The Voice of the Children

Alida Newman (Auckland)

January 4, 2016December 8, 2019 Deanne

The children of today want our planet to be a peaceful place…we want a planet where all children have a voice and a chance to shine.

We want tolerance of religious differences. We want an environment with abundant natural sources of food, animals and resources. We want a poverty free planet where all children have a voice and a chance to shine… We need a group of adults who will listen to our ideas and views. My generation is relying on you to help us, and take action towards creating a better future. Because we all deserve a future.

WON’T YOU HELP US MAKE IT HAPPEN?

George Shirtcliffe, 11 (Auckland)

January 4, 2016January 4, 2016 Deanne

My wish is for people to realise that we are all a family, and if we worked together we could create a better world for everyone.

In Christchurch, (and around the world, like in Japan) the earth and many buildings and homes have crumbled to pieces. But what hasn’t crumbled is hope…

Amogh, 12 (Waitakere)

December 6, 2015January 14, 2016 Deanne

On the outside we might look different, and we might sound different – but inside we are the same.

A world at peace may be a journey of many steps but the mission of The Voice of the Children is to make it possible for the children to take those steps; to build a world that no longer sees war or hostility as an acceptable condition, because they have learned to accept and value each others’ differences.

Vincent, 12

December 6, 2015January 4, 2016 Deanne

We live in a wonderful world. Let’s work together and keep it that way.

Achieving a world at peace is a real possibility. All it will take is for enough people to make it their personal, commercial and political priority. If we enable the children of the world to want it, demand it and work for it, in time there will be enough people wanting peace to bring it into being.

Amogh, 12 (Waitakere)

Vincent, 12

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