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FIVE ISRAELI & PALESTINIAN GROUPS RECEIVE OUR GRANTS
FOUR NEW GROUPS JOIN OUR COALITION OF PEACE
THE CHILDREN OF PEACE INTERVIEW: MOHAMMED AMIN
MEET THE TRUSTEES
SHANI CHOIR - LATEST NEWS
ARAB-JEWISH YOUTH ORCHESTRA JOINS US
SHANI CHOIR ON COURSE TO JOIN FESTIVAL
BIKE RIDE FOR PEACE
SUCCESSFUL PEACE FAIR IN KINGSTON, SURREY
JULIE CIGMAN & MARTIN SIMON JOIN US AS FRIENDS
RACING 4 PEACE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT
BOOKS FOR PALESTINIAN CHILDREN IN LEBANON
WE LAUNCH PeaceBlog
THE 2011 10K RUN BEATS PREVIOUS RECORDS!
SHANI CHOIR INVITED TO PRESTIGIOUS THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL
THREE NEW TRUSTEES JOIN OUR BOARD
CHAIRMAN MEETS 16 PALESTINIAN TEACHERS
KARL JENKINS CBE & DAVID BADDIEL JOIN US AS FRIENDS
THE CHILDREN OF PEACE INTERVIEW II: AFTAB AHMED, DIRECTOR, ROYAL ISLAMIC STRATEGIC STUDIES CENTRE IN JORDAN
OLIVE BRANCH
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THE CHILDREN OF PEACE INTERVIEW I: MAHMOUD JABARI, YOUTH AMBASSADOR
CHILDREN OF PEACE AGM
THE EGYPT EFFECT: MAHMOUD JABARI LOOKS AT THE IMPLICATIONS FOR ISRAEL & PALESTINE
MOHAMMED LEHIA, GAZA DOCTOR TALKS TO CHILDREN OF PEACE
THE 2010-11 ABIR ARAMIN GIRLS BURSARY AWARD UPDATE
THE CHILDREN OF PEACE INTERVIEW WITH HADAR SELA: AN ISRAELI MOTHER’S PERSPECTIVE
CHAIRMAN VISITS COLEBOURNE SCHOOL'S "PEACE WEEK" IN BIRMINGHAM, WRITES SAJIDA ASIF
DAUGHTERS FOR LIFE AFFILIATES TO CHILDREN OF PEACE
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ISRAELI STAR LIEL KOLET PRESENTS OUR 2010-11 ABIR ARAMIN GIRLS BURSARY AWARD
WE APPOINT KIDWELLS AS OUR LEGAL ADVISERS
THE CHILDREN OF PEACE INTERVIEW - LABOUR FRIENDS OF ISRAEL
SHIREEN ANABTAWI & DANIELA NORRIS BECOME GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
THE PLIGHT OF THE BEDOUINS IN ISRAEL
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WE DONATE TO THE BETHLEHEM STAR CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION
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CROSSING QALANDIYA WRITERS VISIT STEINER ACADEMY
KATHRYN PLAYA BECOMES A FRIEND
CHILDREN OF PEACE DONATES TO ISRAELI & PALESTINIAN AFFILIATES
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THE CHILDREN OF PEACE INTERVIEW: PROFESSOR RAPHAEL WALDEN
PEACE CHILD ISRAEL BECOMES AN AFFILIATE
THE CHILDREN OF PEACE INTERVIEW: SAJIDA ASIF
NEW FRIENDS JOIN CHILDREN OF PEACE
WE HAVE MORE TO UNIFY US… writes Mahmoud Jabari
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10K LONDON RUN TAKES THE ROAD TO PEACE
STAND UP FOR PEACE REPEATS 2009 SUCCESS
PEACE PRE SCHOOL RECEIVES CHILDREN OF PEACE GRANT
MAHMOUD JABARI WRITES ABOUT HOPE & OF PEACE
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STAND UP FOR PEACE 2
PEACE PRE SCHOOL RECEIVES CHILDREN OF PEACE GRANT
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: AGM JUNE 26th 2010
MAHMOUD JABARI WRITES ABOUT HOPE & OF PEACE
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OUR WINTER APPEAL 2009-10 SCHOOLS AID GIVING CHILDREN A CHANCE
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OUR 10K LONDON RUNNERS
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ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE -
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SAHAR SHALALLDA AND DEJITSU WASSI - RECEIVE THE ABIR ARAMIN GIRLS' EDUCATIONAL BURSARY
STAND UP FOR PEACE - A BRILLIANT EVENING - A FUNDRAISING TRIUMPH!
NEW AFFILIATE - THE PEACE PRE-SCHOOL AT THE YMCA, JERUSALEM
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE - JUNE 2009 - IS A SELL-OUT SUCCESS
10K LONDON RUN - SUPPORT OUR TEAM
CORK STREET - CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW TO RAISE FUNDS THIS AUGUST
THE AMERICAN FUND FOR CHARITIES CHOOSES US FOR NEW WEBSITE
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STAND UP FOR PEACE: A NIGHT OF COMEDY ON 23RD MAY
OUR 2009 ABIR ARAMIN GIRLS' BURSARY FOR ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN GIRLS
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CORK STREET - CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW TO RAISE FUNDS THIS AUGUST
CHILDREN OF PEACE WINS FULL
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"ANGEL OF MOSTAR" SALLY BECKER BECOMES GOODWILL AMBASSADOR TO CHILDREN OF PEACE
KING’S ACADEMY, JORDAN TO BE KEY PARTNER OF CHILDREN OF PEACE
ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN RACING DRIVERS RACE FOR PEACE
HELPING THE CHILDREN - SAINT JOHN
OF JERUSALEM EYE HOSPITAL GROUP
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JEWISH SIXTH FORMERS CHOOSE CHILDREN OF PEACE AS THEIR 2009 CHARITY
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2009 - THE UNITED NATIONS YEAR OF THE CHILD
GORDON BROWN SENDS PERSONAL MESSAGE OF SUPPORT
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AND SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR
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10K TEAM RAISES MONEY FOR CHILDREN OF PEACE
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FOUR NEW PREFERRED PARTNERS
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MESSAGE FROM TONY BLAIR
March 2008
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BRITISH ARTIST HOLDS CHARITY NIGHT March 2008
ABIR ARAMIN 2008 SCHOLARSHIP
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SOCCER SCHOOLS UPDATE
STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN ATTEND THE FIRST LONDON EVENT November 2007
OUR GAZA FRIENDS CALL ON CHILDREN OF PEACE TO HELP October 2007
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October 2007
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CHILDREN OF PEACE LAUNCHES PeaceBlog
Forum for Israeli and Palestinian youth - a chance
to talk to each other. Spread
our message of peace.
Children of Peace wants to hear from Israeli and Palestinian youth! It's your chance to be heard. It's in English so that people around the world can read what you have to say. Just log on to the PeaceBlog.
June 2011 sees the launch of PeaceBlog - our forum for Israeli and Palestinian youth in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank to make contact with each other, share thoughts and ideas, develop connections and express opinions through open dialogue, debate and discourse. We want to hear what you have to say!
PeaceBlog is a chance for young people in each community to build bridges and to find out about each other's lives - from food recipes to school life, from favourite music and films, books and television programmes to every day life experiences. It’s your chance to be heard. Use it!
PeaceBlog kicks off with six leading contributors - Israeli and Palestinian writers Daniela Norris and Shireen Anabtawi; Children of Peace Founder Richard Martin; USA Peace in the Middle East coordinator Khaled Dajani, Trustee Professor Sarah Brown and our Palestinian Youth Ambassador Mahmoud Jabari.
The first two articles are by Sarah and Daniela.
We want to hear your views at PeaceBlog!
OUR 2011 10K LONDON
RUN TEAM ACHIEVE BEST EVER RESULT
On 10th July 2011 our team of dedicated runners ran the Annual London 10K - passing some of the great sights of London - and many of them surpassed their previous personal best, all averaging around 58 minutes.
Organised by the Children of Peace Events Committee - Chaired by Dominic Martin and Deputy Chair Alex Reed , the team have participated in the 10K London Run for four years. Year on year, the team raise much needed funds for the charity and this year - despite economic uncertainties - have been able to raise over £3400 - their best ever year for sponsored donations to date.
Chairman, Richard Martin says:
"We are all very proud of our team. Some have participated every year for the charity and we value their dedication and commitment. We also very much welcome our new runners and hope they will also continue to support this important fundraising event in the years ahead. All have achieved a great success and have worked so hard in helping to raise funds for our work in Israel and Palestine."
SHANI CHOIR INVITED TO PRESTIGIOUS
THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL, JULY 2012
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN GIRLS CHOIR SPONSORED
BY CHILDREN OF PEACE
The Hereford Three Choirs Festival 2012 Committee has invited the Shani Choir to participate in the Three Choirs Plus Programme during the Festival Week.
The Shani Choir consists of up to 30 Israeli and Palestinian girls, aged from 12 to 18 who have attained concert performance standards - a superlative repertoire that includes John Lennon, Palestrina and modern Arabic and Hebrew compositions. The girls will make a first visit to the UK to take part in the Festival, which will be set in Hereford between July 21st - 28th 2012.
There is already significant media interest in this event and a Shani Choir Committee has been set up - chaired by Cllr. Marcelle Lloyd Hayes - who so successfully helped organise our Gaza aid shipment in 2007 - to organise the visit.
The Three Choirs Festival has ben held each year since the early eighteenth century, and rotates between the three great cathedral cities of Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford. It is one of the world's oldest classical choral music festivals. This heritage has long established the festival as a firm fixture in the British music calendar and a must-visit for lovers of the great choral works from across Britain, Europe, America and Australasia.
Sir Edward Elgar played a pivotal role in the international success of the Festival as a resident of Hereford and notable compositions by Delius, Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Kodaly, Holst, Walton and Britten were either premiered or showcased at this major festival of music.
If you wish to book tickets for this unique and moving experience, wish to sponsor or support the Choir or simply wish to know more, please contact the Shani Committee at info@childrenofpeace.org.uk
WATCH OUT FOR FURTHER DETAILS IN THE COMING MONTHS ON VENUES, DATES AND HOW TO SPONSOR, SUPPORT OR BOOK
THREE NEW TRUSTEES JOIN OUR BOARD
Jessica Woolley
Three new Trustees have now joined our Board of Trustees, following their Election at our Annual General Meeting on 25th June 2011. They join our talented and diverse Board and each brings with them a clear commitment to the vision and purpose of Children of Peace.
Clare Bolt
The new Trustees are Clare Bolt, Antonia Leslie & Jessica Woolley. Clare is a successful BBC journalist and has been a member of our Events Committee from it's outset; Antonia joined Children of Peace as an Intern and is a publicist at a leading UK publisher and Jessica joins us after a period of fundraising for the charity and works in local government.
Antonia Leslie
Jessica also stood as the Secretary to the Board and was duly elected by an unaminous vote at the meeting. Antonia also acts as our Viral Network Administrator and Clare is the Editor of our new quarterly online newsletter: Olive Branch, planned to launch in Autumn 2011.
Chairman, Richard Martin says:
"We are indeed delighted to have such a remarkable group of enthusiastic and talented individuals joining our Board. I am sure they will add much to our work in the region."
One Trustee, Paul Burger stood down at the AGM because of personal & work commitments and the Chairman expressed his gratitude to Paul for his service to Children of Peace at the AGM. Paul remains committed to the charity and will act as an adviser to the Chairman in the years to come.
CHAIRMAN MEETS 16 PALESTINIAN TEACHERS AT STEINER ACADEMY, HEREFORD
On Tuesday 12th July, Chairman and Founder of Children of Peace, Richard Martin gave a talk to 16 Palestinian teachers at the Steiner Academy, near Hereford, United Kingdom. The teachers were in the UK at the invitation of the ASHA Centre in Gloucestershire and they visited the Steiner Academic in their role as Steiner Waldorf teachers in Israel and in Palestine. The Principal of the Steiner Academy and a Trustee of Children of Peace, Mr Trevor Mepham had arranged for the meeting to take place.
The teachers represented various schools, including Tamrat El Zeittun in Galil, Israel and others were from Jenin and towns in the West Bank. Following a brief talk by Mr Martin, the teachers all expressed great interest in supporting or working with Children of Peace to bring our message to a wider public in Israel and Palestine. Several wished to participate in our planned SchoolsLink programme, others would encourage students to become Youth Ambassadors and several suggested we introduce headline sections on our website in Arabic and Hebrew, which our team will now arrange to do.
DAVID BADDIEL AND KARL JENKINS CBE
BECOME FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF PEACE
David Baddiel
Karl Jenkins CBE
The Trustees of Children of Peace are delighted to welcome comedian and writer David Baddiel and the renowned composer Karl Jenkins CBE as Friends of Children of Peace. They join a distinguished list of international public figures who strongly support our non partisan, conflict resolution principles.
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David Baddiel is a British comedian, novelist and television presenter. Following a successful career as a stand-up comedian on the London circuit and a flourishing radio and television career Baddiel formed a partnership with Frank Skinner in both Fantasy Football League - which ran on BBC Two from 1994 to 1996, returning on ITV for the 1998 World Cup and 2004 European Championship - and Unplanned, which started life as an Edinburgh Fringe show in 2000 before transferring to the West End and, eventually, TV.
In 1996, the pair teamed up with the Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie to record the England football anthem Three Lions, which has been a terrace favourite ever since.
Outside of these comic partnerships, Baddiel created the 2001 Sky One sitcom Baddiel's Syndrome and devised the Radio 4 panel show Heresy, which attempts to challenge received opinion. In 2009 he appeared in the 3rd series of Skins, alongside his real-life partner.
He has written three novels : Time For Bed, Whatever Love Means and The Secret Purposes and writes a regular literary column for The Times. He also wrote the 2010 comedy film The Infidel, starring Omid Djalili as a Muslim who discovers his parents were actually Jewish.
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Karl Jenkins CBE is one of the world's leading contemporary classical composers with a distinguished career spanning several decades. As a composer, his breakthrough came with the crossover project Adiemus. Jenkins has conducted the Adiemus project in Japan, Germany, Spain, Finland, the Netherlands, and Belgium, as well as London's Royal Albert Hall and Battersea Power Station. The Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary (1995) album topped the classical album charts. It spawned a series of successors, each revolving around a central theme.
Jenkins was the first international composer and conductor to conduct the University of Johannesburg Kingsway Choir led by Renette Bouwer, during his visit to South Africa as the choir performed his The Armed Man: A mass for peace together with a 70 piece orchestra.
Jenkins holds a doctorate in music from the University of Wales. He has been made both a fellow and an associate of the Royal Academy of Music, and a room has been named in his honour. He also has fellowships at Cardiff University, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Trinity College Carmarthen and Swansea Metropolitan University, and was presented by Classic FM with the award for outstanding service to classical music.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the University of Leicester, the Chancellor's Medal from the University of Glamorgan and honorary visiting professorships at Thames Valley University, London College of Music and the ATriUM, Cardiff.
Jenkins was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
Chairman and Founder of Children of Peace, Richard Martin states that "....everyone at Children of Peace is delighted that David and Karl have become Friends of our charity and that both support this important work for peace in the region and above our work in protecting all children in Israel and Palestine."
THE CHILDREN OF PEACE INTERVIEW II
In this month's Children of Peace other interview Trustee Sarah Brown talks to Aftab Ahmed, the Director of the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan, about World Interfaith Harmony Week.
HH King Abdullah II of Jordan
