The international program "Peace Child" was organized in 1982 in England by David Vulkomb. The main purpose of the program is to unite young people from different countries. The target of the program - training children the skills of dialogue, skills of solving disputed situations, informing young people about the various problems existing in different countries, and also teaching to express their own positions, points of view on various problems and ways of its solution under the form of musical performance which must be created by young people together with adults.
    For about 15 years of its existence the program has received further development in our country too, acquiring new purposes and tasks in education of the young generation - education the young leader in the society, teaching moral and cultural wealth, which is necessary to the youth today, active participation in the life of our society, participation in the work of the international organization of UNESCO clubs, mastering the knowledge about the United Nations, its structure, financing, history of creation and development, and also the problems of the United Nations at the present stage. One of the basic directions of the work of the program is mastering the English language at a high level, studying the traditions, culture, history of the English-speaking countries, especially those we cooperate and participate with in the joint projects (Great Britain, Ireland, America, Holland, Norway). The great value in the work of the program is borrowed to studying a cultural heritage of our country, folklore, its worthy representation abroad.
    The problems existing in our society, its understanding by young people, their attitude to it lay in the basis of creation of each new musical performance. The information on the given problem gathers, is discussed, then there is a work on the SPELLING of the script, selection of songs, and then a creating part. The head of the program, the producer and the director take part in the final creation of the performance. "Peace Child" is the program which prepares a highly educated young people owning skills of the English language, loving their Native land and adequately representing it abroad, people who know its culture and traditions, the laws of conflictology and communication. They are kind, sympathetic and not indifferent to the problems of their society, and also to their relatives. At the same time, it is a remarkable musical performance created by joint efforts of children and adults.

   Many years ago two tribes in New Guinea were at enmity with each other. Constant wars carried away lives of people and children, destroyed their dwellings. No negotiations could stop this enmity. Eventually, absolutely weakened tribes have begun negotiations on the establishment of Peace once again. By this time leaders of these tribes have had their children born, and they have decided to exchange their children. Since then wars have stopped: nobody wanted to kill their own children, and children began to refer as - Children of Peace. Sincerity of children makes adults to reflect on a problem and to be more active in its solution.
    The basic task of the program "Peace Child" is friendship and respect to other cultures, countries, nationalities; education of young people in the spirit of Peace and mutual understanding.
   1990 - for the first time the International Belarus-American program "Peace Child" has taken place in the city of Brest. 15 young people from America and Ireland together with guys from Belarus created performance about the problems in dialogues, stereotypes, Chernobyl and what young people can do to make the lives in their countries better.
   July, 1991 - the group of young people from Belarus took part in the school of the future leader (the USA, Washington). Children from Japan, Canada, the USA and the USSR also took part in this program. They were engaged in the communications, conflictology, environmental problems, the rights of the child, the international relations, met senators and diplomats, studied how to create their own performances. The second group of Belarus children together with the Americans participated in the creation of musical performance (state of New York).
   1992 - the Belarus program "Peace Child" began to work on the creation of the performance "After whom has taken place the call of the Chernobyl bells?". It was a call for help and hope of all children who were injured by the terrible tragedy.
   1993 - the group of the participants of the performance "After whom has taken place the call of the Chernobyl bells?" successfully acted in 11 cities of Holland. As a result a slide-film of their performances was created which was shown in many countries with the purpose of attraction of the attention of the international public to the problem of Chernobyl.
   1994 - the International youth camp "Young people together" was held. Young people from Holland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the members of the program "Peace Child" participated in it.
   1995 - the participants of the program "Peace Child" took part in the ecological project "Chernobyl and its consequences", organized by UNESCO in Norway. The performance "After whom has taken place the call of the Chernobyl bells?" has been shown at many schools. Participants of this project have lead lessons on ecology.
   April, 1996 - a presentation of a slide of the film "After whom has taken place the call of the Chernobyl bells?" in the Russian embassy in Belgium at the conference devoted to the 10-anniversary of Chernobyl tragedy.
   August, 1996 - charitable performances and concerts in England and Scotland. The great honor has been rendered to the participants of the program - to appear on the stage "Carnegie Hall". The money that were collected as the result of the performance went for purchasing the medicine for sick children in Belarus
   September, 1996 - the beginning of work on the new performance "Prodigal son" devoted to one of the important problems of a society - a problem of generations.
   November, 1997 - a visit of the participants of the program "Peace Child" to Northern Wales under the invitation of the international organization "Children to children", an establishment of friendly relations with young people of Northern Wales, and also the performances of two musicals were held at schools and colleges.
    April, 1998 - under the initiative of the Belarus embassy in London, which was maintained by the administration of the president, the program "Peace Child" has taken part in the official ceremony devoted to the 12-th anniversary of the Chernobyl failure. The representatives of the Russian Embassy, and also the representatives of the largest charitable organizations have been invited to the performance "After whom has taken place the call of the Chernobyl bells?", which took place in London, in the central hall of the Westminster. Flowers have been assigned to the monument devoted to the children, injured from violence. The performances have passed in Northern Wales and England.
    April, 1999 - the international exchange of representatives of the youth organizations of Northern Wales has taken place. The branch of the "Peace Child" project was created under the international organization "Children to Children" in Wales. Young people from Northern Wales and Belarus began to work on the realization of the joint project. They lead a number of practical seminars on the following subjects:
1. Belarus and the Northern Wales yesterday, today and tomorrow - the way we see it".
2. The education systems of Wales and Belarus.
3. The International day of the protection of environment. Visiting the areas injured by the Chernobyl failure, measurement of the level of radiation in food stuffs, visiting the children's hospitals.
4. The World in My Heart - a seminar which is devoted to the problems of war and peace. The joint appeal to the Secretor of the United Nations with the application about the necessity of Pacific Settlement of all Disputes, and particular, in Kosovo. The decision to unite all young peacemakers was made for the future of our planet.
    April, 2000 - the representatives of "Peace Child" project in Wales arrived in Belarus for studying the problems of children and young invalids. Rendering the assistance to the association of young invalids and to the rehabilitation center of children-invalids became one of the purposes of the international project.
    July, 2000 - volunteers and teachers of one of the colleges of the Northern Wales worked in the summer recovery camp for young invalids and in the rehabilitation center for children-invalids.
    October 2000 - with financial and organizational support of the international organization "Peace Child" in Wales the members of the Association of Young Invalids have had the opportunity to study in one of the colleges in Northern Wales, which teaches young people with limited physical opportunities. The project "Young people together" received its further development. The youth from Northern Wales visited Belarus. The humanitarian and methodical help has been rendered to the Center of rehabilitation for children-invalids. Friendly relations, mutual understanding between young people and the families became stronger. Making Peace became one of the main tasks of the project. One of the members of the "Peace Child" club made fact-finding trip to the Northern Wales with the purpose of acquaintance with the system of courts, legal professions in Great Britain.
    August, 2001 - the international exchange of youth delegations has taken place. Members of the UNESCO "Friendship" club left with the visit to the Northern Wales. In addition to the educational program - acquaintance with history, culture, traditions of the Northern Wales, the youth of two countries participated in sports-role games, and also the peacemakers of the "Peace Child" project acted with charitable concerts. This program helped many young people to get acquainted with each other, make friends and the main thing - to understand each other and to unite for co-operation.
   Since 1989 the program "Peace Child" became a member of the Belarus Association of UNESCO clubs and works under the following projects:
1. Peacemaking, the establishment of friendly relations with the youth from distant and near countries. Co-operation with the UNESCO clubs in Belarus.
2. Education in the way of Peace and mutual understanding. The joint project "Hope" appeared between Belarus and the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
3. Propagation of the activity of the United Nations and the UNESCO.
4. World nations culture and traditions.
5. Propagation of a healthy way of life.
6. Informing the world community about the consequences of the Chernobyl failure through the musical performance created by the children in the English and Russian languages "After whom has taken place the call of the Chernobyl bells?".
7. The UNESCO Club "Peace Child" organizes and carries out seminars and training lectures devoted to the children's rights at schools of the city, leaves for children's homes and boarding schools with concerts and gifts.
   The international programs "Peace Child" have taken place in many countries of the world.
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