Sponsored Projects
The Foundation for Subjective Experience and Research S.E.R. also supports projects that promote understanding and peace between
cultures and faiths.
Jewish-Arab Community Leadership Program, Haifa
Within the framework of the “Jewish-Arab Community Leadership Program” at the University of Haifa in Israel, approximately 20 Arab and 20 Jewish students acquire leadership skills annually. Theoretical seminars complement social project work at the university and in surrounding communities. The scholarship recipients organize events that bring together students and people from the communities, such as roundtable discussions, film screenings, dance, and music events.
www.uni-haifa.de
Mor Gabriel Monastery, Tur Abdin, Turkey
Approximately 40 monastery students live in Mor Gabriel Monastery and are taught in their Syriac Orthodox culture and religion; the liturgical chants are influenced by Aramaic. The Oriental Christians seek peaceful coexistence in daily life with Muslims. The S.E.R. Foundation D support the school of the monastery.
www.morgabriel.org (English)
Verein AMAHORO, Zuzwil, Schweiz
Women – A Tribute to the Forgotten: This book project by Christine Ntahé, one of the 1000 Women for Peace from Burundi, tells the stories of courageous women. The civil war in Burundi made them widows, persecuted, and single mothers. The stories show how each woman finds her path of reconciliation to reconnect with the other ethnicity (Hutu or Tutsi). After publication, the author went for a successful reading tour throughout the country.
Research Fellowship in the Field of “Environment and Sustainable Development”
In 2003, the S.E.R. Foundation supported Jeremy Ben Shalom during his master’s degree at University College London. Jeremy Ben Shalom’s work makes an important contribution to conservation efforts for nature and to the peaceful and environmentally conscious coexistence of the Israeli-Arab population.
Teatro La Luna, Cordoba, Argentina
In an impoverished neighborhood of Cordoba, Teatro La Luna cares for 25 street children. The children learn to express themselves through theater and other creative activities. Their cultural and spiritual roots are nurtured and strengthened so that they can find new paths for their development. Urban children have the opportunity to exchange with the children of the School of the Arts in the countryside near Cosquin.
Tatutsi Marrakwarri, Sierra Madre, Mexico
Arts director Barbara Sackl founded a theater project with the autonomous indigenous school “Tatutsi Marrakwarri.” Young Huichol people aged 14 to 20 years bring indigenous myths to life in annual theater courses. In doing so, they discover their spiritual and cultural heritage and are empowered in their personal development and life situations.
KiMuKu, Lower Saxony, Germany
KiMuKu is an encounter project that gives children from different countries and cultures the opportunity to meet and get to know each other. Music and theater is the language that connects them because music is the language of the heart that everyone understands. Camps have been held in the summers of 2004 and 2005.