Children of the World "UNITE"

2008-05-14T15:06:00.000-07:00

Peace Tree Day will be celebrated in six cities in 2008: Toronto, City of Vaughan, York Region, Windsor, Hamilton and for the first time in Calcutta, India. The Toronto celebration will be held on June 2nd at Denlow P.S. in the Bayview/York Mills area from 4:00 to 7:30p.m. Enjoy workshops on 'How to make origami paper cranes,' ''How to play African drums,' 'Mehndi workshops'and enjoy drinks from different cultures at the Peace Tree Stand as we help children raise funds for Unicef Myanmar Relief fund and Free the Children. Join us to celebrate peace and diversity together through the Peace Tree Spirit!

PeaceTreeSpirit - Postcard project by Kids!!

2007-09-12T09:11:00.000-07:00

Peace Tree Day Introduction

Peace Tree Day, inspired by the award-winning film The Peace Tree by Mitra Sen, is an annual festival for children and families of every culture and faith to celebrate peace and diversity TOGETHER! Children around the world are creating Peace Trees that highlight symbols from all our cultures and faiths on one tree to reflect the beauty of 'diversity in unity'. Peace Tree Day, which takes place on June 1st every year, is celebrated in cities, organizations, classrooms, homes and through school boards. The festival inspires children to take pride in their heritage and to share it with others, while also discovering the vibrant cultures, traditions and festivals arounds the world. It is also a time to encourage young people to share their talents and develop compassion for others. Students from diverse backgrounds will work together by combining elements from different cultures, to create new forms of art, which will help raise funds to assist underprivileged children around the globe. Peace Tree Day will inspire young people to contribute to society while they explore and celebrate the beauty of every culture and faith to create peace in our world.
For more please go to http://peacetreespirit.blogspot.com/2007/04/postcards.html

NY,NJ Independent Post card Sharing...

2007-08-27T07:51:00.000-07:00

Dear wonderful people...for the past two days, i have been doing the postcard painting with a few kids at the comfort of their homes because they were so excited about the WWPCS
idea!
Three of them Dani, Ally and Kevin from New York and three kids Alec, James and Alen from New Jersey participated in the postcard sharing event...It was such an inspiring experience for me to have seen these kids draw and paint for kids in other parts of the world...
So, parents or anyone who knows kids who will be interested in doing this in your house can contact us at vconverge@gmail.com and we will make sure your kid connects with another child in a different part of the world...
We are here to connect kids..and bring them all together...their innocent yet powerful minds which can perceive the greatest of truths with utmost simplicity...
CHILDREN OF THE WORLD, UNITE!!

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WWPCS in FRANCE!!!

2007-08-22T12:04:00.000-07:00

BONJOUR!!!!!!!
We are so excited to inform you all that we have extended the WWPCS to another country - FRANCE!!
We are grateful to our friend and teacher Ms.Lalitakumari for her efforts in making this possible and connecting kids from France...
This is the fourth country that has participated in this post card sharing...we have so far conducted WWPCS in schools in India, Canada, New Jersey-USA and France...
Please get in touch with us if you want your kids to join this...we will be glad to connect you...with kids across the world...
You can even do the post card sharing from the comfort of your home...all you have to do is...
1. collect as many kids you can from your neighborhood...
2. give them some colors and postcards...
3. ask them to draw anything they want for kids across the world...
4. write their names and their age...
5. and send it to us or any of the addresses given in this blog spot...to the schools directly...
6. please take one group photo of the kids after they are done so we can upload it in the blog site...
7.do let us know so we can send painted postcards from different countries to your kids who participated in WWPCS...

World kids interaction

2007-07-07T08:27:00.000-07:00

Dear kids,

Chidren from various places have started interacting with their fellow friends from different countries. Here is a correspondence that is inspiring.

Dear Neil and friends,

Today 15 children of Siragu have come to our office in city for knowledge gathering. In part of that they wrote a letter and would like to send u the same.

a group of children together framed their own words and sharing their views with you. (Ramana(4th std), Dhasaradhan(7th std), Nitish Kumar(5th std), Maheswaran (5th std). (will have many grammer mistakes but still their heart filled with love for u all).

regards.
Uma and Muthuram
Founders
Siragu Montessori School

Letter:
Dear Peace Neil,

How are you. We thank you for your email. Which time you come to my Siragu Montessori School. In which city you live Neil. You send your group photo to our Madam's office - Suyam Charitable Trust.

Which class you study. Which school you study. In your school, you get first rank or second rank? How many members in your family. tell the members name. What is your phone number. Please tell your address.

Thanks for your emails.
by Siragu Children

Muthuram: Dear Neil, in the month of April 2007, 20 children of Siragu along with some staff been to foot hills of HIMALAYS. A knowledge sharing tour. They interacted with many children over there, moved with tribal people and interviewed them and various other programs held over there. One of the day, our children given a party to elders of the school SIDH over there.

the special thing is our named the party as PEACE WORLD PARTY
(will send you the photos separately in next mail and also will upload in siragu blogspot). Children themselves prepared vegetable and fruit salads and with the waste of dry fruits and nuts, they have designed the word PEACE WORLD PARTY and it has more fun and enjoyment.

send us your reply.

with warm regards.
Muthuram.

The Peace Tree Spirit Blog Space- CANADA

2007-05-07T16:31:00.000-07:00

Hey Kids!! The Peace Tree Spirit blogspot is totally dedicated to a lot of Peace activities!
You can get in touch with kids and also share your stories with them in their blog.
For further details check this link...
http://peacetreespirit.blogspot.com/

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2007-04-30T10:09:00.000-07:00

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2007-04-30T10:05:00.000-07:00

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2007-04-30T09:16:00.000-07:00

Yay! Guys...we are back after a long time...with PEACE in our hearts...
We have got the post cards from Canada this time...
This could not have happened without the effort of our Film-maker friend MITRA SEN who is also a teacher.
Let's all come together for a wonderful cause...PEACE THROUGH LOVE and SHARING!

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2007-03-23T14:39:00.000-07:00

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2007-03-23T14:34:00.000-07:00

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2007-03-23T14:24:00.000-07:00

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2007-03-23T14:10:00.000-07:00

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2007-03-23T13:40:00.000-07:00

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2007-03-23T13:20:00.000-07:00

YAYYY!!!!

Yesterday was wonderful! We went to this Brownie meeting and met these amazing and creative kids who were so enthusiastic in taking the WORLDWIDE POST CARD SHARING to the next level. Well, we first started this in SIRAGU as you all know and then it went across to Ontario, Canada (we haven't got the post cards from them yet, and we'll keep you posted once we do) and then now it was these kids from the Brownie meeting here in New Jersey, USA.
All we had to do was initially explain to the kids about our work at Siragu and the post card sharing and they showed so much interest and enthusiasm that brought instant happiness to all of us who were there!
You can view the Siragu kids' postcards here, here and here...
We cannot even begin to explain the eagerness of the kids and the love that came right across from their hearts, when they joyously accepted the cards from India and started doing their art work in turn for the kids across the world.
It is truly an experience each and everyone of us should strive to have at least once in our lifetime...
anybody could come into this postcard sharing...and kids especially can come and share any of their creative work in this platform...by this, we cannot imagine how many of them will have friends all over the world by the time they enter their senior grades...
It is a constant learning process for us as children are innocent and so loving by nature and have so much to offer to bring this world together..
So, once again we lovingly say...CHILDREN OF THE WORLD, UNITE!!

The Peace Center - Ontario

2007-02-15T08:59:00.000-08:00

The Peace Centers grow faster and bigger because the children of the world nourish it with Peace and love. And with their big hearts, the children nurture all the Peace trees in the world!!

World Wide Post Card Painting Workshop!!!

2007-02-14T18:20:00.000-08:00

World Wide Postcard painting workshop - First time in Chennai, India at Siragu Montessori School". This is a clip from our New Documentary film "Wings of Evolution" on a school for homeless children in India. This clip shows the Postcard painting workshop where children on one part of the globe draw/paint postcards for children in other parts of the globe, thereby promoting peace, diversity and understanding in the long term.

In search of oneness!!

2007-02-07T13:08:00.000-08:00

This is for all the wonderful children of this world!
The innocence that is so pure and genuine as Mother Nature herself!
Check this blogspot and add your comments there!

http://united-children.blogspot.com/

The video "Go give someone a HUG" is so wonderful.
Why don't you go right now and give someone a HUG?

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2007-02-06T12:09:00.000-08:00

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2007-02-05T16:01:00.000-08:00

This is the first set of post cards that were sent across the Planet and is just the beginning to the wonderful chain of Love and Peace and it has started in one part of the Planet! The kids will make friends with their counterparts who live in other parts of the Planet and by the time they grow up, they will have friends all over the world, erase differences, share knowledge and thoughts and create a better world for all of us to live in!!! These post cards have gone to the public school in Ontario, Canada and the kids there have already started getting in touch with the Siragu kids. They would be having another session of the WWPCS (as you all know that it stands for World Wide Post Card Sharing) and send the cards across the Planet!

Wings Of Evolution - World Wide Postcard Sharing

2007-02-03T08:58:00.000-08:00

This workshop was conducted with 150 kids between the ages 4-11, to paint whatever they liked, for children in other parts of the World. Similarly, other workshops will be conducted in other parts of the world where children from different countries and cultures would express their thoughts through art and share with the kids all over the world.

The postcards would then be posted on this blog for world wide access so that messages are exchanged and shared. The idea behind that was to get them to make friends with kids across the globe, thereby promoting global peace and understanding in the long run. So from the comfort of their homes or classrooms, children can now exchange their cultures and thoughts towards creating a truly universal philosophy.

This workshop would be a great step ahead for the children of tomorrow's world and with like-minded people the world can be transformed through children to bring about a more peaceful co-existence.

To register, please send an email to vconverge@gmail.com