Letter sent to Ash Citizen Times 012610

This is what they call an "insta-letter" and those are letters that are less than 50 words. They did not publish this letter:

There is a group of Afghan children who are holding a Peace Camp in Afghanistan. They are advocating for non-violent solutions. They recently sent this message: "We thank those who pray that we'll have peace, but prayers won’t suffice if one by one, war takes us away from life."