children's world peace organization

Children’‛s World Peace Organization

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Statement in Governor’‛s Monthly Newsletter March 2012

Sakuji Tanaka

Rotary International President 2012-2013 “In Rotary, our business is not profit. Our business is peace. Our

reward is not financial, but the happiness and satisfaction of seeing a better, more peaceful world, one that we have achieved through our

own efforts.

Rotary International President-elect Sakuji Tanaka will ask Rotary club members to build Peace Through Service in 2012-13.


Seeking Partnership with Rotary Clubs in

Peace through Service San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, YES Kathmandu, Nepal, YES Nairobi, Kenya, exploring USA, exploring opportunities


Our Purpose

To enable children to create a more peaceful environment in their

schools and communities and, by feeling safer and more secure,

empower them to grow up to create a more peaceful world.

Children’‛s World Peace Organization The values that guide us

Awareness Honesty

Responsibility


We work with both private and public elementary schools in Mexico, Nepal and Kenya.

Our curriculum focuses on primary age students, grades 1 through 6.

Teams of 3 facilitators, spend 1 school period a week in each class room, every week during the school year.

There is no charge to the school and we do ask that the teachers participate in the activities.

We follow a 40 week curriculum introducing 22 peace activities.

We organize a one-on-one drawing exchange program between classmates in Mexico, Nepal and Kenya.

What we do


Why we do it.


In the classroom

In the school In our staff

Our program creates change.


Student attendance is up. (Report Principals)

Students have better listening skills. (Report Teachers)

Long standing conflicts between students are resolved. (Report Facilitators)

Family life is improved. (Report Students)

Students are inspired to lead more joyful, productive lives. (Report Students)

What happens in the class room?


Student Enrollment is up. (Report Principals)

Students have fewer fights. (Report Principals)

Teacher turnover goes down. (Report Principals)

Parents participate more. (Report Principals)

What happens In the School?


One Staff member elected a new major in college in social work based on his experience with CWOP.

45 facilitators have a job doing what they love to do and are now contributing members of their families.

Friendship extend beyond the organization to enrich their lives.

A family violence ended after one member used the CC skills she was teaching.

One staff member could not see his children in the US and due to his employment with CWPO he may be eligible for a visa soon

What happens for Our Staff?


When we started.

We began the program in our first public school in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, in the community of Los Ricos in March of 2010. We were 100% volunteers.

Crossing the river to see if the car can get through… it can!

• In the fall of 2010 we began hiring staff as we continued to add schools in Mexico.

• By the end of 2010 we are in 6 schools

reaching 639 students weekly.



Where we work.


We are reaching over 3000 primary students weekly in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

In 17 Schools

With 17 Staff

In June of 2011 a team began the program in the schools in Nanyuki, Kenya


Our Staff

5 Schools

4 Staff

500 Students In Kenya

Drawing Pals Drawings from Mexico to Kenya

And, we began working in schools in Kathmandu, Nepal in October of 2011

Nepal is exactly on the other side of the world as Mexico

Picture of one of our first schools in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal with a population of over 1.8 million inhabitants. Notice the foot hills of the Himalayas in the background.

24 Staff members

Staff Training in Nepal

7 Schools

500 Students

Drawing Pals Drawings from Mexico to Kathmandu


How we do it.

Children’‛s World Peace Organization Our work in the schools includes

Enhancing Our skill at 1. Connecting with our “Love Light” and our bodies:

Heart Coherence, Silent Time, Circles of awareness (Study of Body, Mind, Emotions and Spirit) , Black Elk’‛s Medicine Wheel, Dances


Heart Coherence

We start each class with a heart coherence

We do this as a short

exercise to enhance harmony and well being

for the group and in ourselves

Silent Time Students learn to enjoy the quiet of

silent time

Teachers might want to use Silent Time as a tool to quiet students before lesson plans or

as needed during the week.

Teacher Involvement

Love Light Ceremony Students make a conscious choice to let

their love lights shine brightly

Could wear a love light as a commitment to share your love light with the students.

Teacher Involvement

Black Elk’s Medicine Wheel Students learn to chose the Road of

Peace or the Road of Difficulties

Could reinforce that we all sometimes walk the Road of Difficulties but we can chose again. Getting out of “Right” or “Wrong”

Teacher Involvement

Circles of Awareness - Body Students learn breathing and

relaxation techniques for better focus

These exercises could be use used during the day when more focus is needed.

Teacher Involvement

Circles of Awareness - Mind We reinforce the power of positive thinking

and our ability to make a choice.

Could reinforce the power of positive thinking.

Teacher Involvement

Circles of Awareness - Emotions Students notice the impact feelings have on our bodies,

minds and environment. They grow in empathy by guessing what others are feeling. Students become open to changing their feelings to something better.

To grow empathy, teachers could ask students to guess what other people are feeling, including themselves, on a regular basis

Teacher Involvement

Circles of Awareness - Spirit Students think about connecting to the world

and their environment with love and understanding

Reinforce this vocabulary to help children take better care of the classroom, school

and community.

Teacher Involvement


Enhancing our skills in 2. Connecting with others: Peace Flower, Peaceful Actions Tree, Dances, Talking Stick,

Int’‛l Correspondence

Peace Poster Symbol of unity and commitment to

peace in the classroom

Could create a name tag for the poster. Hang the poster on the wall

(if appropriate)

Teacher Involvement

Name Badges Symbol of individual uniqueness and each person’s importance towards creating a peaceful classroom,

school, home and community

Could wear their Name Badge during CWPO activity

Teacher Involvement

Peaceful Actions Tree Students are on the look out for what to

appreciate about other people’s actions and acknowledge their contribution to peace.

Could use the Peaceful Actions Tree to recognize peaceful actions done by the

students during the week.

Teacher Involvement

Peace Flower Students learn to listen to each other,

express their view point and resolve conflict

Useful technique that could be used to resolve other conflicts in the class room.

Teacher Involvement

Drawing Pals Students exchange drawings

between Nepal, Mexico and Kenya

Teachers could use this opportunity to study more about the country with whom the

students are communicating

Teacher Involvement


Enhancing skills in

3. Connecting with Nature: Caring for plants, caring for animals, recycling, picking up trash,

taking care of our resources, understanding our inter-connectedness and the rhythms and cycles of life.


Enhancing our skills at

4. Compassionate Communication:

making observations, understanding our feelings and needs, making doable requests, listening with giraffe ears, recognition of Jackal Talk and translation into Giraffe

Compassionate Communication Students learn the four steps of CC:

observations, feelings, needs and requests

This language has been taught all over the world by Marshall Rosenberg and can be useful in the classroom as well as in your personal life

Teacher Involvement


5. Children Of Peace

( COP ) Dances

Children of Peace – COP – Songs and Dances

COP Songs and Dances are simple circle dances inspired by different wisdom traditions from all over the world. The songs have been selected for their message of peace, harmony, joy and diversity and are a powerful way to communicate and transmit these values.

Children’‛s World Peace Organization Financial Highlights (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2011):

• Countries participating in program:3 Mexico, Nepal, Kenya)

• Students participating weekly in program in 2011: 4,000 • Average student participation for full year (2011): 2,000 • Average yearly cost per student: $71.00 US • Average cost per student per hour: $1.77 US • Cost to add a new school of 100 students: $7,100 US • Expenditures in 2011: $141,919.00

Children’‛s World Peace Organization Growth

Dec 2011 May 2012 Mexico 3,009 3,476 Kenya 500 500 Nepal 500 2,283 4,009 6,259 35% Increase


We know that this model is replicable.

We know from dozens of anecdotal reports that this program works.

We continue to want to expand and would like to continue to open more countries around the world.

We are especially interested in the Middle East and South America.

And now we need to focus our attention on fund raising.

We look forward to your suggestions.

In Summary


Thank you for taking the time to look at our presentation.

We look forward to hearing from you with

questions, comments and/or suggestions.


Presenter: William S. Day Jr. Director and Founder

Email: [email protected] Website: www.cwpo.org

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