Children’s Project for Peace
The current situation in Ukraine has brought the war to a level where no-one can ignore the danger of a nuclear apocalypse.
The United Nations and several countries have asked for negotiated settlement.
President Biden has not embraced this approach and the United States continues with a military answer by sending arms, equipment and money.
The children need Samantha Smith’s Inspiration to contact the opposing world leaders asking for peace.
In 1982, her story and the results of the letter she wrote to Yuri Andropov are recorded in the book “Journey to the Soviet Union”.
This was the beginning of the end of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Today we call on young people throughout the world to write letters and use modern technology and social media to contact and appeal to President Biden and President Putin asking for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations.
When the leaders agree this will be the beginning of the possibility of peace.
“Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the earth. But with more people thinking about problems of the world, I hope that someday soon we will find the way to world peace. Maybe someone will show us the way.” (Samantha Smith)
Dot Walsh, Peace Abbey/ https://dotwalsh.com
【Publication of Samantha’s Book】
<English>
1st ed.
Journey to the Soviet Union / Smith, Samantha/ Little Brown & Co (October 1, 1984) / Publication date: October 1, 1984/ Language: English/ Paperback: 128 pages
2nd ed.
Journey to the Soviet Union/ Smith, Samantha/ Published by The Peace Abbey, Sherborn MA www.peaceabbey.org
Available to the trade: Ocean Tree Books, Santa Fe NM www.oceantree.com
<Russian>
Путешествие в Советский Союз / Puteshestvie v Sovetskiĭ Soi︠u︡z / Саманта Смит ; пер. с англ. ; Smith, Samantha/ Moskva: APN, 1986 / Translation of: Journey to the Soviet Union / 127 pages: illustrations (some color)
<Lithuanian>
Nepamiršime tave̜s, Samanta (Let’s Not Forget You, Samanta)/ Smith, Samantha/ Vilnius: “Vyturys”, 1987. 58 pages. [dailinkas Antanas Dakinevičius; iš anglu kalbos vertė Sigitas Krivickas]/ Transl. Antanas Dakinevičius; Sigitas Krivickas