BIKE FOR
PEACE
AT ICS
Bike for Peace, a Norwegian-
based peace organization
that organizes peace rides on
bicycles, visited our elementary
school children. Mr. Tore
Naerland, Founder of Bike for
Peace answered questions
from students about the
organization and
his experiences.
Sharing his rich, 40-years’
experience in Bike for Peace,
Mr. Tore Naerland made an
inspiring presentation of the
many achievements of his
organization. He explained
to the students that Bike for countries around the world do more biking as a cleaner and
Peace works to find non-violent promoting peace with a dream healthier mode of transport.
solutions to conflicts around to go to every country in the the world and for a nuclear world. “We have met several Bike for Peace visited Ethiopia
free world. He described how influential people including in support of the peace process
the venture to Bike for Peace Boutros Boutros Ghali, former between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
around the world made him UN Secretary General and In addition to ICS, they visited
part of significant events in Pope John Paul II,” he said, other local schools and biked
world history including the “[Additionally], we were in around Addis Ababa.
demolition of the Berlin Wall. “I Syria just six months before the was there, breaking the wall,” civil war started; it was one of For more information about Bike
he described. the most beautiful countries I for Peace, visit their website,
had traveled, with www.bikeforpeace.no or follow
beautiful people.” their Facebook page, www.
When asked by the students
facebook.com/peacebiker.
about how many countries Bike
for Peace has so far traveled Mr. Tore urged the students to
to, Mr. Tore explained they do good things wherever they
have traveled to more than 117 go and added Africa should
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