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Dear Friends! Please remember - every year 26 April in the Day of Remembrance - Day of Hope we have the International Annual Action "The Saved Planet": Press release; "The modelling of the future – is a reality"; The album of the Action "The Saved Planet"; "AN APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OF THE EARTH FROM THE VICTIMS OF THE CHERNOBYL CATASTROPHE":  The video of "An Appeal to the citizens of the Earth from the victims of the Chernobyl catastrophe" (in Ukrainian), which was been made and for the first time been shown still in 1998 on one of channels of the Ukrainian TV by known Ukrainian TV journalists Andrey Tzaplienko and Ruslana Pysanka. With the text of this Appeal in English please read here: People! Whoever you are – powerful or homeless, servant of God or sinner, well-known scientist or with little education – hear this Appeal from dead Pripyat - of the epicenter of the Chernobyl catastrophe!          Look around you! Earthquakes and floods, tidal waves, tornadoes, and fires; ecological catastrophes born of technology; wars, ethnic and religious conflicts; cruelty and aggression; the spread of diseases and a decline in morals – all of this is our own doing. It is a result of our lack of spiritual values. All of us – the people of the Earth – with our excessive behavior, dark thoughts, false ideas, and depraved actions have brought our planet to its last boundary, beyond which is ruin.        And no one will save us, except the Highest. But even the Highest cannot help us unless we repent, and only if we want to help ourselves and every living being on Earth. We cannot rely on the politicians; in the political arena all noble endeavors seem destined to result in controversy. But we can all together take that first step on the path to Salvation.           Recall, each of you, if there wasn’t just once in your life an occasion when your sincere, heartfelt prayer (or concentrated thought and glorious feeling) helped you in a most wondrous way. And now imagine what kind of force it will be if all of us – more than 5 billion people on all the continents of the Earth – at one and the same moment lift our eyes to the heavens and send to the Supreme Being, to the Highest Reason of the Universe, a universal, powerful stream of bright energy of Goodness and Love. It will be a first small step toward purifying the space surrounding our planet –  its biosphere, as well as the sphere of human action through thought – of the dark destructive energy that is filling the atmosphere of our planet!          Let April 26 from now on become not only a Day of Sorrow and remembrance of the ever growing numbers of victims of Chernobyl, let it also become a Day of Unification of humankind as we face the threat of self-annihilation, and a Day of Hope for our salvation.                 So little is asked to make this happen-just do not forget:                                              every year on April, 26                                  from 5 p.m. to 5:10 p.m., Greenwich time    [= 9 - 9:10 a.m., US Pacific Daylight-Saving Time; adjust for the time zone where you are]:                   stop, if you are on the road; wake up, if you are asleep;                               lay down your weapon, if you are at war;             put aside for ten minutes all your worries, problems and sorrows; and find in your heart all the brightest, best feelings of which you are capable.   •    If you are a believer, turn with your sincere, heartfelt prayer to God (in your own language, according to your own traditions); may this include your worship to the Highest, your repentance for voluntary and involuntary sins, a prayer to purify and save your soul, to purify and save our planet and humankind, and a prayer of gratitude to the Lord for his mercy.   •   If you do not believe in God, then devote these ten minutes to good and bright thoughts: remember everything that you love, all those whom you love in this world; sincerely repent of bad behavior; wish that you will become better and purer, that you will love and help those close to you (even if only one living soul); with all your heart, wish for Good, Happiness and Peace to all people on Earth and in the whole Universe.         It’s not difficult, Citizens of the Earth! Do it! And may the Supreme Being hear us, oh People. Translated by Birgitta Ingemanson and Gitta Bridges, March 1998 http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/chernobyl_poems/appeal.html ---------------------------------- (In Russian) http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/chernobyl_poems/appealrus.html (In Ukrainian) http://www.slovnyk.org.ua/txt/syrotal/spaspl.html ------------------------------------------------------- We ask all humanitarian, cultural, religious and public organizations, all people of good will to promote distribution of this our Appeal. ------------------------------------------------------- Contact phones in Kiev: (044) 534-43-32 – the club former inhabitants of Pripyat "Fellow townsmen"  (zemlyaki_org@mail.ru); (044) 296-84-69; 296-47-34 – children’s Fund of the International organization "Union Chernobyl"; (044) 425-43-29 – the National museum of Chernobyl in Kiev (http://pripyat.com/ru/museum/).

BBx8 at the One Beautiful Dream World Concert, Shanghai, China - The Shanghai Daily
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Press Conference on World Peace Tour 4 Children Click on text and images to view full size also goto www.worldpeacetour4children.org

'A voice for young artist' Thanks very much to Kelly-Lynn for featuring 'We are the future' on her KWAV Radio show (Los Angeles California). KWAV.BIZ are dedicated exclusivily for kids and those who support them. At KWAV.BIZ, kids ages 4 to 18 will have the oppurtunity to experience a worldwide platform allowing them to enhance their knowledge and understanding with the world around them and their communities through programing that involves education, sports, fashion, games, and events. KWAV.BIZ is dedicated to working with kids, their parents, educators, and young leaders to develop talented kids and young leaders so they can be well rounded individuals for the future. Devine L. Pate (Director) KWAV.BIZ Vanessa Renee (Co-Director) KWAV.BIZ C. D. Palmer (Founder & Owner) XRADIO MEDIA CORP See www.myspace.com/kwav

Bitter winter for Romania's street children. by Harold Briley Eight years after the collapse of the Communist regime in Romania and the execution of President Nicolae Ceausescu on the 25th of December, 1989, thousands of children remain in desperate need of the necessities of life. 20 years after meeting Ceausescu during the 1977 earthquake, Harold Briley has been back to Bucharest where he visited the newly-created Minister for Child Protection, and searched out unwanted orphans and some of Romania's 2000 street children. Leaping from the shadows into the dimly-lit square in front of Bucharest's principal railway station, the matchstick-thin silhouette of a boy waves his arms frantically at passing cars. Thirteen year old George Vasile is just one of Romania's many street children - abandoned, neglected, without food, shelter or adequate clothing. George is far from home - a town 500 kilometres away. His only asset is the empty car space he pays "rent" for, to bigger boys. It's only a temporary possession until a motorist parks there..... perhaps tossing him a coin...perhaps not. He wears a thin T-shirt and ragged, cotton trousers. His torn shoes flop behind him. He's shivering with cold. I slip my gloves over his grimy, unwashed hands. He nods his thanks. By midnight, when the last of the commuters have hurried home, the Street Children doss down on the cold stone floor of the Gara de Nord. Others descend into the sewers to seek shelter from the winter winds swirling around the silent station. In their dark underworld, six metres below, they huddle against the hotwater pipes of the sewers, snatching fitful sleep, amid the stench, and scurrying rats resentful of this human invasion of their territory. At dawn, the children crawl out, covered in rat bites, fleas and sores. They fan out into the market areas scavenging for food and stealing from passers-by. Some of the girls are child prostitutes. When you are 11 or 12, with nowhere to go and nothing to eat, it seems an easy - and sometimes the only - way to survive. Unaware of the dangers, they fall pregnant, and their babies die. Those that don't, they abandon because their unformed breasts contain no milk to feed them. Occasionally there is a girl cradling a sickly baby. Some of the children have AIDS, doomed to die before they become adults. Inside the station, I meet more street children - older this time, some of them openly sniffing glue from plastic bags - a substance they call Aurolac they get from metal polish. Drugs give temporary relief from their harsh existance. 15 year old Colstel gives me a broad grin as he draws comfort from a cigarette. His mother died and his father remarried, abandoning him and his brothers. Strangely, none of the children ask me for money. They are pleased someone takes an interest - if only a stranger from a foreign land. Most of these children were born during President Ceausescu's tyrannical reign. Eight years after the collapse of Communism, thousands remain in desperate need - a melting pot of misery, which is Ceausescu's enduring legacy, along with the grandiose buildings and the lavish treasures he laid aside for himself in his 25 years of mis-rule. After his execution, aid poured in from Britain and elsewhere. Charities arrived in force. Most have now left, and aid money has slowed to a trickle. To their credit, the Romanian authorities are now doing a great deal themselves, in contrast to Ceausescu's regime. The Government has launched its Strategy for Protection of Children's Rights - brainchild of the newly-created State Secretary for Child Protection, Doctor Christopher Tabacaru. As Romania's youngest Minister, aged 29, he's ideally qualified. He's a paediatrician and formerly ran a charity for abandoned children. His plan - encouraging foster care and adoption - aims to reduce the 100,000 children in institutions by 30%. I ask why children are sleeping down the sewers? Why are Romania's children so much worse off than in other countries? He shrugged and said: "They did not have Ceausescu".

Climate Change Warning The world's top scientists have issued the direst warnings yet about the threat from climate change. After six years of research, they predict the average world temperature will rise by about three degrees by the end of the century - with potentially devastating consequences for melting ice caps and rising sea levels. They also make the strongest causal link so far between human behaviour and global warming. The evidence in a new report published in Paris has the finest pedigree - the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which draws together 2,500 scientists from more than 130 countries. The study highlights the strengthening international scientific conviction that human activity is largely responsible for the rise in the Earth's surface temperature. The IPCC's previous assessment in 2001 rated the link between the warming planet and the actions of its inhabitants as "likely" - IPCC-speak for a probability rate of 66 per cent to 90 per cent. The new report revises that to 'very likely' - a greater than 90 per cent chance that mankind is to blame. That adds credence to those who insist that the recent unseasonal warm spells are more than simply atmospheric blips. The London-based International Institute for Environment and Development said the IPCC report delivered "the most conclusive evidence yet that human activities are causing dangerous climate change." Institute director Camilla Toulmin said, "It shows in stark terms that time is running out to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to help vulnerable communities prepare for the impacts ahead, some of which are already unavoidable." Please see below (An Inconvenient Truth) for a film on Climate change.

An Inconvenient Truth Global warming is the greatest crisis facing our planet. If we don't act now, we could drive one million species to extinction within 25 years. You owe it to the future to 'See The Truth'. Click Here to put this video in your profile! click here for 'An Inconvenient Truth' on Myspace

Press Release - ITA - "International Teachers Association support Global Song Project." - September 2006 The International Teachers Association have endorsed the "We are the future" Global song project which was written and conceived by Cheddar songwriter Paul Weston. A full one page feature on the project is contained in the their quarterly magazine entitled "International Teachers Post" which is published and distributed in 36 countries world wide in America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Youth groups will be invited to record and contribute new versions of the song in countries including, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Geogian Republic, Germany, Hungary, India, Kyrgystan, Nepal, Norway, Russia, USA, Pakistan, France and Ukraine. The song promotes awareness in key world issues such as racial harmony, peace and the environment and has already been recorded in five different languages. Paul has commented that, "this is an exciting new development for the project" and has expressed his thanks to the ITA for their support. Click her for International Teacher Post, No2, August 2006 - 07 Another feature on the project will be featured in the autumn addition of "Skipping Stones" which is a global multi-racial magazine published in the USA (www.skippingstones.org)

Press Release - International Museum of Peace and Solidarity - April 2006 "Songwriter contributes to International Museum" Cheddar songwriter, Paul Weston, has been asked to contribute a signed copy of his CD "We are the future" to the International Museum of Peace and Solidarity which is based in Samarkand in Uzbekistan, in the former USSR. The Samarkand Museum of Peace and Solidarity is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to universal human values, whose objectives are to strengthen peace and mutual understanding among peoples by means of citizen diplomacy, art and artistic creation. The Museum's collection includes over 20,000 exhibits from over 100 countries on all five continents. There are posters, drawings, paintings, tapestries, photographs, documents, books, newspapers, magazines, songs, slides and video films. Contributors to the museum have included, Mother Teresa, Edmund Hillary, Ravi Shanka, Edward Kennedy, John Le Carre and Phil Collins. Paul, whose song has been recorded in six different languages, explained that he was honoured and privileged to be asked to support such an important world organisation, whose aim is to raise awareness of peace issues. For more information please see web links below or contact Anatoly Ionesov at: Anatoly Ionesov Director International Museum of Peace and Solidarity P.O. Box 76 UZ - 140100 Samarkand Republic of Uzbekistan Phone / fax: +998 (66) 233 17 53 See also: www.civilsoc.org www.aliaflanko.de http://satamikarohm.free.fr

Press Release - "We are the future" Song project - January 2006 World Peace conference in Pune, India I would like to thank Professor Vijay S Rao (Director, International Relations, World Peace Centre of Maeers MIT, Pune, India) for his kind invitation to attend the World Peace Convention held in Pune, India next week. I unfortunately wont be able to attend in person but I am hoping there will be a representative from the "We are the future" song project attending from Kenya. World Peace Conference 2006, 30 January ­ 3 February 2006, Pune, India, UNESCO Chair Programme. The theme of this year’s conference is "Vision of UNESCO for the 21st Century: Education for Peace & Sustainable Development and the Role of Gandhi, Ganga and Giriraj Himalaya in Symbolizing peace, life and ecology." This unique conference is being organized on the occasion of the commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations and UNESCO. It will be very appropriate to discuss and deliberate on the Role of World Organizations for effective promotion of World Peace. Organized by: World Peace Center (Alandi), MAEER’s MIT, Pune, India & India International Multiversity, Pune, Maharashtra State. Synopsis: "The 2006 World Peace Conference will be held to discuss and deliberate on the various issues concerning human welfare and to formulate a collective plan of action to promote the Culture of Peace in the world by developing a positive mindset of the people at large and creating an awareness about the impending dangers to our Mother Earth." For more information on the World Peace Conference, please contact: Professor Vijay S Rao Secretary General (Corporate Office) World Peace Conference 2006 Email: vdkarad@mitpune.com or wpc@mitpune.com See also : www.peacewomen.org www.mitpune.com