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On Saturday we will have our first training on #astronomy for #peace for trainers at the Home for Cooperation in Nicosia! Have a background in science, love working with kids and interested in peace building? Send an email to [email protected] to join us!

Today we completed the first round of our #astronomy for #peace activities in 2019 bringing together children from the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in #Cyprus at the Home for Cooperation where we learnt about each other and the Universe! #astro4peace

Snaps from our activities: To prepare for our journey of the imagination to the outer edges of the solar system we first need to put on our astronaut suits #astro4peace #astronauts #oftheimagination

Snaps from our activities: waving to the Sun from Jupiter: when building a model (to scale) of our solar system where the Earth is the size of a peppercorn Jupiter is pretty far from the Sun #astro4peace

Snaps from our activities: by building a Columba constellation in 3D we can get a better sense of the 3D distribution of stars in space and develop our ability of #multiple #perspectives ✨ #astro4peace

We presented our project today at the #IAU100 #diversity & #inclusion session at #EWASS2019 ✨ #astro4peace

#iau100 is part of a global effort to bring astronomy closer to people everywhere - thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this effort! #proud #astro4peace 🤩✨

Today is the World Science Day for Peace and Development! Have a look at the Columba-Hypatia: @astronomy4peace project that uses astronomy as a tool for peace and diplomacy #WorldScienceDay #Science4Peace

Our article on the Columba-Hypatia project: Columba-Hypatia: Astronomy for Peace - using #astronomy as a tool for #peace & #diplomacy was published today in the #CAP Journal of IAU OAO Looking forward to more #astro4peace activities soon🤞capjournal.org/issues/27/27_1…

We are excited to announce the publication of the special edition of the #CAPJournal on #Astronomy Outreach for Development! The articles are great examples of the passion that drives our community to change the world to be a better place. #SDGs capjournal.org/issues/27/inde…

In these difficult times it is clear that cooperation and solidarity are the only way forward. We look forward to a time when we can be #underthesamesky all together learning about astronomy, the cosmos and about each other #astronomy4peace

We love using the 3D nature of constellations (brilliantly illustrated below) during our activities as a way of exemplifying that our perspective, and our point of view, have a big influence on how we see things #astro4peace

We are honored to be a part of this family of projects 🤩 #astro4peace #astro4abetterworld

Happy 10th birthday IAU-OAD! Thank you for believing in our project and for all you do to help the astronomical community use astronomy to make the world a better place! Here’s to many more years of using #astronomy4development 🥳🤩

We wont give up either! #Cyprus #peace

#ColumbaHypatia at #VirtualCAP2021 Activities with children comprised visits to schools to perform inquiry-based activities and telescope observations. As well as joint bi-communal activities at the #UN buffer zone Francesca Fragkoudi CAP Conference

#ColumbaHypatia at #VirtualCAP2021 The bi-communal activities are designed to promote interaction between children from both communities, learn about each other and break down stereotypes Francesca Fragkoudi CAP Conference

#ColumbaHypatia at #VirtualCAP2021 One of the most successful bi-communal activities is to build a Cyprus Golden Record with most representative things from all of Cyprus to be sent to an alien civilization Francesca Fragkoudi CAP Conference