International Project "There is Happiness!": Talking About the Most Important Things

On November 8 - 12, in St. Petersburg, the Leningrad region and in Moscow, the head of the Department of Happiness of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly, Ambassador of Peace Marina Volkova held events as part of the multifaceted project “There is Happiness!”

As part of the project there were held meetings with St. Petersburg youth, schoolchildren in the city of Priozersk, Leningrad Region, and young participants in the Interfaith Music Festival in Moscow. The leitmotif of all meetings was the theme of family and family values. They talked about the importance of preserving historical memory, about modern heroes, and love for the Motherland. Young St. Petersburg and Muscovites asked military personnel about what helps them in difficult situations? And they received an important answer: “That my family is behind me.”

Young participants of the project “There is Happiness!” were pleased to take part in the International Campaign “Letters of Happiness”. The children signed more than 500 postcards depicting children's drawings, and some of them have already reached the recipient. Parents and teachers thanked us for the idea of writing letters and talked about that in childhood they exchanged postcards with peers from different countries and how much joy it brought.

As part of the activities of the project “There is Happiness!” We were interviewed on the topic of happiness and the most common answer to the question was “What is happiness for you?” was like this: “Family and friends. Family".

Head of the Happiness Department of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly Marina Volkova identified the importance of such meetings: “The famous teacher and writer Anton Makarenko has the following quote: “You can’t teach to be happy, but you can educate.” It’s through meetings like these that we raise kids to be happy.”

Speaking words of gratitude for the events of the project “There is Happiness!”, teachers, experts, and parents noted the deep significance of conversations with young people about family traditions, honoring the memory of ancestors, and historical values: “For those who dig deep, it is impossible to rewrite history.”