Peace Day- Give a Piece

Peace.

interjection, verb, peaced, peac·ing.

–noun
a state of mutual harmony between people or groups, esp. in personal relations

Peace. What does it mean to you? To me, it means getting along. It means calm over the world. It means no innocent people dying everyday. This is why peace day is so important. Its one day. Global Ceasefire- NO bullets or bombs. Think. After one day, comes one week. After one week comes a month. A year. A decade. Forever. Wouldn't that be great?

“My experience of conflict is that those who are involved in it long for even a day of peace. To have a day of cessation (complete stop) of violence, that to me is an idea whose time has come.” Mary Robinson, then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, from a filmed meeting with Jeremy Gilley

Why is peace so important? One word. Effects. Because it effects people. Sure, if war, and fighting didn't touch anyone, didn't cost anyone anything, (not only in money), didn't make kids scared, didn't KILL people. If no one was effected by violence, it wouldn't be important. But it is. People are dying. As you read this. As well as badly effecting, this peace day effects people in a nice way as well. The UN can bring aid in. In Afghanistan, the Taliban puts down their guns for a day. Last year, just in Afghanistan, there were 1.4 million injections made. See what a difference that can make! Now over a million people can't get that disease. Babies that will grow up healthy. They can also go visit children affected by violence.

They can help fix some of the costs of war. Children Soldiers, Kids without homes or families, uneducated children. Some of these are hidden costs of war. As well as many well-known costs of war, like kids without families, there are unknown, or hidden costs of war. What you don't see on the news. Because who is going to want to buy a tank if the public knows the person driving it is a child? You see that grown man with a gun? Well there is a kid holding the same gun right in front of him! This is a monstrosity. Yes, its a big word, but it describes it well. These people are ALL effected. All people effected, they can help during peace day.

Adding to this, since we are so lucky, WE need to work to help. WE are lucky. WE were all born into great families where we had enough food to eat, and we weren't worried about getting shot on the way to school. WE still aren't. THEY are. THEY are worried about going to school. WE don't like school. Do you see anything wrong with this picture? I hope so.

So many people are trying to help.

1. Jeremy Gilley (Obviously)
2. Me
3. Famous People.

Should famous people really be allowed to help? I think so, as long as they aren't proclaiming it to the whole world. As long as its not in a 'I am so caring and beautiful' way but in a down to earth way. But you know, maybe its a key to development! If they make it huge on national TV, then more people will say, 'Oh they like it I should too!' or 'If she/he supports it I better!' But what else have they done for development so far? They have educated. They made a resource to use for your class. And again, this is where they need your help. Can you put a be that 4th person?

“It is the peoples of this world who can create peace.” Ahmad Fawzi
Help today. Peace Day 2010 on September 21st. Be there.

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