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The awards

Accomplishments and awards

A HIGHLY RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION

With more than 28 years of educational expertise and 9 million people trained since 1993, NVP has received several national and international awards for “best practice”.

NVP also benefits from Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) which is the highest status granted by the United Nations to non-governmental organizations (NGO's), thereby allowing them to participate in the work of the United Nations.
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Here are listed some the awards received by NVP:

THE PRESIDENT'S CALL TO SERVICE AWARD

by President Barack Obama

THE DAILY LIGHT AWARD

by President Bill Clinton

THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG LEADER AWARD

by President Bill Clinton

The Paul Harris Fellow Award

By Rotary International (awarded twice)

THE AMERICAN SAFETY COUNCIL AWARD

by The American National Safety Council (awarded twice)

Facebook Non Profit Award

by Facebook – for GIVE PEACE A FACE

The SET Africa Fellowship Award

by the International Youth Foundation, the MasterCard Foundation, the USAID and Makerere University

THE METRO INTERNATIONAL AWARD

by METRO

THE BEST PRACTICE AWARD

by Florida Drug and Alcohol Counsellors

THE NFL LEAGUE COMMUNITY AWARD

by National Football League, USA

OTHER AWARDS

by HRH Queen Silvia of Sweden, the Mexican, South-African and Ugandan Ministries of Education

The Non-Violence Project

The Non-Violence Project is a non-profit organization created in 1993 with the goal of preventing and reducing violence. The organization is headquartered in Switzerland and is active in many countries around the world. Its symbol, the Knotted Gun, is an international symbol of peace. 
To know more about the Foundation’s history click here

Our mission

Our mission is to INSPIRE, MOTIVATE and ENGAGE people to solve conflicts without resorting to any form of violence. Through education and awareness, we measure the impact of our programs and we have a specific focus on youth as we believe in the power of young people as changemakers. 
To know more about the Foundation’s mission click here

How you can support

There are many ways to support our work ! We rely on the generosity of our donors but we also welcome projects’ sponsoring, fundraising events, partnerships of all kinds and much more. 
To find how you or your organization can support the Foundation’s activities around the world, please click here

Contact

The Non-Violence Project Foundation
Avenue Louis Casaï 18
1209 - Geneva
Switzerland
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