LAUNCHING THE AFRICAN CHILDREN OF PEACE CLUBS (An Article in A.P.P.L.I. December Newsletter) The Nigeria Chapter of A.P.P.L.I. blazed yet another trail when it launched three clubs of African Children of Peace at a row, successively, in the Lagos area.  In the same way as it pioneered the launching of the KAIROS Peace Club at FUTA on December 6, 2003, and the OOU KAIROS Peace Club on September 8, 2004, A.P.P.L.I. Nigeria launched African Children of Peace Clubs, at the Pentecostal Children School, Dopemu, and at the Single Gate Nursery and Primary, School, Akowonjo, on 16th and 17th December, respectively, and at the Oasis Children School on 21st December 2004. The launching of these clubs was accompanied by street rallies.  Because the launching and rallies coincided with the Christmas and End-of-Year parties of the respective schools, Santa Claus was available to give the children exotic gifts.  Over 200 children with their parents and teachers participated at the launching and rallies.   As was the usual practice, A.P.P.L.I. provided peace T-shirts for each participating child, gave the children and their teachers gifts through the Father Christmas.  The theme of the launching and rallies was “Catch Them Young” and the topic discussed was “Children of Peace”, a terminology coined from Dr. J. R. Burkholder’s book of the same title.  The overall goal is to transform the African Child of Conflict to a Child of Peace instead of a Child of Violence. Please see the Presidential speech addressing  the transformation of African Children of Conflict to African Children of Peace.