vadodara a hot air balloon carrying people to a world of peace soldiers dropping their weapons and climbing a magic ladder to peace these are not scenes from a film but paintings made by children as part of an art peace project a compilation of copies of these paintings titled on the wings of white angels made by over 200 children from the city was gifted to spiritual leader dalai lama in surat on friday the compilation was presented along with a letter comprising an appeal for world peace by the children the compilation will also be sent global leaders and peace organizations across the world as part of the art peace project the children have painted their desire for peace and their stand against war violence and cruelty through the medium of colours the world is undergoing a very difficult phase at the moment with stories of terror attacks wars and death plaguing the world there is a need to create hope and what better way than doing this through children children are gifted with innocence imagination and creativity we wish to spread the message of peace through the medium of little artists said hitesh rana founder of citybased hobby centre who presented the compilation to the spiritual leader in my painting i have made a hot air balloon that transports people living in a world struggling with war and hatred to a land of peace and brotherhood said aashka jaani a 12yearold who is participating in the project i have made a ladder that is connected to a land of peace the soldiers fighting in the war land drop their weapons and take the ladder and reach a land of peace said kairavi thakore an 11yearold student who is part of the project an art album compiling paintings made by over 70 children from the centre in 1991 expressing their emotions on the gulf war has found a place at the museum of world friendship centre at hiroshima japan