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 a bitter sweet day
Today is bitter sweet. Let's start with sweet. August 23 is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, "an opportunity to pay tribute to the struggle led by the slaves themselves to recover their dignity and freedom," reports UN News Service. "An uprising on the island of Santo Domingo on the night …
a peace of kidding around
It's another Friday Fun Foto from Rwanda. Here's looking at you, kid! A little about the photographer: Olivier, one of our gafotozi, loves fixing things and wants to become a mechanic. He also loves his mom and baby niece who lives with them. Olivier's mom says he has lots of courage. Perhaps that's why he chose to …
A Peace of Life 