• Do you want to contribute to a more
    peaceful and harmonious world?

  • Welcome to Potatoes for Peace

    OUR VALUES
    • Empathy

      Helping children develop empathy towards other people from a young age

    • Diversity

      Helping children to appreciate the similarities and differences amongst people

    • Equality

      Ensuring children understand that people of different races, ethnicities, cultures are all equal

    • Participation

      A charity that fosters participation and collaboration between children, teachers, parents and friends

  • Potatoes for Peace is a charitable organisation focused on education

    • Our philosophy

      We can cultivate an environment of peace by helping people to understand the ‘other’

    • Prevention

      Conflict, prejudice and racism can be prevented but needs to start early-with the participation of children

      Discover more About the founder

    • Schools based programme

      Potatoes for Peace is delivered within school settings where children create and learn with their Potato friend

    • Customised Toolkit

      Potatoes for Peace offers a customised toolkit and resource material for implementation

    • Curriculum

      Curriculum developed with educators and academics which encourages critical thinking are an entry point for class room discussions in an engaging way

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    • “Potatoes for Peace is an exciting initiative to help children develop the capacities to relate to others who come from very different backgrounds from their own”

      Professor Michael Reiss
      UCL - Institute of Education

    • “I think Potatoes for Peace is a great project and a good way to teach children about diversity and tolerance“

      Primary school teacher

    • “It was fun and educational”

      Age 8

    • “I think Potatoes for Peace is inspiring people to think about what they say, before they say it. Also to teach people that everybody is different”

      Age 8

    • “I think that this should happen to each school, each year”

      Age 8

    • “Potatoes for Peace is a positive and fun thing to do. I think they should carry on and let everyone get treated equally”

      Age 8

    • “Pupils learnt not to compartmentalise others based on gender, religion, race etc”

      Primary school teacher

  • Meet our Potato Friends

    A group of unique classmates

  • The potato friends are happy to welcome you in to their world

  • An innovative, inexpensive way to create an environment of acceptance, tolerance and understanding in school children for people of different faiths, cultures and nationalities.

    • INGRID POTATO
      From Norway

      I am a 34 year old psychologist who is single (but looking to meet someone). I speak Mandarin and lived in Beijing for a year and dream of returning

    • DAVID & TAYSIR ALI
      from Ramallah & Tel Aviv

      I am Taysir Ali, a 23year old Muslim engineering student from Ramallah and my friend next to me is David who is a 40 year old Jewish lawyer from Tel Aviv

    • JEAN-PHILIPPE
      From France

      Bonjour! My name is Jean-Philippe. I’m 49 years of age and live just outside Paris. I work as an architect

    • RUPA POTATO
      From India

      My Name is Rupa, I am 29 years old and I am an English teacher in a secondary school in Bangalore. I love playing sport, including swimming, karate and football

  • Contact Us

    Our postal address and contact details
About Us
Potatoes for Peace is a charitable organisation focussed on peace education for children. This site contains information about the project and every content we made available on the present Web Site is the sole and exclusive property of Potatoes for Peace. Our visitors, in accessing any portion of the present Website, explicitly accept the present conditions and the following Data Protection Policy
Our Features
Potatoes for Peace is:
  • Friendly and welcoming
  • Uses art and creativity
  • Positive learning environment
  • Educational and innovative
  • Fosters critical thinking
  • Teaches empathy
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