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International Mine Awareness Day : Unexpected

International Mine Awareness Day in Mine Action

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated, “An unprecedented volume of landmines and unexploded weapons contaminates rural and urban war zones, maiming and killing innocent civilians long after conflict has ended. Mine action is vital.” To bring attention to this issue the General Assembly of the United Nations established the 4th of April as International Mine Awareness Day. It is estimated that approximately 110 million landmines still remain in the ground in various countries around the world.

“Advancing Protection, Peace and Development”

These landmines clearly show the lasting effects of war that continue to cause damage and loss of life even after the active conflicts have ceased. Articles 1 through 3 of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) address the prohibition of acts of aggression and the banning of weapons of war. According to Article 2 Clause 3 of the DPCW “States should take measures to ensure that existing weapons of mass destruction, weapons capable of causing widespread and unnecessary suffering and weapons incompatible with international humanitarian law are gradually dismantled or destroyed.”

“The War is Over, but Where is the Peace?”

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Quotes for Young Leaders of Nonprofit

Young Leaders of Nonprofit

“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.”
– Sonia Johnson

“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
– Anne Frank

“Find a need and fill it.”
– Ruth Stafford Peale

Why not change the world

Can make a significant difference

“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.”
-Barack Obama

“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.”
-Barack Obama

“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein

“Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.”
– Ella Williams

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Nonprofit Start-up is my dream

Beginning of Nonprofit Start-up

Traditionally the purpose of Startup companies is to earn profit. Is only start-up for profit? No. All companies want to make money. At present, however, none of the profit-companies reveal their purpose. At one point, they did not sell the product. They sell sensitivity, human, platform. Now people don’t easily buy products of commercial company. They don’t move easily. They are more easily moved by ‘Meaning‘. What will they get from buying this, and what will the company do with the money? So, many companies sell ‘meaning’, their mission, identity. But unlike them, here are companies whose mission is ” Everything.” There is ‘Nonprofit organization.’ My dream is Nonprofit Start-up into which the two are combined.

Nonprofit Start-up : Example ‘Watsi’

Nonprofit Start-up! Isn’t this word wonderful? I fell in love. Looking at me and my friends around me, the perception of NPO was not good. First of all, It’s not cool! In fact, it is fair to say that corporations are too cool. They invest a lot of money to recruit talent. So what do you think it’ll be now? All the talented people gather there! If so, should the nonprofit always be beaten by the profit? I don’t think so! Peter F. Drucker said Mission is the most important thing for NPO in his book, ‘Managing the Non-Profit Organization’. I also want to challenge myself. I try to learn many things. First, Nonprofit Start-up is already a known word in the world. Many people cite ‘Watsi‘ as an example. I should study more.

“The “non-profit” institution neither supplies goods or services nor controls. Its “product” is neither a pair of shoes nor an effective regulation. Its product is a changed human being. The non-profit institutions are human-change agents. Their “product” is a cured patient, a child that learns, a young man or woman grown into a self-respecting adult; a changed human life altogether.”
― Peter F. Drucker, Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices

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Volunteer inspirational quotes

Volunteer is a heart

“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve…. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
~Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” — Muhammad Ali

“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.” — Elizabeth Andrew

Volunteer inspirational quotes

“Only a life lived for others is worth living.” — Albert Einstein

“What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.” — Aristotle

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill

“The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.” — Helen Keller

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW) for Harmony

World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW)

World Interfaith Harmony Week is a UN resolution for a worldwide week of interfaith harmony. It was proposed in 2010 by King Abdullah II and Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan. The World Interfaith Harmony Week falls in the first week of February of every year and aims to promote harmony between all people regardless of their faith. Personally, I think the aims and ends of everything are really so cool. When it looks different from reality, I feel skeptical and helpless. On the other hand, I’m relieved to know there are others who strive to make the world better place without a stop. What should I choose? I have to fight.

“It is essential to resist forces of division that spread misunderstanding and mistrust especially among peoples of different religions. The fact is, humanity everywhere is bound together, not only by mutual interests, but by shared commandments to love God and neighbor. What we are proposing is a special week, during which the world’s people, in their own places of worship, could express the teachings of their own faith about tolerance, respect for the other and peace.” – King Abdullah

HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp in Iraq

“Let us achieve peace by understanding each religion”

HWPL shares the mutual goal with the UN to promote harmony and understanding between all people regardless of their religion. So it has operated the World Alliance of Religion’s Peace (WARP) Offices and HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp. The WARP Office meetings is the series of interfaith dialogue based on each scripture(more info). The HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp was held for the first time in the Middle East in line with the UN Harmony Week on 7 February, 2018. The title is “Let us achieve peace by understanding each religion”. The camp was co-hosted by HWPL and the President and Dean of Halabja University in Iraq. About 200 attendees including religious leaders coming from Christianity, Islam, and KaKai, and university representatives gathered at the Halabja University. In Gwangju city of Korea, 90 members of the International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) participated in the camp through Skype. I’m looking forward to the future of these youth. 🙂

“I think this camp is a true way to spread peace and religious coexistence and educate students and young people to know what religious coexistence is and how to apply. I hope this project may be extended to hold camps and other meetings. We at Halabja University are very eager to do this” – Dr. Nariman Abdulla Ali, Dean of College of Human Sciences

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[Australia diary] Mateship is our identity

Mateship : National Identity

In gold rushes, Australia’s total population more than tripled from 430,000 in 1851 to 1.7 million in 1871. Australia first became a multicultural society during the gold rush period. What were born here? ‘The mateship‘ Mateship is a code of conduct and concept that can be traced back to early colonial times. The harsh environment in which new settlers found themselves meant that men and women closely relied on each other for all sorts of help. In Australia, a ‘mate‘ is more than just a friend and is a term that implies a sense of shared experience, mutual respect and unconditional assistance.(Wiki)

“The very success of ‘mateship‘ in Australia eroded individualism. In a sense mateship was a protection against individualism…it is probably one of the most characteristic folk beliefs of Australia. There is concern for the ordinariness in Australians. Consider Anzac Day again – men in their ordinary clothes, marching through the streets out of step, unpretentious; and then getting drunk in the most ordinary manner imaginable. It is a celebration of the essential ordinariness and the common human-ness of man.” – DONALD, HORNE – Southern Exposure

Tall poppy syndrome & Underdog

One result of the prevalence of the “mateship” culture is that Australian society is stringently anti-hierarchical. Australians are expected to behave with humility and not think of themselves as better than their peers. Any disloyalty to their “mates” is treated harshly, and is known as the tall poppy syndrome, where people who grow greater than their peers are harshly criticised as being narcissistic, or “up themselves”. Mirroring the tall poppy syndrome which brings back to ordinary, the egalitarian Australian society has a traditional Australian support for the “underdog.” Australians will show support for those who appear to be at a disadvantage even when the underdog is competing against fellow Australians, such as in sporting events.

“I love underdogs, people who have achieved extraordinary things against the odds.” – Phil Keoghan

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[Australia diary] basic information

Commonwealth of Australia

Capital : Canberra(‘meeting place’ in Aboriginal language)
Largest city : Sydney
2016 census : 23,401,892
Area : 7,692,024 km²
Currency : Australian dollar (AUD)
National language : English
Various ethnicities, No state religion

Australia diary : Basic information

If you want to understand Australia, you must know ‘Gold rush’. In Australia the gold rush began in the early 1850s. Europeans already arrived in 1600s. The gold rushes caused a huge influx of people from overseas. Australia’s total population more than tripled from 430,000 in 1851 to 1.7 million in 1871. Australia first became a multicultural society during the gold rush period. These diggers lived together naturally. What were born here? ‘The mateship‘ The mateship and their collective resistance led to the emergence of a unique national identity.(later) So the Australia has various ethnicities, languages and religions.

Ethnicity : English (36.1%), Australian (33.5%), Irish (11.0%), Scottish (9.3%), Chinese (5.6%), Italian (4.6%), German (4.5%), Indian (2.8%), Greek (1.8%), and Dutch (1.6%)
Language : English (72.7%), Mandarin (2.5%), Arabic (1.4%), Cantonese (1.2%), Vietnamese (1.2%) and Italian (1.2%)
Religion : No religion (30.1%), Roman Catholic (22.6%), Other Christian (18.7%), Anglican (13.3%), Islam (2.6%), Buddhism (2.4%) and Hinduism(1.9%)

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Australia travel quotes : Beautiful, isn’t it?

Traveling Australia : Beautiful, isn’t it?

“Being lost in Australia gives you a lovely sense of security.”
– Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines

“The Australians, it seems to me, thrive on their remoteness from the world and see it as a way of keeping up a code of “No worries, mate,” while peddling their oddities to visitors: nonconformity is at once a fact of life for many, and a selling point.” – Pico Iyer, Falling Off the Map

“The most enjoyable and rewarding experiences I have had on my travels have not involved queues. They have been when I broke away from the crowds and spent time with a local, tried new food, and learned about a different culture. That is the true heart of travelling.”
– Michael Turtle, Time Travel Turtle

Australia travel quotes : Travel Often

“Travel safe, travel far, travel wide, and travel often.”
– Matt Kepnes, Nomadic Matt

“Travel does not necessarily always have to take the form of packing bags, crossing borders or being nomadic. It’s an act and a feeling that can happen in every given moment. It’s about living a full life, being connected to the present moment, experiencing unbridled joy and creating and sharing profound memories.”
– Caz and Craig Makepeace

“Travel means more than just holidaying. Travel is an integral part of a deeper personal development process. It contributes to enriching my life both spiritually and mentally. Moreover, it gives me the chance to learn more about myself and others alike.”
– Michela Fantinel, Rocky Travel

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2nd Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) #3

2nd Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)

“A Call for Building a World of Peace and Realizing Justice“

On March 14, 2018, I sat at a quiet cafe and watched ‘2nd DPCW’ live broadcast in Australia. The sky was so clear today. Maybe you don’t know, now I’m studying abroad in Australia. I’m from Korea. Unlike Korea, here seems to be more relaxing. ‘Did I come this far and learn all the things to learn?’ ‘Why am I here?’ On these thoughts, I heard the news from HWPL. Today is the 2nd Annual Commemoration of the DPCW. I know a lot of peace groups, but I don’t believe any one. Because they are only saying about peace, not moving. But I can’t help putting my trust in HWPL. We can know them by their walking. This time, we check more about this commemoration.

71 Countries Cry out for DPCW

The 2nd Annual Commemoration of the DPCW in Seoul was held in conjunction with 166 cities in 71 countries including Los Angeles and Washington D.C. in the United States, Germany, Ukraine, Britain, and China totaling approximately 150,000 worldwide participants. They shouted together around the world. Representatives of religion, government and civic groups expressed their solidarity for the passage of an international peace law at this commemoration. But the beginning was definitely one. In a few years, so many people are joining. What’s gonna happen in a few years? Join in the vast flow of peace that can’t stop.

HWPL is an international peace nonprofit organization registered with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Messengers of Peace are crying out

“Rather than waiting to take peace for granted, it is we who should put an end to war to protect humanity and our globe, and leave peace as a legacy for future generations,” said Mr. Man Hee Lee, Chairman of HWPL. “Laws of today cannot compensate for the lives sacrificed from war. What we need is an instrument that protects human life, the very law that prevents war,” said Lee.

Mr. Pravin H. Parekh, President of Confederation of Indian Bar, who participated in drafting the DPCW said, “No human being and no animal on planet Earth can survive from weapons (of mass destruction). Even an error or an accident can cause widespread, irreparable damage to human life and property. We all have to work 365 days and 24 hours together for peace as a messenger of peace.”

“We urge all those yearning for peace and justice to take the right path, not the path marked with lies, and join the effort to build peace together.”
– Chairman Lee of HWPL

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[Book review] The ONE Thing : Apply to me

The ONE Thing : Apply to me

“What’s your one thing?” This book started by One focusing question. Before the review, I came to think about myself while reading a book. I have a momentum to read this book. There was always something to be said among those around me who knew me. What’s so much to do? Isn’t it hard? Each time I answered, “I must not miss even one of them. I can try harder. There must be something to learn from this! This experience will give me a lot of strength later!” But people around me trusted me and also worried about me. Do you know what my problem is?

“I failed to do anything important that I have to do.
I have tried hard but I have no result.”

Same as me : Throw away! Choose! Focus!

The writers of this book are Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan. “If everyone has the same number of hours in the day, why do some people seem to get so much more done than others? How do they do more, achieve more, earn more, have more?” The answer is that they do not work more and more. They are throwing away, choosing and focusing! Oh no, they do fewer things than others. They do the most important things first efficiently. The authors said, “Multitasking is a lie” and “Long hours spent checking off a to-do list and ending the day with a full trash can and a clean desk are not virtuous and have nothing to do with success.” In fact, the most important thing remains. Apply it to me! It is my one thing! It takes 66 days to form Strong One habit.

Think Big! Throw away! Choose by priority! Focusing!
I will come back after 66 days.

“Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.”
― Gary Keller, The ONE Thing