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My Peace Message
The purpose of mankind today should be to inspire children and youths to become valuable advocates for tolerance and peace via education, talks and sensitization campaigns. “We are here because we know that literacy is the key to unlocking the cage of human misery; the key to delivering the potential of every human being; the key to opening up a future of freedom and hope. We are here to open a decade that must translate that hope into reality.” Kofi Annan. Today's modern world is becoming smaller, integrated and technologically more advanced. It is also becoming fragmented, less peaceful and...
Combattting violent extremism among children through cartoons
According to the Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict , conflicts in Nigeria, Cameroon and others Lake Chad Basin countries have involved a thousand of children forcibly recruited in violent extremism as combatants, mine testers, messengers and cooks some of them have even been used as human shields or as sex slaves. In order to tackle the issue of the radicalization and Violent Extremism (VE) in Cameroon and Africa among the children, my organisation Children for Peace and I use various channels: Cartoons, medias, technology. C4P and fight against radicalization /VE...
Speaking up about patriarchy in society
Women and men. Even as I am typing it, reading it sounds incorrect. Women before men? Hasn’t it always been said men and women? Why is that? It isn’t a big deal, it’s just the way it’s always been done. That’s what I’ve always been told, it’s just the way it’s always been. I’m wrong for speaking up, I am told, trying to change something that’s been deep-rooted in our society for so long it’s normal now. Well, not for me. Staying silent isn’t an option. I have a voice and I will use it. My name is Perla Kobeissy, I am 15 years old and I have one mission: Change the world. Or at least what I can...