Grade-six students running with the torch

The students from the Washington Bilingual Elementary School in Tan-Tzu, Taichung County, Taiwan- Chinese Taipei, represented the Chinese Taipei children participatebtsin this year's World Harmony Run. We would like to express our special gratitude to the Principal, Miss Lo, Dean of Student Affairs, Mr. Chu, Chief of Student Activities, Miss Huang, the teachers, and all the students, who had made this significant and joyful event possible.

Student representative Jason holding the Harmony Torch. The Principal Miss Lo, Tuvshin from Mongolia, and Buddhimati in the back.

The principal, Miss Lo, is a kind and capable lady with an open heart for involving the school children with significant international activities. Under her excellent leadership, the students have been learning English and Chinese, along with other subjects; they want to be in touch with the world and they are one with the world.

The school has about 800 students and 113 teachers. On December 14, everyone was present on the school sports field to participate in the World Harmony Run. During the ceremony, the principal lit the torch and passed it to the student representative, Jason, a grade-six student. Jason led the students to say "World Harmony" three times in English and Chinese, then we had moments of silence praying for world harmony.

Students getting ready to run with the torch

Another group of students getting ready to run

Students running with the torch.

All the students and some teachers ran with the Harmony Torch on the sports field. All the students have learned the World Harmony Run Song , composed by Sri Chinmoy , and they sang the song while running with the torch. It's so wonderful and inspiring that so many children have learned and sung this song.

Class leaders having a photo taken with the torch

Keep up with your good spirit, nice, nice children from Taiwan!

Thank you all so much for your participation in the World Harmony Run in 2005.

Buddhimati - Taiwan- Chinese Taipei