Get Up, Stand Up: Be a Peace Activist

“Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights!” sings Bob Marley. There’s no explicit mention of peace in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but the declaration and observation of those rights have the objective of maintaining peace, our right for peace is substantial.

But it’s not enough to see and to say that, we have to take actions for peace. Together we can make a difference, please, help the WorldWalkers to spread their message, be a peace activist yourself, get involved.

The nicest example of the team’s philosophy on peace—which is based upon the inner peace of small communities; friendship and brotherhood—is the walking tour of István and Ferenc. Walking around the world is a great challenge, but despite the difficulties and problems they have to retain their individual peace. This is not only the key to the mission’s success but a proof of their philosophy: they’re friends, they’re brothers, they can live in peace. They’d like to share this message with as many people as possible. Ferenc and István cannot have a personal chat with everyone, but they do can share this message over the Internet. That’s why we’re askink for your help this time.

The background team created some virtual flyers and a virtual sticker. You can place these on forums, blogs, websites, email them to friends, relatives, share them on online social networks. In a few click you can be a peace activist.

Virtual flyer

There’s three virtual flyer models, each of them has a 400px x 400px size. Designed to be posted on forums or on your blog.

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This picture was shot in Morocco, in the June of 2008. When the WorldWalkers glimpsed the goats on the tree they couldn’t believe their eyes. A goat-tree? That’s impossible. But sometimes achieving peace looks impossible as well. Goats aren’t grown on trees, they just climb the branches. Peace isn’t something that grows by itself either, but we can reach it through the notions of brotherhood and friendship. There’s always a chance.

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The Mauritanian desert was a really difficult stage to face. Ferenc and István did not fight the physical challenges only: the heat, the burning sun, the wind and the sand it blew into their faces; they had to fight their mental battles as well. The endless dunes of the Sahara and the narrow stripe of the paved road between those waves of sand often evoked feelings of tinyness, transience, helplessness. But they had to hold on, had to follow the trip, couldn’t give up. That’s the struggle we’re all part of; we’re lost shadows looking for peace.

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This expressive photo was taken on the new year’s eve of 2008-2009. The brothers arrived to Málaga dog-tired, exhausted, full of disappointment, because they weren’t able to follow the tour from Dakar, Senegal, after completing the African stage, after crossing the Sahara desert, they had to turn back. the new year brought new hope, new prospects, the project had evolved a lot. Ferenc and István reaffirmed their determination, their handshake over the night lights of Málaga symbolizes this decision. There’s no better background to support the most important ideas and values of the WorldWalk-Peacetour project. This is the WorldWalk-Peacecloud.

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Virtual sticker

This virtual sticker is a space-efficient animated version of the WorldWalk-Peacecloud.

This Peacecloud sticker is a smaller, modified version of the Peacecloud flyer. We created this one to comply with the standard 125px x 125px rectangle ad size that’s becoming more and more common. This HTML code can be easily inserted into any blog or website sidebars. If you have a blog or a site that supports such ad placement, please place this sticker onto your ad-area, help us reach your readers with our message, with the WorldWalkers’ concept of peace.

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T-Shirts

Last but not least we have to mention that there are T-shirts available with these very same designs. They can be purchased in the WorldWalk Supporters shop. The purchase of a t-shirt sends the team US$5, so by buying one you can be a supporter besides being a peace activist.

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