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today basically we're having an event
the city of Johannesburg in partnership
with the pr Foundation they're having a
an event about the peace education
program here in Soto people out here are
coming in numbers and very excited to
meet
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today we are here to celebrate the
graduations of our young people who have
been
through the peace education program in
so for the first time peace education
program is a program whereby they teach
you about peace the fundamental of Peace
courage Humanity as a whole I didn't
understand it at first because I thought
maybe it's something huge it's something
that needs to be given to myself to me
but now I I I I have knowledge about
peace I know that peace you don't have
to get from someone somebody you you
have it yourself it's something that's
inside you I wanted to to to to do
something different and and and and know
more about peace so I was curious
curious actually what is peace what what
does the p uh Prem Ro was talking about
the program it's a a healing program
it's a manual for myself we are here to
celebrate the changing of lives of our
people in
so The Young and the
old what bit way to show him our
appreciation and to invite him to come
to
suo we started with drum
majorettes traditional African dancers
and a praise singer
since I know that I'm a poet they ask me
if I can do a poem about PR so I decided
on thanking him for the P
program my first line
say that means i' I've heard listen and
and understand what he was saying
that means he explained to me about
peace I understand I I I think about it
then I understand what he was
saying of all the things we do in life
to feel good peace Mak us feel the best
before the pp I couldn't recognize some
of the things that PR tell us on the on
the video I was an angry person uh I
didn't appreciate so since PR make make
made me appreciate and and believe in
myself and recognize the things that I
didn't know that I have in
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me the founder of the prim reward
Foundation the ambassador of Peace the
international speaker he was here
speaking to the young and old people of
so thank you for such a warm welcome it
is my
pleasure to be in
sua I think I've been waiting for a
really really long time to come
here the first time that I visited South
Africa was
1972 And when I came as you all know
AP paride was in full
swing so the first thing they told me
was well we're going to have to do
meetings for you
separately separate for this group
separate for that
group and I remember saying No thank you
if you want to do that I am not going to
attend for me it has to be open
everyone so I started doing
that well I got
blacklisted because that was not legal
so then I didn't come to South Africa
for quite a
while but I'm here
today in a free South
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Africa but what we have to make
sure that the freedom is not only
outside but the freedom is also on the
inside because without the freedom that
is inside Freedom outside really doesn't
matter every single human being on the
face of this Earth has that power to
transform
you me everybody in this
world we judge
ourselves how am
I how am
I what degree do I
have how big is my
house how many cars do I
have how many clothes do I
have how many rings do I I
have how much I have in my bank
account this we see on somebody else and
we go I wish I was like
that that's what I
want do you
judge
yourself with a different scale
it's called the scale of
Life the most magnificent of
gifts comes to you and you don't think
about
it you know what it
is you know what it
is it is the gift of
breath breath
life
comes and touches
you but when it
does you don't think you're
fortunate because you don't have that
car you see you think that's
fortunate
begin first with appreciating
Your
Existence
judge not by other
scales but the
scales of life
itself hearing the peace message from PR
himself I think so will will remember
this day you
know there was an opera
singer an opportunity to interact with
him
and the presentations of the
certificates for 50 people that have
completed the peace education program
and seven who are now trained to be
facilitators to shake Mr prem's hands
that was a a a touching experience for
me and receiving my certificate it shows
that I am a p graduate it felt real and
was a blessing to me
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