Our motto for the Peace Run is “Peace begins with me!”

What does this mean? Where to find peace? How to build it? How to keep it? …

These and other similar questions may sometimes rack an adult`s brain, but never a child`s innocent heart. It is always moving to watch the children`s response to the message of peace: they feel, they know that peace means harmony, love, joy, friendship, calm, non-violence, non-war...

Also, they can so naturally grasp this ideal and apply it to their lives:

“I will not tell lies.”
“I will not bully my brother/sister/colleagues.”
“I will help with the work around the home.”
“I will smile to everybody.”
“I am going to become a peaceful person.”

These are only a few of their practical ideas.

Today the peace runners visited 6 schools. Each school is for the students a 'field' of knowledge and formation, a formative encounter with the 'real world'. The efforts of the teachers always focus on creating harmonious and generous personalities. Probably this is why they usually thank us for our programs and appreciate highly our own efforts to raise the awareness about peace ...