For as long as history books take us back we can read about wars and conflicts all around the globe. And the conflicts don’t seem to stop. In fact we see more and more conflicts every day. In 1999, preoccupied with questions about the fundamental nature of humanity and the most pressing issues of our time, filmmaker Jeremy Gilley launched Peace One Day and set out to find a starting point for peace. He had a mission: to document his efforts to establish the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed calendar date. Amazingly two years later, in 2001, the UN adapted 21st of September a day of peace. We call that day: Peace One Day.

During the past years CISV has celebrated this day on a local level. Actions such as sending out balloons, walking for peace or having concerts are typical examples of what has been done. This year we want to stand together as a world wide Peace organisation focusing on just one conflict. By pointing towards the conflict in Lithuania (more info below!), from all around the world we hope to make people aware of the different types of conflicts that are going on. And that not everything is about guns and wars, but sometimes conflicts lie deeper, and touch us in a way we did not expect. We call this project: Human arrows!