{"id":1484,"date":"2015-09-23T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/?p=1484"},"modified":"2015-09-28T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T14:44:44","slug":"international-peace-day-kicks-off-peace-fields-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/news\/international-peace-day-kicks-off-peace-fields-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"International Peace Day Kicks Off Peace Fields Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>International Peace Day<\/strong> (Monday 21st September) kicked off the Peace Fields Projects around the world when local primary school children in Messines, Belgium, site of the 1914 Christmas Truces, played games of football with the Peace Poppy Ball.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/International-Peace-Day-Celebration-featuring-teachers_1152_648.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1486 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/International-Peace-Day-Celebration-featuring-teachers_1152_648-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"International Peace Day Celebration featuring teachers_1152_648\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/International-Peace-Day-Celebration-featuring-teachers_1152_648-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/International-Peace-Day-Celebration-featuring-teachers_1152_648-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/International-Peace-Day-Celebration-featuring-teachers_1152_648.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each poppy ball will be distributed to Peace Fields Projects in countries around the world. \u00a0The poppy ball commemorates the First World War and celebrates peace through play. \u00a0The Peace Day Celebration was facilitated by the <a title=\"Peace Village \" href=\"http:\/\/peacevillage.be\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Peace Village<\/strong><\/a>, Messines, Flanders Peace Fields and <a title=\"NCFA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>National Children&#8217;s Football Alliance<\/strong><\/a> with <a title=\"ICFA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/category\/international\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>International Children&#8217;s Football Alliance<\/strong><\/a> partners <strong><a title=\"One World Play Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oneworldplayproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">One World Play Project<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Special guests from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the USA Embasy to Belgium attended the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY LAUNCHES PEACE FIELDS PROJECTS<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k-c06Gfl0mg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IPD-games_300_200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.childrensfootballalliance.com\/football-and-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IPD-games_300_200.jpg\" alt=\"IPD games_300_200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Click here for <a title=\"Belgium Press\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hln.be\/regio\/nieuws-uit-mesen\/the-peace-village-zendt-poppy-ballen-de-wereld-rond-a2464387\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Belgium Press<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Peace Day (Monday 21st September) kicked off the Peace Fields Projects around the world when local primary school children in Messines, Belgium, site of the 1914 Christmas Truces, played 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