Peace Ambassadors

This past year Maddie and I have run a Peace Club every Wednesday night from 7-8pm with 20 students in 6e and 5e (equivalent of grade 7 and 8) at Village Altonodji. During our final weeks, we challenged students to create a poem, skit, song, rap, dance etc. which somehow described peace. This could include things we had learned or hopes for the future. On our last week together we performed our pieces and had a little party. 

Now just to show the students how it's done, I wrote a rap which Maddie and I presented (it even rhymes!) I have included it with a rough English translation for your reading pleasure:

Le club de la paix était notre rêve

d'enseigner des matériels à tous les élèves

Vous avez appris les perspectives, les culturelles différences

Comment saluer Namaste et d'autres compétences

On a chanté des chansons et joué des jeux

Et apprendre les façons de communiquer dans les lieux

Il faut partager au lieu des conflits

Ensembles communiquer pour les réussites

Nos héros de la paix nous inspirent pour l'avenir

Merci à votre effort chaque semaine de venir

C'est a vous maintenant d'utilise ce que tu sais

Soyez les ambassadeurs de la paix

English translation:

Peace club was our dream

To teach material to all the students

You have learned perspectives, cultural differences

How to greet Namaste and other expertise

We sang songs and played games

And learned ways to communicate in places

You must share instead of conflicts

Together communicating for achievments

Our peace heroes inspire us for the future

Thanks to your effort each week for coming

It your turn now to use what you know

Be ambassadors of peace!

So the challenge is for you as well. How can you be an ambassador of peace in your local community and in the world?

Also, Village Altonodji is a school but also an orphanage where children who have lost one or both parents live during the school year. MCC has a program called Global Family where different education partners around the world (including in Canada and the US) are supported through MCC. Village Altonodji is one of these schools. Consider supporting them! 
http://mcc.org/learn/what/education/globalfamily/programs/village-altonodji