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Peace Boat carries out its main
activities through a chartered passenger ship that travels
the world on peace voyages. Three Global Voyages and one short
Asian regional voyage are usually organized each year. The
three-month Global Voyages are each joined by around 800 participants
and visit between 15-20 countries.
The ship, as a neutral space beyond borders, becomes a floating
peace village, encouraging a sense of community and enabling
direct dialogue between those onboard and in the ports that
we visit.
Our programmes, both onboard and in port, explore the main
aspects of Peace Boat activity – peace, human rights,
sustainability and respect for the environment – and
aim to develop travel as a tool for peace and sustainability. |
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| Peace Boat's 70th Global Voyage departed from Japan on August 2, 2010 to visit 20 ports in 18 countries around the world, through Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Latin America. This voyage will feature Peace Boat's first visit to Nicaragua since its first global voyage in 1990, where a peace festival and a range of exchange and study programmes will be organised, and medical relief goods will be delivered. Another highlight of the voyage will be the first ever "Global School" onboard Peace Boat, where Japanese youth experiencing social difficulties including hikikomori will participate in workshops on communication and other social skills, learning to celebrate diversity as seen throughout their global voyage. The voyage will return to Japan on October 20, 2010. >>Read More |
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Peace Boat’s 71st Global Peace Voyage will sail from Yokohama on October 25, 2010 and return on January 18, 2011. |
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Peace Boat’s 72nd Global Peace Voyage will sail from Yokohama on January 23, 2011 and return on April 18, 2011. |
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Peace Boat’s 73rd Global Peace Voyage will sail from Yokohama on April 24, 2011 and return on July 12, 2011. |
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Peace Boat’s 74th Global Peace Voyage will sail from Yokohama on July 19, 2011 and return on October 27, 2011. |
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| Spanning over 25 years and incorporating 64 Peace Voyages as of January
2009, Peace Boat has travelled to more than 100 ports in over 80 countries. In this section, see the itinerary for each voyage Peace Boat has organized, from our first three-week educational voyage around Asia in 1983 to our most recent Global Peace Voyage. Detailed reports for each voyage from 2001 are available. >>Read More |
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| Peace Boat organizes its voyages on chartered passenger ships, adapting
the onboard spaces to provide a unique and dynamic environment for its
participants. Currently Peace Boat is chartering the SS Oceanic for its global voyages. >>read more |
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Onboard each voyage, with the participation
of around 50 guest educators from across the globe, Peace
Boat organizes a range of educational activities, including
peace education workshops and lectures, language classes
and cultural programmes. The themes of these activities link
Peace Boat’s fields of work with contemporary issues
in the countries we visit. Additionally, all participants
onboard are encouraged to contribute to programmes, resulting
in a daily schedule of more than 100 events and activities,
from expert lectures on global issues to salsa dance classes,
from Arabic conversation lessons to music festivals, from
documentary movie screenings to soccer games on deck. Through
utilizing the spaces onboard the ship, and harnessing the
talents of all guests, participants and staff onboard, Peace
Boat creates a special environment in which people can live,
learn and undertake positive action together. >>Read
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