Mostar') and Members of Parliament from main UK parliamentary parties – Louise Ellman (Labour) and Tobias Ellwood (Conservative). In 2010 a cross-party EDM was approved by the UK Parliament in support of Children of Peace. During the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, the charity was honoured internationally when Sally Becker, Goodwill Ambassador to Children of Peace, carried the Olympic Flag into the stadium with other humanitarians, including Muhammad Ali and Ban Ki-moon. In 2012 the charity brought over to the UK an Israeli-Palestinian girls’ peace choir – the Shani Choir - that opened the prestigious international Three Choirs Festival in Hereford, UK. The choir appeared live on BBC Breakfast and sang their signature song Imagine by John Lennon in Arabic, English and Hebrew. In 2015 the charity received a personal blessing from Pope Francis. In 2017, the British National Theatre honoured Children of Peace with a special gala performance at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London of the hit Broadway play Oslo. The Patrons of Children of Peace are Madonna, Dame Judi Dench and John Sentamu, Archbishop of York. The Royal Patron is HH Princess Gabriele zu Leiningen, the former Begum Aga Khan. Children of Peace has the personal support of many world leaders, including Pope Francis, former US Vice-President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, previous UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron, and Former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, former French Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande and former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. Children of Peace has become a significant humanitarian, conflict-resolution NGO in the Middle East and a leading champion of children’s rights in the region having helped over 125,000 children since 2004. References External links Children's charities based in the United Kingdom Religious charities based in the United Kingdom Israeli children Palestinian children Non-governmental organizations involved in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Non-governmental organizations involved in the Israeli–Palestinian peace process