🌿 A Call for Peace and Hope Between Cambodia and Thailand 🌿

In recent days, the relationship between Cambodia and Thailand has experienced a strain that weighs heavy on our hearts. What should be sacred — a temple rooted in peace and love — has become a symbol of tension and misunderstanding. This is not the path our shared spiritual heritage calls us to follow.

Buddhism, embraced by both our nations, teaches us to seek peace over power, compassion over conquest. It is deeply painful that a space meant for prayer and reflection could become a place of conflict and fear. Yet this pain must not become fuel for blame or division. It must become a seed for hope.

We, the youth of Don Bosco Cambodia — joined by all those who believe in a better future — extend a hand of peace to our brothers and sisters in Thailand. We call upon every man and woman, every child and elder of kind heart, to rise above conflict and to choose the path of humbleness, wisdom, and dialogue.

Let us pray. Let us meditate. Let us speak not with anger but with understanding. Let our shared history and faith be a bridge — not a barrier.

Peace does not demand silence; it demands courage. Together, let us build it.

🕊️ May peace begin within us and flow outward to heal our nations.