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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
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Peace Boat's 63rd Global Voyage for Peace departed from Yokohama, Japan on September 7, 2008. After visiting various ports in Asia and Africa, the voyage will pass through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea, where it will make a first time visit to the Italian city of Palermo. From Barcelona, the voyage will spend over a month travelling through various Spanish speaking nations and observing firsthand the political changes currently developing in Latin America. Here Peace Boat will also make its first ever visit to the Dominican Republic. Ending its Spanish leg at Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile), the voyage will make its way through the South Pacific before returning to Japan on January 13, 2008.
Short programmes for travelers who want to experience the amazing and unique opportunities found only on our ship, but who can't make a commitment to a full 3-month voyage, now available on the 63rd voyage. See here for more details.
A very special project will take place on Peace Boat's 63rd Global Voyage. 100 Hibakusha (Atomic Bomb Survivors) of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been invited to join the three-month global journey to share their testimonies of the experience of the atomic bomb with people around the world. See more details and regular updates from the ship here. >>Read More |
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Peace Boat's 64th Global Peace Voyage will sail from Yokohama on January 15, 2009 and return on April 19, 2009. |
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Peace Boat's 66th Global Peace Voyage will sail from Yokohama on April 8, 2009 and return on July 22, 2009. |
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Peace Boat's 67th Global Peace Voyage will sail from Yokohama on July
25, 2009 and return on November 7, 2009. |
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| Spanning over 25 years and incorporating 60 Peace Voyages as of January, 2008, 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 MS Clipper Pacific
and MV Mona Lisa 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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