Greetings!

Last month was action packed with Teach Peace progress including 70 full-year student scholarships, emergency food aid delivery, school supply donations, Special Ambassadors services and thousands of people benefiting from our education on the true costs of nuclear power.

The photo on the right showing Uriah receiving his first wheelchair in 2010 speaks volumes about why our work is life changing. In this newsletter we update you on his progress.

Mother's Day is May 8th

Our efficient Mother's Day card service saves you from going to the store to buy a card and at the same time is a great way to remind everyone that Mother's Day was started as a day to teach peace. You have the option of instructing us to send a paper card via US mail or a card via email.

To make a $25 donation to help us deliver acts of kindness and simultaneously have us send a card with a message you can personalize, click here or on the picture on the left. For more information on the history of Mother's Day as a day to teach peace, click here.

To view the email message and the paper card alternative, click here.

Correct on Japan & Libya in last month's newsletter

At times we are criticized for providing information that is different from official government statements and what members are told by television news broadcasters. Often it takes months or even years before the information we shared is proved correct. Our "hard to believe" information in last month's newsletter took less than a month to be verified as correct. We provide a summary below and for full details, see the April newsletter.

Disaster in Japan rated Level 7 and radiation now at highest levels

The radiation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is now reported at the highest level since the disaster began. When our April newsletter was published, we provided well documented evidence that the true magnitude of the nuclear disaster was being suppressed by the Japanese and the US governments.

One nationally known nuclear expert commented we should be embarrassed for saying Fukushima was a Level 6 or higher "event" on the International Atomic Energy Agency scale. At that time Japan's government rated the disaster at Level 4. After a month of covering up the true magnitude of the nuclear releases, our critics went silent when Japan raised the Fukushima nuclear disaster to Level 7 which is the highest possible disaster rating. The darker truth is with three partial reactor meltdowns and no end in sight for 2011, Fukushima radiation releases are now expected to exceed the radiation released from Chernobyl. Hironobu Unesaki, a professor at the Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, said that a ''five- to 10-year span'' may be needed for the Fukushima situation to stabilize and measures to be implemented to stop radioactive releases.

On April 28th, responding to a shortage of nuclear workers, Japan announced it would scrap workers' annual radiation dose limits. Radioactive topsoil is now beginning to be removed from school grounds in Japan but with releases continuing this action appears to be more about fooling the public that the worst is over than a helpful measure to protect children from radiation. The deadly radiation polluting the global environment prompted 87 Japanese organizations on April 26th to call for a nuclear-free society. As bad as the coverup is in Japan, at least Japan's government is warning people not to eat fish. Thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste have been dumped in the Pacific and the Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will not test fish, declaring the reason is there is no radiation danger. At the same time the EPA is working on increasing the "acceptable" safe dose levels when the truth is the existing levels are not safe.

For one of the best collection of resources on the nuclear disaster you will find anywhere showing the real costs associated with nuclear power, read the April newsletter and our Real-World Nuclear Disaster Case Study. 
 

Teach Peace correct about Libya's no-fly zone as a "cover" story

We opposed the US, French and British led March 19th bombing of Libya. The "cover" story did not fly with us as killing more people to help more people did not make sense. We went on record that the real purpose is a new war to help oil corporations. Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said: "What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone...And what we want is the protection of civilians and not the shelling of more civilians."

President Barack Obama started attacking Libya without Congressional approval. This is an impeachable offense and violation of his oath of office. Do you remember Obama's 2007 statement criticizing President Bush? Obama said: “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.”

On March 27, 2011, just 8 days after the war with Libya started, the critics who claimed our allegations that concern for oil and international banking, not freedom, was why US bombs were falling were silenced when the new oil contracts with the rebel government were disclosed. Surprising even financial experts, on March 29, 2011 the rebel government announced they established their participation in the global monetary system with the creation of a new central bank.

Teach Peace supports non-violent actions to demand freedom and democracy for Libya which has sadly been oppressed for decades by authoritarian rule. History teaches us the good from starting wars is temporary and the evil inflicted is permanent.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Google videos is shutting down so if you missed our past recommendation to watch The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, you should make the time to see it while you can because the revolution won't be on Google either. This documentary exposed the failed CIA coup in Venezuela.

Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when Hugo Chavez was removed from office. You may recall that on November 26, 2007 the Venezuelan government published a classified document from the US embassy revealing CIA operations to overthrow Chavez's democratically elected government. This documentary is a "sit on the edge of your seat" real-world rollercoaster ride. Click here to watch this amazing documentary.

Another documentary worth making the effort to see before it disappears is Secrets of the CIA which has interviews with former CIA officers about their work to poison the school milk supply in Cuba and a range of other demonic projects. On a related note, a major work on the CIA was published reviewing the history of the organization. The book, Legacy of Ashes explains how the CIA has consistently opposed democracy. In fact, since the inception of the CIA in 1947 it has never tried to advance democracy by subverting the corporations that support dictatorships.

Peace Trip

Our next volunteer trip is to Liberia in June. Our team consists of 14 people.

Projects include:

1. Livestock and seed delivery

2. Special Ambassadors support

3. Scholarships

4. Delivery of food aid, school supplies and clothes

Each of the above projects is funded by our members. When you donate to support one of our acts of kindness, you help change and save lives. To learn about how we efficiently deliver donations, see our 2010 annual report.

If you would like more information about our peace trips, including the 2012 Liberia trip, click here.

Special Ambassadors Acts of Kindness

People are often amazed about our services for disabled children in Africa because these children are generally left to suffer without assistance.

You may remember Uriah shown on the left. Uriah is one of our Special Ambassador children. His hut burned down last year and his grandmother, who had been his primary caretaker, died in the fire. Teach Peace's Kevin Rockensies arranged for  Uriah to obtain the necessities he knew Uriah would need (e.g., food, three new sets of clothes, a small mattress, sheets, towels, wash cloths, soap, shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste and a basin). Kevin's mother Eileen was directly responsible for Uriah's receipt of a special new wheelchair. A total of 25 wheelchairs were sent to Liberia (made possible with the help of another non-profit that runs a program called Liberia Mission).

As the photo at the top of this Newsletter shows, Uriah has a fresh view of life -- with the help of Teach Peace and donors.  One of his first questions to our staff was "Can I sleep in my chair?"

Special Ambassadors is caring in action which is one definition of "love" and "God." Acts of kindness and this is what Teach Peace is all about - Love, Dignity, Respect and Acts of Kindness.

Click here to sponsor a disabled child at $1 a day.

Thank you for your support that enables us to help people here at home and across the globe.

Dave Dionisi, President
Teach Peace Foundation