Sadakos Sculpture.

The Sadako sculpture making project involves students to cast hands on a sculpture of Sadako. The sculpture making takes a single session of about 4 hours to make.
It will be created from a prefabricated mold designed by the Artists John Devaraj. The sculpture after completion can be installed at the school. Sadakos’s Sculpture project is a one day event. There will a sessions learning about Sadako, folding paper cranes and Making the Sculpture.

I am Sadako’s Sister , a film about sadako Children make a film about Sadako using a smartphone send it to the worldpeaceuseum by whatsapp.
The film script {you can build your own script too}

Hello, good day, my name is BHOOMIKA I am Twelve years old from Bangalore, India

I want to tell you the story of my sister Sadako.

Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl, born on January 7, 1943.

She became a Child victim of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki when she was barely two years old.

Though she had severe Leukemia, she survived for another ten years, until 12, my age, becoming one of the most widely known Hibakusha (meaning atomic Bomb survivor)

Sadako Sasaki was just waking up, around 8am on 6th August 1945. The First Atom Bomb of the world exploded over the Hiroshima Hospital.

70 000 people turned to ashes in 3 Seconds. The heat wave generated was 3000 degrees, Winds sped up at 120 kilo meters per hour, on its return to ground zero, it created vacuum and sucked the eyeballs and intestines out. Unable to withstand the rising heat people jumped into the river and it turned red with blood.

Sadako was only a mile away from ground zero. She was blown out of the window and her mother ran to find her two-year-old daughter alive with small injuries. As mother and daughter ran they were caught in black rain.

They passed by the dead grandmother and the gushing tears were washed away by the black rain.

In the years that went by Sadako grew up, strong healthy and fit. She was a fine athlete and became an important member of her class relay team.

When Sadako was Nine, in November 1954, she developed swellings on her neck and behind her ears. In January 1955, Purpura had formed on her legs.

Sadako was diagnosed with acute malignant lymph gland leukaemia. Referred to as “atomic bomb disease”.

She was hospitalized on February 21, 1955, and given no more than a year to live.

Several years after the atomic bomb explosion an increase in leukaemia was observed, especially among children. It became clear that the leukaemia was caused by the exposure to radiation

While she was given blood transfusions. Her white blood cell count was six times higher than the average child’s levels.

In August 1955, she was moved into a room with Kiyo, a junior high school student who was two years older than her.

It was shortly after getting this roommate that the idea of cranes came up.

Sadakos friend, Chizuko Hamamoto, told her the legend of the cranes.
That if she folds a 1000 cranes she may live. It was believed to grant the folder a wish

She set herself a goal of folding 1,000 of them.

Sadako had plenty of free time during her days in the hospital, but no paper,
But her spirit never gave up. So she used the medicine wrappings and prescriptions.
Going to other patients’ rooms to ask for the paper from their get-well presents.

By the end of August 1955, Sadako had achieved her goal and continued to fold 300 more cranes. Sadako’s older brother,

During her time in the hospital, her condition progressively worsened.
Around mid-October 1955, her left leg became swollen and turned purple.

After her family urged her to eat something,
Sasaki requested tea on rice and remarked “It’s tasty”. Those being her last words.

She then thanked her family. With her family and friends around her,
Sasaki died on the morning of October 25, 1955, at the age of 12.

In 1958, a statue of Sasaki holding a golden crane was unveiled in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. At the foot of the statue is a plaque that reads: “This is our cry.
This is our prayer. Peace in the world.”

There is also a statue of her in the Seattle Peace Park. Sasaki has become a leading symbol of the effects of nuclear war.

Sadako Sasaki is the true heroine to all the children of the world. She offered her peaceful resistance to the atomic bomb, by folding paper cranes even as she was falling a victim to it.

Please, Celebrate January 7th as SADAKOS DAY, her birthday, she is the true PEACECHILD.

I am Sadako’s Sister

These projects will be realized with students, children and youth participating and creating it.
JohnDevaraj