Daily Schedule

15 min
Opening Circle
5 min
Energizer
15 min
Team Building
40 min
Featured Activity 1
5 min
Bathroom Break
5 min
Energizer
45 min
Featured Activity 2
5 min
Energizer
15 min
Closing Circle & Daily Peace Challenge

Daily Themes

Day 1
Let’s Make Friends!
Day 2
Peace, Love & Gratitude
Day 3
Powerfully Positive Words
Day 4 & Day 5
Happily Helping Others
Day 6
Care For Our Earth 
Day 7
Respect For One And All
Day 8
Collaborate & Connect
Day 9
I Am A Peacebuilder
Day 10
Celebrate Peace!

Camp Schedule

The 10-day camp is packed with engaging activities designed to make new friends, have fun and do good!
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Featured  Activities

Designing Gratitude Journals 
Making Peace Magnets
Group Created Service Projects 
Growing Peace Plant Pals
Sending Loving Letters to Grandfriends
Creating an Affirmation Book
Making Birdseed Balls
Interviewing Youth from Kenya
Upcycling Cardboard Boxes
Participating In a Guinness World Record
And much more!

Camp Kids for Peace Video

We invite you to check out this joyful compilation video from our first Camp Kids for Peace.
The video includes footage from both, our Junior and Senior camps.

Camp Activities In Detail 

 
Day 1: Let’s Make Friends!
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15 min - Opening Circle: Peaceful Principals for how to Zoom together productively
5 min - Energizer to get kids moving
15 min - Team Building - Kids play "Raise Your Peace Fingers If..." to help kids get to know one another and find commonalities
45 min - Main Activity 1: Group discussion around the question, "What is peace?". Kids will design their own peace sign magnet
5 min - Another energizer to get the kids moving
45 min - Main Activity 2: Group check in; talk about importance of expressing emotions. Kids will make Emotion Emoji's on sticks so that throughout the week they will be able to easily answer the question, "How are you feeling?"; they'll also grow their own Peace Plant Pal (planting grass seeds) to symbolize and emphasize the care and attention needed to "grow peace."
5 min - Another energizer activity to get them up and moving
15 min - Closing circle

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Day 3: Powerfully Positive Words
 
"I pledge to use my words to speak in a kind way."
This is the first day we get into putting the lines of The Peace Pledge into action.
Each day that follows is themed around the next line of the pledge.
 
15 min - Opening Circle
5 min - Energizer to get kids moving
15 min - Team Building
45 min - Main Activity 1: The Power of Positivity - Applied Kinesiology - testing the power of positive words on our physical strength; make positive post-it notes for kids to place around their home; decorate peace rocks to place around their community, write positive messages on face masks
5 min - Another energizer to get the kids moving
45 min - Main Activity 2: Create an entry for the "I Am Powerful" book; Kids will write an affirmation on a piece of paper and color a picture to support their statement. Their entries will be submitted for a chance to be published in the next Kids for Peace book!
5 min - Another energizer activity to get them up and moving
Closing Circle
Camp Box
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 Day 7: Respect For One And All
I pledge to respect people in each and every land.
 
15 min - Opening Circle
5 min - Energizer: Musical Instrument House Hunt
15 min - Team Building: Musical Instrument Creation
40 min - Activity 1: Kenya & Its Beautiful People/Culture + Story of Helping Friends 
5 min – Bathroom Break
5 min - Energizer
45 min - Activity 2: Make Masaai Talking/Power Sticks or Instruments from Household Items
5 min - Energizer
15 min - Closing Circle