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Joseph Tshabalala
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
"Our country will become whatever our children make of it; we must work very hard, especially for the young ones."
Carol Bellamy
Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
"Thank you for…Peace Diaries-Volume One. I admire your efforts to give children the opportunity to speak out on the important issues of our times. As always, their voices are truly insightful, intelligent and inspiring."
President Bill Clinton
"Thank you for the copies of Peace Diaries: Volume One. I was so moved by what the kids featured had to say about peace. I appreciate your thoughtfulness and send my best wishes.
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Former New York City Mayor
"Thank you for … "Peace Diaries Volume One." It is refreshing to see the young people around the world participating in such a worthy cause. "
Arun Gandhi
M.K. Gandhi's grandson and Director of M.K. Gandhi Non-Violence Institute
"Grandfather suggested that I should write an anger journal, not simply to pour my anger into a book, but to write the journal with the intention of finding a solution to the problem that caused the anger, and then commit myself to resolving the problem in a manner that was not hurtful to anyone. It is an exercise I recommend to everyone, young and old, so that we can reduce the violence that is destroying our humanity. We cannot transform nations and societies until we transform ourselves. Gandhi said, We must be the change we wish to see in the world."
Bob McGrath
Longtime producer of Sesame Street
"It's really through children that we can plant the seeds of peace for the future, and it’s encouraging to know that Sesame Street has attempted to foster respect and understanding in children. One of the principal goals of Sesame Street for over 30 yrs has been to model acceptance and tolerance for those from different ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities or those of different ages and perspectives, who might not look or sound the same as we do, but we hope; we try to teach them to appreciate the differences in those and perhaps discover the similarities."
Joseph Tshabalala
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
"Music is something like bringing people together without chaos. People can come and laugh and jump, therefore music is very important…"
Arun Gandhi
M.K. Gandhi's grandson and Director of M.K. Gandhi Non-Violence Institute
"Children need to be taught about life itself, and the importance of life and relationships and all of these things. Our education needs to be comprehensive."
Tamra Raven
Ecological Scientist, International Council of Women, Organization of Tropical Studies
"Local food security is important because it cuts down on transportation cost, it puts the ownership of economic plants and seeds, and the control of water - and water rights - at the local level, where people are."
Ela Gandhi
M.K. Gandhi's granddaughter and member of South African Parliment
"I feel that you gotta start local; you’ve gotta have your programs at local level. Something that starts at national level never gets down to the local level; so you start in your communities in different areas. In our area we’ve started a domestic violence helpline. The helpline is run totally by volunteers – men and women volunteers."
Diane Black
Principal of Greenfields Girls School, Capetown, South Africa
"I have changed my viewpoint greatly over the last couple of years in thinking that we need to teach literacy, we need to teach mathematics, we need to teach LIFE SKILLS."
"Donny"
Teacher from Western Capetown, South Africa
"Nothing will come to you if you don’t create opportunities for yourself, and after creating these opportunities you will certainly see that it will motivate you, and that will lead to more projects and more things that will come your way."
Joseph Tshabalala
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
"Around the world, each and everyone has music: even trees, even wires, even mountains, goats, cows – they have music. Therefore, if we all begin… like… Even in church, before they preach, they begin with that harmony… mmmm (Tshabalala hums)… mmmm… mmmm… and then people started to understand what’s going on."
Betty Hanratty
Volunteer from Food Foundation, Capetown, South Africa
"After some time we got a very flourishing garden going & one day I was sitting with the women on the damp soil, talking to them about their garden and what it had done for them, and they said to me, you know, a funny thing… The war has stopped in this community because of the food gardening. It’s brought peace."
"Kenny"
Mandela Park Tribal leader, Capetown, South Africa
"Let’s arm our people with skills, so that they can have an opportunity of having jobs to fight poverty."
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