Messages for Peace from Kenya

Natalia　15 years old

 Peace is something very important all over the world. Peace is the state of being in harmony with one another. When we stay in peace, people will live in harmony and love.

  In 2007, there was not peace but terror. People's lives were taken off, houses and offices were burned during the election.

  In Kenya nowadays people fear election days just because they fear to die. During the election people fled to other countries and they become refugees in other countries like Tanzania, Uganda and other bordering countries.

  During the 2013 election we stayed in peace. There was no war and people voted just in peace and the seat of presidency was taken by UHURU KENYATTA.

  Also in the same year, 2013 at the west gate The Al-shabb entered Kenya and a number of people were killed because there were no peace.

 PEACE Summary

 Serah 13 years old

 Peace is an important thing in the globe. It is a state of living in harmony with the environment. When there is no peace, trees are destroyed, forests are destroyed because of no law and no peace.

 Without peace, there is hunger, and starvation. Because no time for planting or cultivating food ,crops. Like Southern Sudan, people are walking long distance to other countries, because there is no transportation.

  Where there is no peace there is poverty, because there is no buying and selling all factories are closed and no job.

   Duiring war, like Somalia, all hospitals are closed. There are a lot of diseases. There's nobody to treat so we need peace everywhere, peace to everybody.  Peace to trees, peace to animals, peace to ocean. Be friendly to everything. We want peace to everyone. I am at peace with Hitomi, with Suwako Nagata. When they do organic farming, there are peace with soil. In kiswahili of Kenya, peace is called amani.

 Kenya motto: AMANI UMOJA UPENDO.　It means peace, love, unity