niwano Peace Prize to the Adyan
Foundation in Lebanon in
recognition of its continued service to global peace-building,
notably its development of a program for children and educators
offering guidance to peace and reconciliation for those affected by
the Syrian war.
An award presentation ceremony will take place in Tokyo on May 9
at 10:30 a.m. In addition to an award
certificate, the foundation will receive a medal and a cash prize
of 20 million yen.
In 2013, Adyan responded to the Syrian crisis by offering
interfaith mediation dialogue and peace education to vulnerable
Syrian citizens both in Lebanon
and Syria. In 2016, Adyan started
intensive work in Iraq to build
the capacities of journalists and civil society activists in
spreading the values of inclusive citizenship and inter-religious
solidarity, and healing the society from its ISIS
traumatism.
In selecting Adyan as a recipient for 2018, the Niwano Peace
Prize Committee said the foundation has been "a visible and
committed actor for peace" in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East region, focusing on both
high-level and grassroots engagement, "demonstrating the inclusive
and interfaith values/principles the Niwano Award seeks to
recognize."
Niwano Peace Prize:
The Niwano Peace Foundation established the Niwano Peace Prize to
honor and encourage individuals and organizations that have
contributed significantly to inter-religious cooperation, thereby
furthering the cause of world peace, and to make their achievements
known as widely as possible. The foundation hopes in this way both
to enhance inter-religious understanding and cooperation and to
encourage the emergence of still more persons devoted to working
for world peace. The prize is named in honor of the founder and
first president of the lay Buddhist organization Rissho Kosei-kai,
Nikkyo Niwano.
Niwano Peace Foundation:
The Niwano Peace Foundation was chartered in 1978 to contribute to
the realization of world peace and the enhancement of a culture of
peace. The foundation promotes research and other activities based
on a religious spirit and serves the cause of peace in such fields
as education, science, religion and philosophy.
Contact:
(Mr.) Seiji Hironaka
Niwano Peace Foundation
Tel: +81-3-3226-4371
Fax: +81-3-3226-1835
E-mail: s.hironaka@npf.or.jp
URL: http://www.npf.or.jp/english/