Celebrating 27 Years of the World Peace Flame
On 31 July 2026, people from around the world came together to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the World Peace Flame.
Held at the home of the World Peace Flame, Snowdonia Mountain Lodge in North Wales, and joined online by friends and supporters across the globe, the anniversary was a beautiful celebration of light, peace and the many people helping to carry its message into the world.
Welsh harp music accompanied the gathering, creating a fitting backdrop to an evening of celebration, reflection and inspiring updates from World Peace Flame projects around the world.
Peace in Action
The evening included an update on the World Peace Flame charity’s activities, sharing news of the practical humanitarian work being carried out in communities in need.
Attendees participated in a celebration of light, placing World Peace Flame candles on an enormous world map, and also placing candles in paper lotuses in the water that surrounds the North Wales World Peace Flame monument, with prayers for peace and harmony.
Honouring an Ambassador for Peace
A particularly special moment was the recognition of Shahn Ahmad, World Peace Flame Ambassador for London and a teacher at West Lodge Primary School.
Shahn was presented with a World Peace Flame Ambassador certificate in recognition of her dedication to moving the Peace Education Project forward in the UK, including her work navigating government processes to help bring peace education to more young people.
Her work reflects one of the World Peace Flame’s most important hopes: that the values of peace, compassion and understanding can be nurtured in children and carried forward into future generations.
A Flame to Carry Forward
Members of the Garforth Peace Project — Sue, Fi, Duncan and Fred – presented Dr Mansukh Patel with a handcrafted World Peace Flame Lamp.
Members of the group had previously presented the World Peace Flame to HRH Prince William at the King’s Garden Party, continuing their longstanding commitment to sharing its message.
The new lamp was handcrafted by craftsman Duncan McBride and designed with both practicality and meaning in mind.
Powered by either battery or solar energy, it contains a central wick that can be lit directly from the World Peace Flame, symbolically carrying the flame and its message wherever the lamp travels. An LED light also provides a safe and accessible way for the light to remain present within a school environment.
It is a beautiful symbol of what the World Peace Flame has represented for the past 27 years: one light being passed from person to person, community to community and generation to generation.
Twenty-seven years after the World Peace Flame was first inaugurated, its message remains beautifully simple.
Peace begins with each one of us.
