Do you remember this picture? You might have seen this Vietnam Napalm girl picture. It earned a Pulitzer Prize and was chosen as the World Press Photo of the Year for 1973. In the picture, a nine years old girl was running naked. AP photographer Nick Ut took a photograph, and took Injured children to hospital. Can she be treated? That hospital determined that her burns were so severe that she probably would not survive.
After being an adult
In an interview many years later, she recalled she was yelling, Nóng quá, nóng quá (“too hot, too hot”) in the picture. The whole world paid great attention to her. So, she could stay a 14-month in hospital and undergo 17 surgical operations. Vietnam and the United States must have to save her. How does she live after she became an adult? She majored in medicine in Vietnam. But she have to stop studying. She was used as a propaganda symbol by the communist government. In 1992, she married in 29 years old. In 1996, the Napalm girl met the surgeons who had saved her life. The following year, she passed the Canadian Citizenship Test with a perfect score and became a Canadian citizen.
Be a hero
In 1994, Kim Phúc was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. In 1996, Kim Phúc gave a speech at U.S Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day. She said, “One cannot change the past, but everyone can work together for a peaceful future.” In 1997 she established the first Kim Phúc Foundation in the U.S. What do you think its aim? It is providing medical and psychological assistance to child victims of war. She started a new life, constantly speaking about the War.
Forgiveness made me free from hatred. I still have many scars on my body and severe pain most days but my heart is cleansed. Napalm is very powerful, but faith, forgiveness, and love are much more powerful. We would not have war at all if everyone could learn how to live with true love, hope, and forgiveness. If that little girl in the picture can do it, ask yourself: Can you?
Kim Phúc, NPR in 2008
How tough
The scar of a burn filled her body with pain chronically. Occasionally the puberty girl must endure intolerable situation like people’s attention. I can’t imagine how hard it is for her. But she didn’t despair. Her determination never wavered. She didn’t blame anyone. Isn’t it really cool? There is nothing to make person mature as much pain. So she is much more valuable. Likewise your hardship is valuable, too.
Are you tough now?
What does not kill you only makes you stronger – Friedrich Nietzsche
On 22 May 2017, after Ariana Grande sang the last song, a bomb exploded at the exit. 23 adults and children were killed and 116 were injured. The attacker was identified as 22-year-old British Muslim. One third of victims are parents waiting for their child. I have a dream that child didn’t weep aloud, when reporting their missing parents to the police. 8-year-old girl among 12 children was killed. I have a dream that the happiness of children, who were meeting idols, wasn’t trampled by stupidness of adults.
It was our fault and our responsibility
Martin Luther King’s I have a dream speech August 28 1963
(…)In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s Capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check; a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.”
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.(…)
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. (…) Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. (…) We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. (…) We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, (…) There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?”
(…) No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. (…) Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
(…) I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exhalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning, “My country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrims’ pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.”
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that; let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual,
“Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
Ariana Grande will host a charity concert for the victims of Manchester terror attack, joined by Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Katy perry and Pharrell williams. Its name of concert is the “One Love Manchester”
Grande said in social media:
“There is nothing I or anyone can do to take away the pain you (her fans) are feeling or to make this better.
However, I extend my hand and heart and everything I possibly can give to you and yours, should you want or need my help in any way.”
“We will not quit or operate in fear. We won’t let this divide us. We won’t let hate win.” – Ariana Grande
Pocahontas “Colors of the Wind”(Korean Ver) – 오연준(10 years old)
The only people can think.
Please do not say that.
Even tree, rock and small birds
can feel the world
Don’t try to ignore others
with different appearance.
You opened your mind wide,
and the world’s looking beautiful.
Do you know what is the wolf cry
to the blue corn moon trying to say?
Do you know the sound of deep forest
and the color of the wind?
That beautiful color of the wind…
How high will a sycamore grow?
If you cut it down then you’ll never know.
Different skin color, is not important.
We need that eye which
can see light the wind showing
If we see the beautiful colored world, we can be one!
How beautiful lyrics are!
His voice really touch my heart, aren’t you? So I find other things.
Like two eagles soar as one upon the river of the wind with the promise of forever, we will take the past and learn how to begin. – Pocahontas(Disney)
Thelegendof Indian girl Pocahontas
Surprisingly it is not just legend. It is a real story. Pocahontas (born Matoaka, known as Amonute, c. 1596–1617) was a Native American(Indian girl). There is a famous anecdote. Pocahontas placed her head upon the Englishman John Smith‘s head in 1607 when her father raised his war club to execute him. When she died, she was just 21 years old. Her story has been romanticized over the years. So Walt Disney Pictures produced Pocahontas (Disney) in 1955.
Pocahontas “Colors of the Wind”
You think I’m an ignorant savage And you’ve been so many places; I guess it must be so But still I cannot see, if the savage one is me How can there be so much that you don’t know?
You don’t know…
You think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name.
You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You’ll learn things you never knew you never knew
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?(x2)
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
ome taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they’re worth
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends And we are all connected to each other
In a circle in a hoop that never ends
How high will a sycamore grow?
If you cut it down then you’ll never know And you’ll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the earth and still
All you’ll own is earth until You can paint with all the colors of the wind
If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you’ll learn things you never knew you never knew. – Pocahontas(Disney)
It’s two months of anti-government protests in José Martí Square of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Police fired tear gas and masked youths threw petrol bombs. Anger, hatred, resentment, discord, crash, lackofunderstanding…It stands to reason that we are all suffocated even when we think about it. It may be exactly same to Venezuelan violinist.
However, the day was different.
Violin melody came from somewhere. The roar of the tear gas and shouts of protesters ‘It’s dangerous!!!’ mingled in a violin melody. It was an extraordinary landscape. A young man of Venezuela(Venezuelan violinist) with helmet bearingthenational flags wasplaying the violin. He didn’t seem to mind that or anything. He was only focus on the violin melody. He didn’t have any weapon and protection equipment. It gives a strong impression to me.
It was on air by CNN.
What is the meaning?
On May 3, the 18 year-old Venezuelan violinist and member of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra was shot dead during an anti-government demonstration. His name is Armando Cañizales. He said, “I fought for my country” and participated in demonstration. Cañizales was in El Sistemamusiceducationprogram for low-income youth inVenezuela. So of course, his funeral was full with weeping young musicians when Venezuelan flags were flapping.
This mournful violin melody maybe means anotherexpression of protest for Armando Cañizales.
Володимир Борисович Гройсман(Ukrainian Prime Minister) at 38
Jüri Ratas(Estonian Prime Minister) at 38
Youssef Chahed(Tunisian prime minister) at 40
New young French President! There is a risinginterest in young world leaders, ‘Young Blood’. Traditional politicians need to have ageandwisdom. But Currenttrends expect fresh ‘vitality’. Already many other countries leave thepoliticsto 30, 40 young leaders. These leaders’ funky and fresh move shows the ‘Young power’ as breaking existing practices.
Before Macron(39), Justin Trudeau(45) has been under the spotlight. He has claimed a generational shift since the Liberal Party. After he took office as Canadian prime minister at the age of 43 in 2015, he shows excellent communication skills based on ‘pretty boy’ appearance. He is still popular.
Alexis Tsipras(42) took office asGreek Prime Ministerat the age of 40 in 2015. He showsprogressive and powerful leadership enough to be called ‘the most dangerous man in Europe’.
Charles Michel(41) became prime minister at the age of 38 in 2014. Michel prime minister is starting a political party activity at the age of 16 already. After two years, he was elected to the local councilors. He took office as Minister of Cooperation and Development at the age of 25. He broken all records.
Andrzej Duda(45) became Polish president at the age of 43 in 2015. გიორგი მარგველაშვილი(48) became Georgian president at the age of 44 in 2013. Володимир Борисович Гройсманand Jüri Ratas became prime minister at the age of 38 in 2016. Tunisia elected Youssef Chahed(41) last year in breeze of ‘the ArabSpring’.
Who is Emmanuel Macron(French President)?
The First Story : Love
In 1994 16 years old boy confessed his love. “I will get marry with you without fail” To whom? His dramateacher. She was 40 years old at that time. She thought It was just his schoolyard crush. After his parents knew this love story, he was forced to go abroad in Paris. This love story would end like this way…. Nope! She said “He always called me. We talked on the phone for hours. His patience conquered my resistance little by little.”
The Second Story : En Marche!
In 2016 April, he told Francois Hollande(French President) “But I have a word : On April 6, Amiens, I’m trying to do something. I’m trying to launch a youth movement, like think tank.” as if nothing had happened. The youth movement is ‘En Marche!‘. Surprisingly he formed a political party!!! This party stuck a dagger in the back of Hollande and the Socialist Party.
Fresh Breeze Blows
These two anecdotes aren’t everything of him. We can’t know everything about him but it’s for sure that fresh breeze blows. I live in other countries but I have small expectations for happier future. It is also linked to the movement of the world.
My key message is be innovative, be ambitious; think global and big on day one – Emmanuel Macron
We need people who dream impossible things, who maybe fail, sometimes succeed, but in any case who have that ambition – Emmanuel Macron
A interesting social experiment that Unicef carried out attracted public attention. They made two situations that 6 years old girl looked around for help. The girl waited for people, wearing different clothes depending on the situation.
“What’s your name, kid? How old are you?” They take the time out to help that neat girl who wore gray dress with coat. They have mostly friendly attitudes.
After that, the girl went out on the same place wearing like homeless. People completely ignored that child and nobody paid attention to that homeless.
6 years old girl, ANANO, participating an experiment got angry. She got to know that people’s reaction is noticeably different in accordance with dress. She see it in the flesh.
As indifference of people continued, there was no choice but to stop the experiment.
People tell me “Get out. That’s sad”. After the experiment finished, Anano said ‘I can’t understand it. I’m sad’ Unicef planned this experiment as part of #FIGHTUNFAIR campaign.
Unicef said ‘Children should never be discriminated against poverty.’ They strived to solve these unfair social problems.
Did you have a good day today? Wasn’t it hard? I don’t blame you for beinganxious. Doesn’t that worry you a little bit?After you endured through a day,I want to say ‘you did a really good job!‘. There is a song I had heard whenever it’s hard. The story of this song is to find an answer which you already has. The only thing that you need is to believe yourself. We just need ‘ah-ha’ moment. You already have the answer.
DROOPING SNAIL (YOO JAE SUK & LEE JUCK) – AS ONE SAYS(abridgededition by me)
When I was twenty years old, I would worry What do I do tomorrow?
What do I do tomorrow?
Even when I closed my two eyes
I just couldn’t fall asleep I deeply pondered
Why can’t I?
Why can’t I succeed?
I did not believe that things could happen as one says
I could not believe it Doing as one thinks
Seemed like a lie
But then one day
In my heart, a small but amazing realization was found
To be honest, I never ran crazily toward something
And I set myself up on my feet
Doing as one says
The moment I saw that this was possible
I decided to believe it
Doing as one says If you believe that this is possible
This song can be summed up in 4 sentences. Next song is what I really want to introduce to you 🙂
You can feel it
Norah Jones – Peace
There’s a place that I know, where the sycamores grow
And daffodils have their fun
Where the cares of the day seem to slowly fade away
And the glow of the evening sun
Peace, when the day is done
If I go there real late, let my mind meditate
On everything to be done
If I search deep inside, let my conscience be my guide
Then the answers are sure to come
Don’t have to worry none
When you find peace of mind, leave your worries behind Don’t say that it can’t be done With a new point of view, life’s true meaning comes to you And the freedom you seek is won
Peace is for everyone
Peace is for everyone
Peace is for everyone
Connected : The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Do you know this book? It was written by Harvard University professor ‘Christakis, Nicholas A‘.It show you that How Your Friends’ Friends’ Friends Affect everything You Feel, Think, and Do.
This study means two things. The green thingis someone who are happy but the blue thing is someone who are depressed.
First, Like attracts like. Their color is similar. Second, the blue thing is almost alone.
So it is very important to make people who around you happy
It is the secret of PEACE
I want to introduce one music. It may be useful to you. 🙂
O.A.R. – Peace
I don’t wanna fight no more
I only wanna get to shore
Baby don’t slam the door tonight
We ran another off the tracks
That’s time we can’t get back
We can save tomorrow if we try
Oh oh oh oh until we make this right
Oh oh oh oh I won’t say good night
I just wanna make you laugh I just wanna see that smile
Babe we’re only here, oh for a little while
I just wanna hold you till we fall asleep
I want love, I want us, I want you, I want me, I want peace
Everybody needs a place, somewhere that’s warm and safe
For shelter from this crazy world we’re in
But tonight I let the rain inside, I took away your place to hide
I’m sorry that I made you cry again
Oh oh oh oh we can make this right
Oh oh oh oh kiss me good night
I just wanna make you laugh I just wanna see that smile
Babe we’re only here, oh, for a little while
I just wanna hold you till we fall asleep I want love, I want us, I want you, I want me, I want peace Yea I want peace
Oh oh oh oh we don’t have to fight
Oh oh oh oh just kiss me all night
‘Cause I want peace yeah yeah
I just wanna make you laugh I just wanna see that smile
Babe we’re only here, oh, for a little while
I just wanna hold you till you fall asleep I want love, I want us, I want you, I want me, I want peace
I just wanna make you laugh I just wanna see that smile
Babe we’re only here, oh, for a little while
I just wanna hold you till you fall asleep I want love, I want us, I want you, I want me, I want peace love, I want us, I want you, I want me, I want peace
Songwriter : BLAIR DALY, NATHAN CHAPMAN, MARC ROBERGE
Copyright : Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING LyricFind
What do you think about photographers? They are aimed at the moment. That moment is very important for their life. Because a good chance is never again. When I see my next, my friend is not there. Astonishingly he was running. He didn’t shoot but was taken in camera. He is a photographer and activist Abd Alkader Habak. This one picture resounded around the world loudly. This is a story of Aleppo, Syria. A lot hashappened until now in Syria. Let’s see.
Three Children of Syria : Cry Out for Peace
Do you remember ‘Alan Kurdi‘? You already know it. He appeared dead on the beach. While trying to go to Europe to avoid civil war, his mother(35) and his brother(5) were drowned. Then all the world wanted to help Syria refugees.
Do you remember ‘Omran Daqneesh‘? He was rescued after being buried in collapsed buildings in Syria Aleppo. One picture shockedpeopleall over the world. He was sitting in an ambulance with stained with blood and dust. I cannot repress my astonishment.
Bana Alabed, who broadcasted the current situation in real time, is also same. She got 233,653 followers. Her first words were “I need peace”. It was retweeted over 1000 times.
This three children informed the world of the misery of the Syrian civil war. They changed world’s movement for Syria.
Woeful Plight: 126 killed, 68 was children
Bombs hit a convoy of buses carrying evacuees. If you saw it with your own eyes, can you sleep? My head must be too sick. It’s horrible. 68 was children.
“This child was firmly holding my hand and looking at me,” he said.
An image taken by another photographer, Muhammad Alrageb, shows Habakdashing towards an ambulance, the child and his camera in his arms. He maybe only thought ‘We need to save lives’. No matter how much he took hundreds of the miserable children, his figure is much more touching. I have never seen pictures like this. And one more picture is also really touching.
Overwhelmed, Habak collapsed.
An image, shot by another photographer, shows him on his knees sobbing near the boy’s body.
“I was overcome with emotion,” he told CNN. “What I and my colleagues witnessed is indescribable.“
Guatemala National Palace was constructed by President Jorge Ubico and started in 1939. It took four years to build and at a relatively low cost, since prisoners were forced to work in the projects for a measly 0.25 cents a day, back when Guatemala’s currency had the same value as the dollar. It was the most important building in Guatemala and was the headquarters of the President of Guatemala. The building is the origin of all the roads in the Republic. It is now a national museum.
The Palm of Peace : Why constructed?
This bronze statue, sometimes called “The Palm of Peace” is in the courtyard of the National Palace, on the site of the signing of a peace to end Guatemala’s 36-year-long civil war in 1996.
The Guatemalan Civil war ran from 1960 to 1996. It was fought between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups supported chiefly by ethnic Maya indigenous people and Ladino peasants, who together make up the rural poor. The government forces of Guatemala have been condemned for committing genocide against the Maya population of Guatemala during the civil war and for widespread human rights violations against civilians.
The White Rose : Symbol of Peace
This statue represents two left hands reaching up, representing each side of the conflict and to signify a sincere truce between the two sides. The 16 interlocking arms signify the Guatemalan people, locked in arms, determined to sustain peace and liberty, the big rock which the arms lift up.
They have a tradition concerning peace and a symbol of peace, the White Rose. To celebrate another day of peace in their country and the ever-fresh peace process, at about 11:30 AM, the Army Honor Guard, changes a white rose that has been placed on a monument in the court yard with another fresh white rose. The day old white rose, symbolizing 24 hours of peace, is then given to a guest of the country in a ceremony, held within the court yard.
List of people who lay flowers on palm
Tenzin Gyatso (The 14th Dalai Lama)
George Walker Bush (the 43rd president of the US)
Ban Ki-Moon (the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations) in 2011
Juan Manuel Santos (Colombia’s President)
Michaelle jean (27th Canada Governor General)
David Lloyd Johnston(28th Canada Governor General)
Carolyn Wright(Volunteer working in Municipal Development)
Myrna de Ruiz (worked with Peace Corps Guatemala for over 30 years)
Audrey DeLange(unclear)
* People, whose name was not mentioned
– The President of the International Football Federation
– Very successful and influential businessmen
– Political appointees
* Man Hee Lee(the Chairman of HWPL : Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light) in 2014
I’m Korean. So I want to say my feelings. I was very surprised at this news. I know very well about Ban Ki-Moon. Everyone knows him, aren’t you? Because he is the secretary- general of the United Nations. He is a public figure. But what is it? Who is the ‘Man Hee Lee‘? He is just a civilian like us. But He is in rage with the great figures. It’s so amazing!!! Don’t you wonder what he did?
HWPL : Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light
It is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which was founded in 2012. HWPL is working in conjunction with the International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) and the International Peace Youth Group (IPYG). IWPG has 97 branches around 40 other nations!!! IPYG has 2.4 million people in 96 nations!!!
Its purpose is achieving world peace and the cessation of war.
How do we achieve it?
HWPL‘s SOLUTIONS are ‘International Law for Peace and Cessation of War‘ and ‘Alliance of Religions‘. It has been said to be the greatest groundbreaking and substantive solutions for peace.
Is it all talk? No : The Mindanao peace agreement
It’s a real. Mindanao civil war for 40 years and 140,000 died. How do they make peace? He prayed to God before to go Mindanao.
He said “I won’t go if God don’t accompany me.” He called all the political leaders, religious leaders and citizens together in one place.
“Raise your hands!! If you want peace!!”, he shouted. Everyone raised their hands!!!! So two leader of Catholic and Muslim signed the peace agreement.
Itgavemethechills. 40 years of Catholic and Muslim religious war was over. Wow.Guatemala give credit for this big event.
After 2 years, 10,000 people are in line to greet the HWPL, they established ‘HWPL Day’on March 14th and they erected the monument.I was deeply moved by this news. 🙂 Many things are happening all over the world. Peace is not just their problem. ‘PEACE’ is up to you.Good luck!! 🙂
“Man Hee Lee, brought a powerful message that adds to the power to achieve peace that we hope and desire. It means HWPL and MILF are partner for peace.” – MILF chairman of Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim
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Do you remember this picture? You might have seen this Vietnam Napalm girl picture. It earned a Pulitzer Prize and was chosen as the World Press Photo of the Year for 1973. In the picture, a nine years old girl was running naked. AP photographer Nick Ut took a photograph, and took Injured children to hospital. Can she be treated? That hospital determined that her burns were so severe that she probably would not survive.![A STEP TOWARDS PEACE [Phan Thi Kim Phuc] Vietnam Napalm Girl For a Peaceful Future! Vietnam Napalm Girl Pulitzer Prize Phan Thi Kim Phuc pain medicine Kim Phúc Foundation Kim Phúc Friedrich Nietzsche AP photographer Nick Ut](http://www.peacestep.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/VietnamNapalmgirl.png "A STEP TOWARDS PEACE Vietnam Napalm Girl Pulitzer Prize Phan Thi Kim Phuc pain medicine Kim Phúc Foundation Kim Phúc Friedrich Nietzsche AP photographer Nick Ut")
In an interview many years later, she recalled she was yelling, Nóng quá, nóng quá (“too hot, too hot”) in the picture. The whole world paid great attention to her. So, she could stay a 14-month in hospital and undergo 17 surgical operations. Vietnam and the United States must have to save her. How does she live after she became an adult? She majored in medicine in Vietnam. But she have to stop studying. She was used as a propaganda symbol by the communist government. In 1992, she married in 29 years old. In 1996, the Napalm girl met the surgeons who had saved her life. The following year, she passed the Canadian Citizenship Test with a perfect score and became a Canadian citizen.![A STEP TOWARDS PEACE [Phan Thi Kim Phuc] Vietnam Napalm Girl For a Peaceful Future! Vietnam Napalm Girl Pulitzer Prize Phan Thi Kim Phuc pain medicine Kim Phúc Foundation Kim Phúc Friedrich Nietzsche AP photographer Nick Ut](http://www.peacestep.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Vietnam-Napalm-girl.png "A STEP TOWARDS PEACE Vietnam Napalm Girl Pulitzer Prize Phan Thi Kim Phuc pain medicine Kim Phúc Foundation Kim Phúc Friedrich Nietzsche AP photographer Nick Ut")
In 1994, Kim Phúc was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. In 1996, Kim Phúc gave a speech at U.S Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day. She said, “One cannot change the past, but everyone can work together for a peaceful future.” In 1997 she established the first Kim Phúc Foundation in the U.S. What do you think its aim? It is providing medical and psychological assistance to child victims of war. She started a new life, constantly speaking about the War.![A STEP TOWARDS PEACE [Phan Thi Kim Phuc] Vietnam Napalm Girl For a Peaceful Future! Vietnam Napalm Girl Pulitzer Prize Phan Thi Kim Phuc pain medicine Kim Phúc Foundation Kim Phúc Friedrich Nietzsche AP photographer Nick Ut](http://www.peacestep.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/National-hero-Vitenam-napalmgirl.png "A STEP TOWARDS PEACE Vietnam Napalm Girl Pulitzer Prize Phan Thi Kim Phuc pain medicine Kim Phúc Foundation Kim Phúc Friedrich Nietzsche AP photographer Nick Ut")
The scar of a burn filled her body with pain chronically. Occasionally the puberty girl must endure intolerable situation like people’s attention. I can’t imagine how hard it is for her. But she didn’t despair. Her determination never wavered. She didn’t blame anyone. Isn’t it really cool? There is nothing to make person mature as much pain. So she is much more valuable. Likewise your hardship is valuable, too.![A STEP TOWARDS PEACE [Manchester terror attack] I have a dream by Martin Luther King and Ariana Grande Pharrell williams Martin Luther King Manchester terror attack Katy perry Justin Bieber I have a dream Coldplay Ariana Grande 22-year-old British Muslim](http://www.peacestep.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/MartinLutherKing-Manchesterterrorattack.png "A STEP TOWARDS PEACE Pharrell williams Martin Luther King Manchester terror attack Katy perry Justin Bieber I have a dream Coldplay Ariana Grande 22-year-old British Muslim")
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