Today is International Day of the African Child. Sweet! It's an important day to commemorate the bravery of students who took to the streets in peaceful protest in Soweto, South Africa over the quality of their education and the injustice of apartheid. Their courage was costly as hundreds of students were massacred, June 16, 1976. But their legacy remains. The …
a peace of Christmas joy
Peace and joy this Christmas, from Rwanda... Pictured: Almond Tree Films, Rwanda, with Michel Nsengi (second from left, back row), one of our peace camp faciliators and our new volunteer consultant in Rwanda. We were honoured to have some of these young filmmakers (Yves Montand, Musafili Kayambi, Clementime Dusabejambo, Jean Bosco Nshimiyimana and Richard Mugwaneza) at …
a peace of the street
An inspiring Mother's Day story from the streets of Kigali and Canada Every Saturday, a group of street kids meet at a church near the open market where they live. They call themselves Amizero ("hope" in kinyarwanda). They lift their spirits and their hearts to God, earnestly praying for change. Many like Alexi (pictured) have lived most of their life …