Announcing the 'NAMBOOK-010 Children's Peace Drawing Contest'. The contest is now open as an accompanying event of 5th Nami Island International Children's Book Festival which will be held from October 1 to November 14, 2010, Nami Island, Korea.

Through this contest with the theme of 'My Dreaming World of Peace', diverse peaceful worlds will be presented in drawings from children, transcending national boundaries, religion, and race, so that not only children but also everyone can acknowledge the importance of peace, and hopefully take a small step together towards a peaceful future. The organizers are hoping to encourage the participation of children from every corner of the world.

Please click on the image above to download more information. Or contact NAMBOOK-010 Children's Peace Drawing Contest directly
by Telephone: +82-2-753-1246
by Email: peacecontest@naminara.com
or through the Website: www.nambook.org

"The Fountain of Peace" Visits Vancouver and Lower Mainland Elementary
and Middle Year Schools January/February 2011



The intent of the Fountain of Peace Project is to raise peace consciousness and honour the voice of children and their role in peace and their futures. The fountain will travel across Canada visiting children and asking the questions:

What does Peace mean to you?
What kind of world do you want?

The Fountain of Peace will be reassembled at each school and stones from around the world will be hung in random order creating a world without borders.

Each participating school will be twinned with another country and a mural with messages and images created by the Canadian children will be a gift to the twinned school.

A special song has been written for the Fountain's journey and will be sung by children across Canada. The children’s voices will be collected and then overlapped to create a recording that will be the largest collaborative collection of Canadian children singing a peace song in Canada.

In order to best facilitate as many schools as possible, we encourage schools to book the Fountain's visit as soon as possible. For information on how to make arrangement for your school to participate in this National and International Project please go to our website www.fountainofpeace.com or contact

Kathleen Arnason at fountainofpeace@gmail.com Phone: 250-298-4115

Date: Thursday, October 21st and Friday, October 22nd 2010
Location: The Bell Performing Arts Centre


Please check the website for updates and further developments
The Future Lives Here......Uniting Schools & Communities

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

• Thursday Evening with Stephen Lewis
  
• Friday morning with Dr. Ruby Payne

IN ADDITION:

• 30 Friday afternoon workshops with featured local speakers
  
• Panel discussion
  
• Community Market Place

Sponsored by:

• The City of Surrey
  
• School District No 36 Surrey
  
• Surrey Teachers Association
  
• ACEbc - The Association for Community Education in BC
  
• Surrey Principals and Vice-Principals Association
  
• BC Teachers for Peace and Global Education

Contact Information:

• Bonnie Mackwood or Shannon Beaver @ CISC
  
• Phone: 604.590-2255
  
• Fax: 604-590-2588
  
• Email: mackwood_b@sd36.bc.ca or beaver_s@sd36.bc.ca

Registration is now being accepted by cheque. Online credit card payments will be available soon.