Nonviolence
Nonviolence is the policy, practice or technique of refraining from violence, when reacting to a particular event or protesting a particular event or policy. Many times nonviolence can be underestimated a powerful force for change. Sometime nonviol...
A country, region, city or a village of the Caucasus
Hello everyone, I am glad that you are keeping in touch with our updates. We would like to introduce our readers to the countries/regions of the Caucasus. Do you live in the Caucasus or are somehow connected to the region? Please, share with us so...
Volunteers can make a world of difference
I recently joined ABGEO International as a volunteer. I’m very excited to be part of the organization, and since it’s Volunteer Week in Canada, I’d like to offer my perspective on some of my most memorable experiences volunteering in the past. It...
Visiting settlement of IDPs in Telavi
Some time ago we decided to carry out a program for helping Internally Displaced People (IDPs). At the meeting many ideas were suggested. Eventually we agreed that before developing relevant programs, visit to the settlement of the IDPs and learnin...
A review of 'The Next 100 Years'
I have to admit that I advanced directly to Stratfor founder George Friedman’s chapter on Russia entitled ‘Russia 2020’, when I bought his book The Next 100 Years. As a long-time observer of the Caucasus and Russia’s influence in that region, I was ...
Three seasons spent in Armenia
The five months of my business trip to Armenia were diverse. While being in Georgia, I have never thought to visit Armenia. Traveling from Germany to my neigbouring country was increasing interest and importance of the project I was participating in....
Annual Report 2011
"Everything is possible, when there is a will." Dear reader, A wish, to build a peace and to advance education in the Caucasus, brought us together. Each of us soon realized that as an organization we will have better impact and opportunitie...
A role we play as an audience
When nonviolence movement happen somewhere, we often think that news reports will follow. We are scrolling through articles and are all upset due to many stories of hate and violence. It seems there are no Gandhis, no Martin Luther Kings among...
Interview with Onnik Krikorian
ABGEO International in conjunction with ‘Making a Difference Anytime Anyplace’ (MDAA) initiative would like to present Onnik Krikorian in our upcoming series of interviews. Onnik Krikorian is a journalist, photojournalist, and new media consultant ...
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Nonviolence
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A country, region, city or a village of the Caucasus
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Volunteers can make a world of difference
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Visiting settlement of IDPs in Telavi
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A review of 'The Next 100 Years'
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Three seasons spent in Armenia
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Annual Report 2011
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We wish you happy holidays!
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A role we play as an audience
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Interview with Onnik Krikorian
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About us Abgeo International is a non-profit organization in the making that will operate in Canada and the Caucasus. |
Mission Our mission is to facilitate reconciliation among the peoples of the Caucasus through personal and social transformation; create a platform for dialogue; build partnerships; foster empathy, solidarity and a positive attitude among the nations; promote peace, education, and striving towards development. |
Vision We envision the future in which people of the Caucasus live in peace and brotherhood based on trust and respect towards each other, and cooperate for the development of the region, ultimately contributing to global peace and welfare. Our vision is a community that is able to unite in order to solve conflicts and overcome other challenges. |
Inspiring Stories of the Caucasus
ABGEO International is planning to collect inspiring stories of the Caucasus. A contest will be announced and organization will gather stories that reflect friendship and cooperation of the Caucasians. The best story will be awarded.
Making a difference anytime anyplace
Many people all around the world, regardless of their ethnicity, strive every day to make a difference and have a positive impact on our societies. With this series of interviews, we would like to introduce you to those passionate people and organizations.
Courses
We value power of education and communication. Most Caucasian nations have their own language. To enable them understand each other, we are offering people from different regions of the Caucasus online English courses. The course will be launched in 2012.
"You will always find [hatred] strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture."
- Goethe
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."
Albert Einstein
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein
"Conflict is unhappiness. Frozen conflict, frozen happiness. Let's solve problems and bring happiness back!"
- Getting to Peace
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
- Mahatma Gandhi
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
- Albert Einstein
"The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created - first in the mind and the will and next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating."
- John Schaar