Reported by Matt Waite
We met with a 7 year old named Jonathon who lives with his mother. His father got sick a few years ago and passed away, and shortly after his younger brother died as well. Jonathon said he doesn't have many friends at school, and used to get bullied and beat up at lunch time until the Kafwa, making lunch, started to stick up for him.
He says he has bad dreams often, is very lonely, and is sad almost of the time. He seems like a perfect candidate for the CSS group, and would like to go, but his mom wants him to come home straight after school so he can't go to group.
Patrick [Matt's WSC partner] and I talked to some of the older kids who are in CSS to see if they could keep an eye on him. We also talked about having a discussion with some of the classes about what it means to be a young peacemaker.
It warmed my heart to read "what it means to be a young peacemaker" as that is precisely the compassionate response envisioned when Young Peacemakers Club, PeaceMobile,Kindness Campaign, and the multitude of other peace programs were created. So wonderful to see the lasting effect of the skills in practice.
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