Friday morning the World Harmony Run arrived at KIDSFEST located at The Forks/Les Fourches, a popular gathering and shopping area where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet.

The harmony torch was passed around...

...team member Adrien set up a crafts table to create peace-birds...

...and Flicker the Clown initiated a game of balloon volleyball!

Sheltered beneath a roof from the rainy weather, birds, kids and runners stayed dry!

In the afternoon the weather cleared just in time for the team to arrive at the Winnipeg Mennonite Elementary School. After watching the international World Harmony Run video in the gym and Flicker tried to use a croquet mallet as a torch, the grades 3, 4 and 5 classes went outside and lined up in four groups across the field with the participation of the principal and teachers. Each child and all the teachers ran with the torch, high fived the next runner and passed the torch.

Flicker the Clown (team member Anvita from Toronto) and Nilasha from Ottawa took turns running loops with the students.

Many students ran with a smile!

A great school with great runners!

Video Mesage from Davidson Hepburn, President (2009 - 2011) of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for 25th Anniversary of the World Harmony Run and a vision for the decade: "Toward a Oneness-World". With FRENCH subtitles.

Full Text of the 25th annversary message and link to 25 language informal Translations: http://www.worldharmonyrun.org/25

• Youtube video on African experience which illustrates IYY slogan "Our Year Our Voice" International Year of Youth - Zambia World Harmony. They surprisingly mention Presidents and UN Secretary-General in a unique way!

• Listen to the World-Harmony-Run song: 2 min version // 6 min

See start of the International 25th Anniversary Celebration across from the United Nations at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York.

On 27th April 2012. in many cities around the world, special events marked the WHR 25th Anniversary

View some early highlights. The United Nations had proclaimed 1986 the International Year of Peace, and Sri Chinmoy wanted to offer a heartfelt and sincere expression of peace on a global scale. The opening ceremony, broadcast live on NBC-TV's The Today Show.. On April 27, 1987, five minutes of global television time was dedicated for the inaugural Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run with strong support from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the UN Secretary-General, celebrities Carl Lewis, Clarence Clemons and Narada Michael Walden, and thousands...Also includes Clips from Philippines; Sahara Desert, Morocco; Botswana; Scotland, Nepal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Ukraine, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Great Britain, Colombia, Bahamas, Hungary, Spain, Mongolia, Czech Republic, Portugal, USA

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