PeaceJam news
Madeleine Ward tells us about the activities of Ackworth School's PeaceJam group
In March 2010, the Ackworth School PeaceJam group will travel to Bradford University for the annual PeaceJam conference hosted by the Peace Studies Department. It gives young people from all over the UK a chance to meet and learn from a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. This year’s Laureate is José Ramos Horta, president of East Timor, formed in 2002 when it finally broke away from Indonesian rule. The country has had a long history of oppression, but Ramos Horta is committed to developing it peacefully and steadily over the coming years. In 2008, José Ramos Horta was injured in an assassination attempt but he recovered well returning to his presidential duties two months later.
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