During this week running up to the Triennial, around 20 participants from around the world are taking part in a study tour in Northern Ireland, on the theme of peace.
Roy Blair, chair of Quaker Service Belfast said: ‘Quakers have worked for peace and conflict resolution in many parts of the world, including in Northern Ireland. We are delighted to welcome our international visitors and to share our experiences together.’
Based at the Moyallon Centre, near Portadown, from 7-11 August, the Friends from Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Africa are seeing reconciliation projects, meeting politicians at Stormont and representatives of the Newry and Mourne Community Relations Forum as well as visiting local Quaker initiatives.
On 9 August, the group will plant a tree at the Moyallon Centre to remember Nagasaki Day, all the more poignant as there will be a Japanese Friend among them.
The final day will take the visitors along the picturesque Antrim coast and on to the Corrymeela Community at Ballycastle to see what long term cross community peace building has been able to achieve.
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