It is very important that kids everywhere have the opportunity to become involved in making a difference for peace. When kids work together for good and light, it is easier for us to bear the evil and darkness that weight our souls down. Working together for peace, we become empowered, and empowered we become a force for change. Thus, I would like to invite all the kids and their parents and teachers reading this message to get involved with the statue and become a part of the growing movement for peace led by youth across the planet who are bringing about global change and a culture of peace. But even better, a young person can become a Statue Ambassador by spreading the story of the cellist and the message of harmony and by organizing a fundraiser.
Teachers can help kids get involved in understanding and working for peace.
The statue project with its accompanying inspirational story of the Cellist of Sarajevo lends itself really well for classroom involvement if the teacher is doing a unit on the Balkans, a unit on the Holocaust, or a unit on violence and conflict resolution. One project which is fun and very successful is the Chain of Hope. The students went classroom to clasroom telling the story of the cellist and spreading the message of harmony as the answer to discord. They contacted businessmen and even wrote the editor of the newpaper to express their ideas on peace. There was no limit on the number of links one person could buy.