Children Singing Peace


© 2001	Children Singing Peace Around the World (CSPAW) Composed, Created and Directed by Dawn L. Ferguson Children Singing Peace Around the World is a living prayer to heal the Earth sung with heartfelt commitment by youth and elders around the globe. Originally composed on Mt. Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii, its message of Peace and Aloha radiates worldwide through CSPAW programs, recordings and sharing heart to heart. Click to order CSPAW Volume One CD/DVD and to download CSPAW Vol.One Songbook pdf file

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Children Singing Peace Around the World Newsletter, Volume Six, December 2005
written and compiled by Dawn Ferguson

In January 2005 CSPAW went to Kanchanaburi, Thailand. We had great fun with so many new friends at Ban Thor Phan. During our stay we participated in the Rainbow Camp and the Global Children’s Day where children came from several surrounding countries to participate. Not quite as many children as anticipated arrived this year due to the devastating tsunamai that hit Thailand in December, 2004. We were sure to sing to the water together and offer healing prayers for all. Below Dawn and Nart, Father and Director of Ban Thor Phan are pictured together at the entrance to BTP. This program was facilitated by Kazujiro Kojima of Global Visions in Japan who helped sponsor Dawn’s trip and is the visionary behind the Rainbow Camp, in addition to private financial contributions from Rog and Leslie Carrington and Rick Frey. Mahalo.

The entrance to the Global House at Ban Thor Phan.
The place for global visitors to stay.

Below, children from Ban Thor Phan, Baan Nana and Barn Suan Dek join together at the Global House to record Children Singing Peace Around the World in Thai.

Ban Thor Phan youth toning the peace bowl during nap time….

In July, 2005, s Children Singing Peace Around the World CD/DVD Volume One set was completed including a 32"s music CD of CSPAW in thirteen languages and a 98"s DVD of the children's experiences around the globe. Languages and countries included are Arabic and Hebrew (Israel), English and Hawaiian (U.S.A.), Algonquin (Canada), Mohawk (Mohawk Territories, USA)), Irish (Ireland), Ghaidhlig (Scotland), Gamilaraay (Australia), Maori (New Zealand), Argentinian Spanish (Argentina), Japanese (Japan), and Thai (Thailand) as well as American Sign Language and Japanese Sign Language on the DVD. An accompanying songbook was made available as a free pdf download on the CSPAW website. A teachers' activities book is in the works and will be available in 2006 to facilitate integration of the song and experiences in classroom peace curricula. Click to order CD/DVD and to download the Volume One Songbook.

In August 2005, Dawn was invited to speak at the Time, 000, Love Conference held at the Expo 05 Conference Center in Nagoya, Japan on July 25, 2006. She was also invited to share the newly released CSPAW DVD. Japan was on the brink of making a decision to resume whaling at that time and were in the process of re-introducing whale meat in the schools. The humpback whales from Tonga included in the beginning of the CSPAW DVD were the ones first targeted to be hunted. It seemed the whales in the DVD had an opportunity to act as Ambassadors for their species during the showing.

It was a beautiful experience once again in Japan! Mahalo to Mayumi Mori, President of PAF and 000 New World Group who invited and sponsored my stay in Japan,, Fumiko Nagimine for her perseverance in interpreting for me, and to all the Co-creators present who contribute so much love and service every day in uncountable ways! Mahalo for this inspiring gathering of old and new friends!

Dawn at the Conference in Japan opening with Chant “E Ho’o Manao Ana No”
(Remember the oneness from which we all come).

In the Fall 2005, natural disasters took their toll in the Southeast, U.S. With support, collaboration and donations from International Energy Resources, Rog Carrington, Rick Frey and many others, Dawn and Rick visited several schools in the hurricane effected areas of Mississippi and Louisiana. Traveling in Earth Science teacher, Rick Frey's R.V., we could be self-sustaining while hoping to bring some hope, love and supplies to children who’d experience the devasting hurricanes. Mahalo to all who donated art and music supplies, clothes and miscellaneous other supplies to be given to schools in MS and LA. Below are scenes on the street at the first school we visited in Mississippi.

Below scenes from our visit to Lanier Elementary School in Baton Rouge.


	Didgeridos and rattles (left) made with love by Richards Middle School students. Inscribed with messages of hope and inspiration (see below).

Richard’s Middle School (near Atlanta Georgia) students made instruments (didgeridos and rattles) with messages of hope written on them to be given to children and schools in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Some of their messages are listed below:

I’m sorry about your loss
Hope you can cope with it
Love always, Brie
May love always be with you.

S.M.I.L.E.
Let hope and music come frm this rattle. Jesus loves you.
Live Love Laugh

Never give up

I hope that you will be all right. Never give up. Keep your head up.
Everything will be alright. Keep your spirits up.

I’m praying for you. Everything is going to be alright.

Keep a smile on your face. Be happy. I hope everything is going to be OK.
Stay strong. Hope you feel better.

Always stay strong. Hey ya’ll. Stay strong. We care.

We are always here for you. Everybody cares for you.

I’m always here for you. I’m the smile on a rainy day, the whisper in the wind. I am always here for you. You’ll get through this. Stay strong.

You’ve lived through the worst part. We’re praying for you. Keep your hopes up.

Have faith, I’m here for you. We’re always thinking about you guys.
Keep your heads up. Don’t worry, things will get better.

Don’t worry. No matter what the situation. No matter what you are going through. It’s gonna be alright. In the morning, joy will come and everything will work out for you good. It’s gonna be alright. (Smile) Don’t worry, I’ve been there. I survived a big tornado. You’ll make it. Lindsey

Shake your troubles away. Don’t worry be happy. Everything will be OK (Smile)

Obstacles come into our lives but you can run and jump over them with a little help. Keep your head up. Change will come. Love is greater than pain.

FEMA Trailer homes for families displaced by the hurricanes.

Tent communities for helpers. FEMA trailers providing homes for displaced families

Dawn offers prayers to the Earth
by an uprooted tree near her temporary home campsite.

Pictures from our visit with students and teachers at St. Alphonsus School in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Below Principal Jones toning the peace bowl while Dawn plays a digerido some of Rick Frey’s students from Atlanta had made for them! Piles of donations (right) stacked behind the children in the gym.

We built hula hoop sculptures filled with our hopes for the future
which served as centerpieces for us to dance around.

Kathy Mangin and students (right) thank Rick and Dawn (left) for visiting and bringing hope and joy. Kathy wrote a beautiful song inspired by experiencing the hurricanes which she has published to help bring funds to locate missing children since the storms. It may be ordered through Katrina CD, 2953 Bienville Blvd. #134, Ocean Springs, MS 39564.

And as always nature teaches us and shows us hope for new life.
Behind the school, amidst so much structural devastation,
we found this beautiful rose preparing to bloom.

If anyone reading this would like to make donations to schools continuing to rebuild post Katrina and Rita, you might consider those listed below:

St. Alphonsus Elementary School
504 Jackson Ave.
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Contact Person/Principal: Miriam Jones
Phone: 228-875-5329
Email: mjones@biloxidiocese.org

St. Martin Middle School
10800 Yellowjacket Blvd.
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Contact Person: Julie Massey
juliemassey@bellsouth.net

Lanier Elementary School
4705 Lanier Dr.
Baton Rouge, La. 70812
Principal: Martha Davis
225-357-5953

Bayou Woods Elementary School
35614 Liberty Dr.
Slidell, Louisiana 70460
Contact Person: Amy Abney/Resource teacher
985-641-1901
bayouwoodselementary.stpsb.org

Central Elementary
1100 Dupont Ave.
Pascagola, MS 39567
Contact Person/Principal: Stephanie Yeager
228-238-4628 (Stephanie’s cell phone)

We are all One Circle. May we all be present with one another with love, joy, compassion, inspiration, hope and generosity through these transitional times!

Children Singing Peace Around the World completed the year with a beautiful experience back home on Maui, Hawaii with youth from Dance International Production directed by Madelyne Pascoa who recorded CSPAW in the Filopino language, Ilokano, the dialect most spoken by people from the Philippines in Hawaii. The children worked hard learning the words and singing for the first time in a public performance at the Opening Ceremonies for the Filopino Centennial Celebration on Maui in December. Mahalo for the private donations that covered Dawn's airfare to Hawaii and to Elizabeth Ayson for her generous assistance and hospitality during this recording!

Musicians, dancers and singers practice, practice, practice!

December 17th Filopino Centennial Celebration

Above and below the childrens’ performance at the Filopino Centenial Opening Ceremonies.

Passion and Dawn toning the Peace Bowl Madelyne Pascua and Dr. Elizabeth Ayson

Performing the CSPAW Ilokano dance choreographed by Director, Madelyne Pascua
at the Opening Ceremonies for the Filopino Centenial Celebration.

Adult coaches, Dolly and Maria indicating a job well done!

We hope to go to the Philippines in December, 2006 to bridge with the homeland and to record CSPAW in the most prevalent Filopino language in the Philippines, Tucalog. Mahalo to the children, to Dr. Elizabeth Ayson, CSPAW Philippines Representative and to the many supporters who helped make this recording possible. The Filopino experience was a beautiful close to a full, intense and productive year!

As Children Sing Peace, the winds pick up their message, the waters carry their message, the animals share their message, the plants whisper their message, the sun radiates their message, the moon smiles on their message, the earth receives their message...all around the world.....and so it goes with Children Singing Peace Around the World!

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