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... with Stefan Bley, District Councillor for Schools, Sport and Culture, a runner himself, welcoming the international team and carrying the torch.
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Grades 4-6 of the ecological school GRÜNER CAMPUS MALCHOW offer an enthusiastic welcome to the international Peace Run Team.
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The team members introduce the message of the Peace Run and their respective nationalities in a fun way.
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The kids enacting the movements of the Peace Run and World Harmony Run Song - running in place, raising an arm to hold the torch and letting the sun radiate from their hearts in a big arm circle.
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Each kid has an opportunity to touch or hold the torch and put a wish for peace into it which we will carry with us.
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... a remaining part of the Berlin Wall which formerly separated East and West and now has been transformed into the "longest open air gallery in the world" and a symbol of hope.
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District Councillor Benjamin Fritz welcomes the Peace Torch and the runners in front of the City Hall of Berlin Mitte.
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Note: we normally ask to please use the Peace Run logo only as a whole! But we sincerely appreciate the enthusiastic support of the Optimistic Runners!
Thank you Berlin - and see you again!
"The Berlin Wall is no more; there is only one heart." - Sri Chinmoy