Sometimes it seems that all the news is bad. Sometimes it seems that the world around you is tumbling hopelessly downhill and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it.Yet that is never the case. For the more difficult life becomes, the more motivated everyone becomes to make real, substantial,positive changes.

Nothing is ever as bad as it seems. Because when situations become difficult, people become determined. And when enough people become determined enough, good, positive and valuable things begin to happen. Hope, which may have previously been nearly impossible to see, begins to spring into action.

When the darkness becomes unbearable, someone will step forward and shine a light. And that light will inspire others, and others, and others.

People who remain focused on the positive are often accused of being unrealistic. This is a shallow logic. Where there is hope, there is hope. That is to say that hope does not just occur, it is created by the hopeful. It is never unrealistic to be positive, because a positive outlook is ultimately self-fulfilling. A hopeless situation changes, as soon as someone cares. As soon as someone believes they can make things better, there is hope.

Things are not always OK. In fact, they rarely are. Acknowledge the negative, then focus on the positive, and you'll begin to make things better.

Hope of Peace is always there. The more it is needed, the more powerful and effective it grows.

Peace does not just exist ,YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN

MAMADOU DIOP

PRESIDENT of A3D

As young people, we have experience for many years some of the greatest forms of civil war, which brings about mass destruction, massacre of innocent citizens, raping, child soldiers, hunger, and educational set back. If we say, think, and feel that children and young people are the future leaders, than countries and political leaders must ensure that their political differences and power struggle through guns be put away and focus on collaboration with present government leadership shifting the lives of young people through global solidarity, where the fundamental rights of mankind are fully practice. 

I believe if more funding were given towards peaceful initiatives than giving more support to warfare, our world would be more peaceful in securing the lives of children, especially in Africa where violence is as high as compare to the western world. Peace is not just about speeches, drama, awareness, but doing it practically with love and sincerity, including every one from difference backgrounds, political and economic, religious and social, communities, homes, families, and countries. 

If we can take more actions on peace and no-violence actions, we may experience less violence around the world. My country Liberia has experience 15 years of civil crisis and I have seen violence act, killing, destructions, and mal nourish children. Recovering from this senseless crisis and blood shed, the country is experiencing and becoming more peaceful as compare to the past nightmare. Because of the international forces on ground and peace agreement, Liberia was able to have peaceful, transparent, and fair election in October 2005, and after this election, Liberia has the first African female President, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.