Giving Voice to Children - The Leaders of Tomorrow
Giving a Voice of Peace to Tomorrow's Leaders
Being the Speech Sent to Occasion of the Year 2009 International Children's Day of Broadcasting
African Children of Peace Club at the Silverbird Television House, Ikoyi,
By Reverend Titus K. Oyeyemi, President and CEO African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives
All protocols observed.
Eighteen years ago (1991-2009) the face of broadcasting changed for the better for our world when in 1991 the
UNICEF challenged the media and broadcast industry to do more for kids. That challenge, which resonates with
the Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child provided a unique opportunity for broadcasters and
the media to use the power of the television to inform, to entertain, and to educate to benefit children of the
world.
Five years ago (2004 - 2009), peace building was revolutionized in Africa when African Foundation for Peace
and Love Initiatives launched its first series of African Children of Peace Clubs in Nursery, Kindergarten, and
Primary Schools in Lagos State Nigeria. In addition to subscribing to and respecting the Article 12 of the UNO
Convention on the Rights of the Child, we have a divine vision and our own mandate for the African Children of
Peace.
The divine vision, Africa, the Future Land of Peace, was shared on August 13, 1996 with Rev. Titus K. Oyeyemi,
the Founding President of African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives. Our mission is to saturate the entire
African grassroots communities with proactive grassroots peace building initiatives that will promote Africa, the
Future Land of Peace. We do this through our school-based and community-based proactive grassroots peace
building initiatives.
The African Child is that peaceful future of Africa. Our mandate therefore is to train the African Child in the way
of peace so that when he or she grows up he or she will not depart from that way. Our mandate is to let the Lord
teach peace to the African Child so that his or her future can be abundantly peaceful. Our mandate is to
empower the African Child so that he/she can silence the avenger and stop the enemy at the gate of our
prosperity, economic development, political stability, and ethno-religious and ethno-political harmony and
national unity.
By founding the African Children of Peace Club a bold step was taken to convert the odious stigma of the
African Children of Conflict to the fragrant aroma of the African Children of Peace. By founding the African
Children of Peace Club, the children who are the leaders of tomorrow are being given the voice to demand a
peaceful tomorrow from today's leaders. By founding the African Children of Peace Club we are empowering the
children to confront today's leaders to stop mortgaging the future of African Children, the future leaders of
tomorrow. By founding the African Children of Peace Club we not only recognize that there is strength in
number, which many short-sighted leaders in Africa have consistently misused, but instead we want to give the
children authority over violence and conflict, which are witlessly escalated by the so-called strength in numbers.
Authority commands numbers. Instead of being voicelessly useless the African Child is now becoming voicefully
useful. By the virtue of its revolutionizing proactive grassroots peace building in Africa, the African Foundation
for Peace and Love Initiatives has empowered the African Child for a peaceful tomorrow.
The Lord told me that these children are the precious stones with which he the Lord will rebuild the ruins of
Nigeria. These children will rebuild our roads, our railways, our cities, our airports, our markets, our hospitals, and
our schools, to mention a few. These children will be the repairers of breaches and the restorers of paths to dwell
in. For this reason, we are training the children to become intercessors, infiltrators, modelers, and prophetic
voices for proactive grassroots peace building. We have taken the children to kings, governments and governors.
We have taken the children to industries, firms, and facilities, including the Murtala Muhamed Airport and the
Port Harcourt Airport, where they have been praying for airspace safety in the last 24 months.
African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives want to be in the lives of these children for twenty years (age 5
to 25), which is our twenty year long tomorrow for peace building. These are the 9 years of basic education as
African Children of Peace Club; the 6 years of secondary school education as Youth Peace Alliance Club, the 4
years of tertiary education as members of our KAIROS Peace and Love Club, and the one year service of their
fatherland through the NYSC as members of the Peace Legacy Club. This is our youth peace and nation
building programs being promoted through school-based peace building initiatives. Most of our school-based
programs are at co-curricular level activity. We are currently negotiating with state's ministry of education to
infuse peace building as mainstream curriculum in schools. All the 36 democratically elected governors are
being encouraged to become the grand patron of the Youth Peace and Nation Building initiatives in their states.
Everyone is called upon to support these proactive peace building initiatives. All community leaders are
enjoined to support our community-based peace building initiatives. Religious leaders are encouraged to
promote the proactive grassroots peace building through their religious houses.
We thank God for the media for the immense contributions they have been making to inform the general public
about our proactive grassroots peace building initiatives. These initiatives are entirely indigenous to Africa. The
African Children of Peace Club has given a number of peace awards to various media houses, including African
International Television, Murhi International Television, etc. Prominent citizens and community leaders have
also received various peace awards. Notable among the recipient of our Pillar of Peace Awards are Mrs. H.I.D.
Awolowo and Hajiya Asabe Shehu Ya'ardua. It is therefore my pleasure to confer on Silverbird Television, our
prestigious award of Pillar of Peace Broadcaster in Nigeria Year 2009.
Prayer and Prophetic Proclamation
How beautiful are the feet of them that bring good tidings, good tidings of peace, love, and justice. May
Silverbird Television wax strong in broadcasting peace, love and justice to her audience, nationally and
internationally. Thank you. Happy International Children's Day of Broadcasting. There will be peace in Nigeria,
in Africa, and the in world. I prophesy wonder, wisdom, wealth, and wellbeing into the lives of members of
African Children of Peace Clubs throughout Nigeria. May peace prevail on Earth. KAYERO. KAYEROJU!
Rev. Titus K. Oyeyemi, President/CEO
African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives. (CCH/2009-03-03).
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We Love Africa, We Seek Her Future Peace
Tribes and Tongues May Differ But We are the Same
With Peace and Love, Africa Will be Great
We Love Africa, the Future Land of Peace.
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This is Time for Us to Come Together
It is the Dawning of a New Era Let Us Work Together
To Rebuild Our Nation
The Way to Make Peace is to Serve Your Neighbor's Needs
Give Peace Some Chance, Because We are Here to Make Peace
You Lift My Hands, I Lift Yours
In No Time with Your Help, In No Time with My Help
Nigeria Will be Soaring Higher, Higher and Higher
Where the Eagles Fly, Because We are Here to Make Peace.
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Let Us Put Violence to Shame
There Must be Peace in Nigeria
There Must be Peace in Africa
There Must be Peace All Over the World
Let Us Put Violence to Shame
Being the Speech Sent to Occasion of the Year 2009 International Children's Day of Broadcasting
African Children of Peace Club at the Silverbird Television House, Ikoyi,
By Reverend Titus K. Oyeyemi, President and CEO African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives
All protocols observed.
Eighteen years ago (1991-2009) the face of broadcasting changed for the better for our world when in 1991 the
UNICEF challenged the media and broadcast industry to do more for kids. That challenge, which resonates with
the Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child provided a unique opportunity for broadcasters and
the media to use the power of the television to inform, to entertain, and to educate to benefit children of the
world.
Five years ago (2004 - 2009), peace building was revolutionized in Africa when African Foundation for Peace
and Love Initiatives launched its first series of African Children of Peace Clubs in Nursery, Kindergarten, and
Primary Schools in Lagos State Nigeria. In addition to subscribing to and respecting the Article 12 of the UNO
Convention on the Rights of the Child, we have a divine vision and our own mandate for the African Children of
Peace.
The divine vision, Africa, the Future Land of Peace, was shared on August 13, 1996 with Rev. Titus K. Oyeyemi,
the Founding President of African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives. Our mission is to saturate the entire
African grassroots communities with proactive grassroots peace building initiatives that will promote Africa, the
Future Land of Peace. We do this through our school-based and community-based proactive grassroots peace
building initiatives.
The African Child is that peaceful future of Africa. Our mandate therefore is to train the African Child in the way
of peace so that when he or she grows up he or she will not depart from that way. Our mandate is to let the Lord
teach peace to the African Child so that his or her future can be abundantly peaceful. Our mandate is to
empower the African Child so that he/she can silence the avenger and stop the enemy at the gate of our
prosperity, economic development, political stability, and ethno-religious and ethno-political harmony and
national unity.
By founding the African Children of Peace Club a bold step was taken to convert the odious stigma of the
African Children of Conflict to the fragrant aroma of the African Children of Peace. By founding the African
Children of Peace Club, the children who are the leaders of tomorrow are being given the voice to demand a
peaceful tomorrow from today's leaders. By founding the African Children of Peace Club we are empowering the
children to confront today's leaders to stop mortgaging the future of African Children, the future leaders of
tomorrow. By founding the African Children of Peace Club we not only recognize that there is strength in
number, which many short-sighted leaders in Africa have consistently misused, but instead we want to give the
children authority over violence and conflict, which are witlessly escalated by the so-called strength in numbers.
Authority commands numbers. Instead of being voicelessly useless the African Child is now becoming voicefully
useful. By the virtue of its revolutionizing proactive grassroots peace building in Africa, the African Foundation
for Peace and Love Initiatives has empowered the African Child for a peaceful tomorrow.
The Lord told me that these children are the precious stones with which he the Lord will rebuild the ruins of
Nigeria. These children will rebuild our roads, our railways, our cities, our airports, our markets, our hospitals, and
our schools, to mention a few. These children will be the repairers of breaches and the restorers of paths to dwell
in. For this reason, we are training the children to become intercessors, infiltrators, modelers, and prophetic
voices for proactive grassroots peace building. We have taken the children to kings, governments and governors.
We have taken the children to industries, firms, and facilities, including the Murtala Muhamed Airport and the
Port Harcourt Airport, where they have been praying for airspace safety in the last 24 months.
African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives want to be in the lives of these children for twenty years (age 5
to 25), which is our twenty year long tomorrow for peace building. These are the 9 years of basic education as
African Children of Peace Club; the 6 years of secondary school education as Youth Peace Alliance Club, the 4
years of tertiary education as members of our KAIROS Peace and Love Club, and the one year service of their
fatherland through the NYSC as members of the Peace Legacy Club. This is our youth peace and nation
building programs being promoted through school-based peace building initiatives. Most of our school-based
programs are at co-curricular level activity. We are currently negotiating with state's ministry of education to
infuse peace building as mainstream curriculum in schools. All the 36 democratically elected governors are
being encouraged to become the grand patron of the Youth Peace and Nation Building initiatives in their states.
Everyone is called upon to support these proactive peace building initiatives. All community leaders are
enjoined to support our community-based peace building initiatives. Religious leaders are encouraged to
promote the proactive grassroots peace building through their religious houses.
We thank God for the media for the immense contributions they have been making to inform the general public
about our proactive grassroots peace building initiatives. These initiatives are entirely indigenous to Africa. The
African Children of Peace Club has given a number of peace awards to various media houses, including African
International Television, Murhi International Television, etc. Prominent citizens and community leaders have
also received various peace awards. Notable among the recipient of our Pillar of Peace Awards are Mrs. H.I.D.
Awolowo and Hajiya Asabe Shehu Ya'ardua. It is therefore my pleasure to confer on Silverbird Television, our
prestigious award of Pillar of Peace Broadcaster in Nigeria Year 2009.
Prayer and Prophetic Proclamation
How beautiful are the feet of them that bring good tidings, good tidings of peace, love, and justice. May
Silverbird Television wax strong in broadcasting peace, love and justice to her audience, nationally and
internationally. Thank you. Happy International Children's Day of Broadcasting. There will be peace in Nigeria,
in Africa, and the in world. I prophesy wonder, wisdom, wealth, and wellbeing into the lives of members of
African Children of Peace Clubs throughout Nigeria. May peace prevail on Earth. KAYERO. KAYEROJU!
Rev. Titus K. Oyeyemi, President/CEO
African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives. (CCH/2009-03-03).
********** ooo ***************
We Love Africa, We Seek Her Future Peace
Tribes and Tongues May Differ But We are the Same
With Peace and Love, Africa Will be Great
We Love Africa, the Future Land of Peace.
*********** ooo *****************
This is Time for Us to Come Together
It is the Dawning of a New Era Let Us Work Together
To Rebuild Our Nation
The Way to Make Peace is to Serve Your Neighbor's Needs
Give Peace Some Chance, Because We are Here to Make Peace
You Lift My Hands, I Lift Yours
In No Time with Your Help, In No Time with My Help
Nigeria Will be Soaring Higher, Higher and Higher
Where the Eagles Fly, Because We are Here to Make Peace.
*********** oooo ****************
Let Us Put Violence to Shame
There Must be Peace in Nigeria
There Must be Peace in Africa
There Must be Peace All Over the World
Let Us Put Violence to Shame
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