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Peace Day Cabramatta High School 2015

On November 13th Foto Friendship was proud to be part of Cabramatta High School’s Peace Day. This annual celebration of multiculturalism attended by students from 15 schools, brought together 60 cultures in a demonstration of culture, harmony and creativity.

Each year the school hosts the recipient of the Sydney Peace Prize. This year, humanist artist, activist and filmmaker George Gittoes was honoured for "his courage to witness and confront violence in the war zones of the world" including East Timor and for "enlivening the creative spirit to promote tolerance, respect and peace with justice".

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As part of the day Foto Friendship exhibited a number of ‘Foto Stories’ by students from Cabramatta High School in Sydney’s western suburbs and Eskola Secundária Katólika Nain Feto Ramelau, in Hato-Builico, Timor-Leste.

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