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Engineering Challenge Cup
mirno more peacefleet
05 th to 12 th of May 2012
mirno more peacefleet
The sailing project for social disadvantaged children
association for sociopaedagogical
peace sailing projects
Kurparkgasse 265
A - 2392 Sulz im Wienerwald
Tel.: 0043-664-531 7809
E-Mail: office@mirnomore.org
Web: www.peacefleet.org
About “mirno more peacefleet”
The “mirno more peace fleet” was found 1992 after the beginning of the first war crises in the
former Yugoslavian countries. The original idea was to bring together children from the
different war countries, and to sail with them themed „united in one boot“- to reduce prejudices
and learn tolerance. In the first peace fleet 1992 there were seventeen children on three boats
sailing in Croatia.
Since the first year the project grew and took place every third week of September in the
Croatian Adriatic Sea. In September 2008 already about 950 participants from 18 nations
accompanied by skippers and educational carers on 100 sailing boats, and set sail for more
peace and tolerance.
Already shortly after the founding year we opened the project for any kind of social
disadvantaged children, which now come from a lot different social organisations. So the
successful concept „mirno more“ has become a significant international recognised peace
project which increases year by year through more and more benefactors. Further it is so far
the largest sailing project for social disadvantaged children worldwide.
Additional to our main project and based on this idea there were found new partner-projects in
Turkey and Croatia, which also take place once a year. Further there were found new partner
organisations in Austria, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia Herzegovina.
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