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| Username: | Peace One Day |
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| Location: | London, UK |
| Bio: | In 1999, filmmaker Jeremy Gilley launched Peace One Day and set out to find a starting point for peace. He had a mission: to document his efforts to establish the first ever annual day of peace with a fixed calendar date. Remarkably, two years on, he achieved his primary objective when the 192 member states of the United Nations unanimously adopted 21 September as an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace. We call that day Peace Day. In 2007, over 100 million people (source UN) were active on Peace Day, in 192 countries. There were life-saving initiatives in 14 countries and over 80 activities in Afghanistan alone, where Peace One Day was instrumental in securing the conditions in which safe polio vaccinations could take place. 1.4 million children were vaccinated against polio on Peace Day 2007. Peace Day 2008 saw the polio vaccination figure in Afghanistan rise by a further 1.8 million children. The UN International Day of Peace on 21 September every year is not only about creating peace between nations, it’s about non-violence in our homes, communities and schools. Therefore Peace Day is relevant to every human being on the planet. Peace One Day is working to manifest an annual day of global unity; a day of intercultural cooperation on a scale that humanity has never known and the next major objective is to introduce 3 billion people to Peace Day by 2012. To do it, we need the help of all people regardless of age, race, nationality, religion or gender; people who are willing to stand up for peace. |
| My Library: | http://free.yudu.com/library/17686/Peace-One-Day-Library |
| My Home Page: | http://www.peaceoneday.org |
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