Seeds of Peace

Fighting is a very destructive way to get what you want. War is even worse. The world is full of war and violence causing great casualties and fear in families living in war zones. Terrorists and rebels create battle grounds in civil places for religious or territorial reasons, not affiliated with the civilians in that region. There are never-ending battles in middle- eastern countries.  Palestine and Israel are known for fighting against each other recently.  Governments rarely try to help to calm or resolve these conflicts. Peace, certainly, does not exist in these areas and makes it extremely uncomfortable for children to enjoy their childhood.  They grow up with bombings and shootings. Soldiers persuade them into joining the cause. They teach them to fight for their religion and kill the enemies. It all starts from childhood. We have to educate the children to change the world. The right education is the key to a kid’s future and the countries future as well.

Seeds of Peace is an organization that started in 1993. They teach young adults, from countries that suffer hardships, the right leadership skills to bring peace to areas of conflict. People from Jordan, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Israel, and Cyrus come from their country to the U.S.  The young people attend a yearly camp in Oatisfield, Maine. They also attend one back in their own country that gives them opportunities to see leadership skills by bringing people together for talks, services, and respect.    The campers are known as seeds. This refers to young people growing up and making a difference such as a seed grown into a tree. The program provides speeches, talks from adults, dialogue meetings, conferences, and workshops. These activities further their education into creating a non-violence environment in their own community.  Seeds of Peace’s goal is to eventually stop wars and other violence in the world.

In order to promote this program and to spread the news, Seeds of Peace communicates in several ways. They mostly use the web to show there activities.  They have their own website where they have tabs to show what their organization is about and, it also displays different events occurring now or events in the future.  It explains how the program, started and by whom. They have tabs on how to make donations or help out and their sponsors. It also has plenty of pictures to show how much fun the youngsters are having. They have a facebook which is very popular to people of any age.  It connects people from all over the world using one network. It also allows people to post bulletins and pictures. Twitter is common to young adults and it focuses on current events on which the program is hosting. Flickr and Youtube showcase the events using pictures or videos to get out a message or attract individuals. This is a great way of communication because Youtube is known worldwide and videos are shown randomly on different screens and links so it spreads out quickly. Spreading the news of Seeds of Peace is