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Origami Cranes for Peace

know your community – know your world . Origami Cranes for Peace. 1000 Cranes of Peace for Syria Project. The history of paper cranes as symbols of peace. The senbazuru legend Thousand origami cranes

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Origami Cranes for Peace

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  1. know your community – know your world Origami Cranes for Peace 1000 Cranes of Peace for Syria Project

  2. The history of paper cranes as symbols of peace The senbazuru legend Thousand origami cranes (千羽鶴 Senbazuru) is a group of one thousand origami paper cranes (鶴 tsuru) held together by strings. An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. Some stories believe you are granted eternal good luck, instead of just one wish, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury.

  3. SADAKO SAKSAKI SadakoSaksaki, a young Japanese girl lived in Hiroshima during World War II. She was two years old when the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Sadako developed leukemia. In the hospital she folded paper cranes because she wished to live. Her family and friends added to the 644 cranes she had folded before her death, and buried 1000 cranes with her.

  4. Sadako’s message to the world Peace not War… To remember Sasaki and other children who died of illnesses caused by the atomic bombing, the Children’s Peace Monument was established at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in 1958. There is a statue of Sadako holding a crane in Hiroshima Peace Park at its base is a plaque that says: これはぼくらの叫びです　これは私たちの祈りです　世界に平和をきずくためのKorewabokura no sakebidesu. Korewawatashitachi no inoridesu. Sekainiheiwa o kizuku tame no.This is our cry, this is our prayer: for building peace in the world.

  5. AIF: PEACE CRANES PROJECT: SYRIA 1000 prayers and wishes of peace for SYRIA • Full name: The Syrian Arab Republic • Population: 21.1 million (UN, 2012) • Capital: Damascus • Area: 185,180 sq km (71,498 sq miles) • Major language: Arabic • Major religions: Islam, Christianity • Life expectancy: 74 years (men), 78 years (women) (UN) • Monetary unit: 1 Syrian pound = 100 piastres • Main exports: Oil, gas • GNI per capita: US $2,750 (World Bank, 2010)

  6. The Syrian refugee crisis has exploded from about 270,000 people a year ago to today’s tally of more than two million who have fled the country.. In addition, an estimated 4.25 million Syrians have been displaced within their country, bringing the total number forced into flight to more than six million.

  7. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/gifs/origamcr.gif • http://origami.org.uk/origamicrane

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