Origami pieces for peace

One thousand cranes have been folded by Friends from Pickering and Hull Area Meeting

One thousand paper cranes have been made by Friends from Pickering and Hull Area Meeting to coincide with the centenary of the Northern Friends Peace Board.  The crane (or tsuru) is a national symbol of longevity and luck in Japan. Legend promises that anyone who makes one thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish. The crane became a symbol of hope and peace through the story of Sadako Sasaki.

Sadako, as a young girl, was exposed to radiation from the Hiroshima bomb and suffered from leukaemia as a result. She made paper cranes in hope of recovery. She died, however, before she finished and her friends decided to complete the task. Paper cranes are still sent to the Hiroshima Children’s Peace Monument from all around the world.

Friends prayed for world peace and nuclear disarmament, and sent a photograph of their cranes to the mayor of Hiroshima so that it can be placed in the Peace Park.

Philip Austin, coordinator of the Northern Friends Peace Board, said: ‘It’s lovely to be linked with Friends through this simple project, representing the cumulative efforts of many individuals – much as the work of NFPB over the past 100 years.’

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