International Day of Peace 2006 ~ URI network

 

India – Kerala

 

Dear friends,

 

This year we celebrated the UN International Day of Peace for the first time in Karickam and the whole experience was just wonderful.

 

We had a peace procession starting from Karickam International Public School.

 

 

All the school children were holding white flags and posters with slogans on them, such as: “children love peace,” “We hate war,” “May Peace Prevail on Earth,” “Say no to war,” “Nuclear--NO,” “Protect the Earth,” “An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind,” “No more war” and so on.  The procession was led by three men who,  with the traditional chenda (drums) announced the march and attracted large crowds on both sides of the road.

              

 

Students, teachers, members from various Cooperation Circles (CCs) of URI and UNI-Y (YMCA) students, and two priests also participated.

 

Rev. M. G. Thomas inaugurated the peace march. Several people spoke during the public meeting in the school after the procession.

 

It was an exciting event which marked a new beginning for the life of the people here.

 

Abraham Karickam