Kids’ Guernica

　At the end of April in 1937,/Pablo Picasso heard shocking news.// Guernica, a small town in Spain,/was bombed by the Nazis.// Many people living in the town were killed.// Picasso decided to paint about the terrible event/for an international exhibition/which was held in Paris.// He worked quickly/to show his anger.// He took only a month/to finish his huge painting, Guernica .//

　Over 50 years later, in 1995,/a Japanese NPO started “Kids’ Guernica.”// It is an international children’s art project.// Any children who are interested/can join.// Each group creates a painting/about world peace.// They paint on a canvas/which is the size of Picasso’s Guernica.//
　The pictures painted by children from different communities/are uploaded online.//

　Both Picasso’s Guernica  and the children’s paintings/show us the importance of peace.// In “Kids’ Guernica,”/children in over 50 countries have worked together/to create colorful paintings/and share a wish for peace.// As they work,/they learn to respect others/who have different backgrounds in this world.//
　Peace can exist in places/where people respect each other/regardless of race, religion and culture.//