Wednesday 10 June 2015

Peace Walk 2015

At the end of July, my friend Paul Haines will be walking from Rome to Jerusalem with the focus on Peace and Reconciliation in the world. He will be wearing the peace dove symbol, carrying a book for people to sign, and asking for Messages of Peace that he can take with him as he walks, planning to be in Jerusalem sometime in December.

Paul would like to engage with as many people as possible, before, during and after his walk, hoping to help raise the profile and awareness of peace and in some way, hopes his walk will have some effect.

He is linking up with two charities, “Children of Peace” a UK based charity that offers a non-partisan approach to conflict resolution in the Middle East and “Postcards for Peace” a UK based charity that provided the dove symbol.

Paul started long-distance walking five years ago. Last year he walked from London to Rome in aid of two charities that are involved with health, dementia and music. He talked to many people as he walked for three months, and tried to help raise the awareness of the issues connected with dementia and the benefits of music for health.

On Saturday Paul is having a Mix where everyone is invited to come along and eat, drink, and listen to him talk about his walks past and future. We will also sing, read out or play anything to do with peace. These are always good evenings, but we are filled with admiration at what he is setting out to achieve. If you have a look at the messages of peace he has already collected, you will see that these range from Archbishops, the Queen, Tim Smit - and me....

He asks that people will follow him on his website, Peacewalk 2015 and leave messages of peace.
















8 comments:

Sally said...

Brilliantly put Sue. Please may I crib some of it for a blog post some time soon? We are sorry that we are going to miss the Peace Mix. See you soon.xx

Flowerpot said...

Sally - of course you can. Just sorry you can't come on Sat XX

Rena George said...

What an amazing man. I've just retweeted Paul's Twitter message. xx

Flowerpot said...

Thanks Rena - he is amazing isn't he?! XX

Chris Stovell said...

I'll look for Paul on Twitter too. What a worthwhile mission.

Flowerpot said...

Thanks Chris - he will be pleased!

Kim @ Him, Him Me said...

Have left Paul a message & wish him well for his walk.

Flowerpot said...

Thanks Kim!