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Anne Frank touring exhibition in Jaffna for peace building
View(s):‘Anne Frank – a History for Today’ forms part of a joint initiative of the Anne Frank House in the Netherlands and War Child Holland.
Anne Frank
The two organisations are working together to contribute to the peace-building process in Sri Lanka.
The exhibition places the story of Anne Frank against the background of the Holocaust, with extracts from the diary of Anne Frank and photos of the Frank family forming a unifying theme.
This touring exhibition has been seen by more than 10 million people in 3500 cities worldwide. Students, teachers and the general public can visit the exhibition in Jaffna until March 15. The worldwide tour is coordinated by the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam.
The exhibition has previously been staged in Sri Lanka at venues in Colombo, Jaffna and Baddegama and at Plantation schools in the Dickoya – Nuwara Eliya District, Deniyaya – Galle district and the Kotagala – Nuwara Eliya District.
The Netherlands Ambassador Joanne Doornewaard will open the exhibition together with Jaffna’s District Secretary Nagalingam Vethanayagam on March 7 at 5.30 p.m. at Angel International School, Mathers Lane, Manipay, Jaffna.
The project also explores issues surrounding tolerance and social cohesion in Sri Lanka today. All exhibition materials have been translated into Sinhala and Tamil.
The ‘local’ exhibition content has been designed by children and youth taking part in War Child’s projects in Sri Lanka. War Child works in the Northern Province to support young people to build up their confidence and self-esteem. The exhibits detail War Child programme activities – and serve to contribute to the construction of the historical memory of the country.
The project has been made possible with the financial support of the Netherlands Embassy in Colombo and in partnership with War Child Holland.