In collaboration with the International Olympic Truce Centre and the British Embassy, and with the support of Samsung, we're proud to present the educational programme Imagine Peace, which familiarises students with the significance of the Olympic Truce, its ancient history, its modern resurgence as well as its continuing relevance in the modern world.

SCHOOL VISITS
The programme consists of a series of school visits that includes games and activities devised and organised by British Council teachers and members of the International Olympic Truce Centre, in collaboration with Samsung.

The programme was launched in May 2012 with visits to schools in Athens and around Greece. Over 1,550 primary school children took part in the workshops and spread the spirit of Olympic Truce through a series of interactive activities, including painting and drawing, song and dance, accompanied by Greek Olympic medalists.

If you ask children from Olympia, Iraklion, Serres, Thessaloniki and Athens what the Olympics mean to them, you will hear the same answers – ones that include not just the words 'sport' and 'competition' but also 'peace' and 'friendship'.

INFORMATION
If you’d like to arrange an Imagine Peace workshop at your school, please contact Katy Yakoumaki:

			Telephone:		210 369 2342
			E-mail:		Katy.Yakoumaki@britishcouncil.gr

POST FOR PEACE COMPETITION
We invite you to enter our Post for Peace Competition!

Visit http://trucewall.olympictruce.org and post a comment, photo, drawing or a link to a video in support of peace and sport and you could be one of the lucky winners!

The deadline for entries is 9 September 2012, last day of the Paralympic Games.

We're delighted to announce the winners of our 'Post for Peace' competition:

			1st prize – painting Hurdles (mixed media acrylic on canvas) by Mina Papatheodorou Valyrakis Kunal Jain
			2nd prize –Samsung Galaxy Tab 10'' mobile tablet Nikos Maroudis
			3rd prize – Samsung Smart Phone Kunal Jain, Natasha Soureti, Evangelos Alexandrakis, Panagiotis Lykouriotis
			4th prize – charm bracelets by Links of London from the Play Collection Panagiotis Papadimitriou, Krystalia Vougiouklaki, Evgenios Nastos, Fani Xarlafti, Michalis Vougiouklakis, Yuvam Kulkarni, Nikos Maroudis, Konstantinos Bournakas, Catherine Adraktas, William Lindsay
			5th prize – Limited edition screen print Olympic Truce -United Nations, 2003, numbered 43/59 Maria Nenon
			6th prize – Limited edition Special Olympic Swatches Amalia Vlahou, Kabil Malhotra, Ashna Chadha (2), Mahya Soltani (2), Ioanna Prodromou, Kartik Jain, Maria Filioglou (2), Drishti Khurana, Ridhi Ahuja, Dhwani Ravichandran, Christian Hernandes, Paulo Ferreira, Michele Rokkos, Eleftherios Filioglou, Dionysis Gkotsis, Eleni Mandraki, Alexandros Vlazakis, Khalilou Sene (2), Hugh Dugan, Eleni Lyra, Michelle Buchan, Eli Wolff, Angelos Antoniou, Thomas Oikonomakos, George Ampatzidis, Konstantina Pistiola
			7th prize – London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games memorabilia Konstantina Pistiola, Alexandros Mouratidis, Spyros Kitsinelis
			8th prize – London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games clothing and accessories item Drishti Khurana (2), Christina Tsekoura, Nikos Iliopoulos, Harry Dalal, Ashna Chadha, Glafkos Mitsidis, Nina Psilaki, Ioannis Oikonomou, Somya Wadhwa, Harry Dalal