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that it will host the next Model Peace Summit, and the hope is that more schools around the world will join the movement. From Sadako’s cranes to the students’ Peace Pledge, the message is simple: peace is not something we simply talk about. It is something we learn to build, together.
The day ended with a Heavy Metal concert featuring students and D2O, who travelled from Delhi especially to support the Summit. The final day brought everything together. Students created their own Peace Pledge, making a personal commitment to carry the learning beyond the Summit. The Peace Ambassadors performed Lemn Sissay MBE’s Let There Be Peace, followed by a closing address from Rishi Jalan, Founder and CEO of Big Red Education and a former Mayo College student who went on to study International Relations at Cornell University. Legacy of the Learning The Summit may have ended, but the work cannot.
Its success lies not simply in three days of activities, but in what students choose to do with what they have learned. Shrewsbury International School India has already confirmed
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