Pugwash, Nova Scotia international politics and in the longer run to eliminate such arms". The Crowley Memorial was erected in 1870 at Pugwash, Nova Scotia by the Legislature of Nova Scotia in honour of Mary E. Crowley, who died October 1869, aged 12 years after rescuing her younger brother and sister from a house fire. This is believed to be the first public monument ever erected to a woman in Canada. A myth about the village is that the children's cartoon character Captain Pugwash was named after the international organisation that takes its name from the town, but the character, a pirate, in
Global Peace Foundation helped the collection and distribution of supplies such as bedding, food, and roofing iron. In 2013, a Global Peace Leadership Conference was held in the Philippines from November 20–22 in the Manila Hotel, with the theme “Moral and Innovative Leadership: A Platform for Sustainable Peace and Development”. The conference was endorsed by the Philippines Department of Education and Commission on Higher Education and included a youth peace contest, a coastal cleanup of Manila Bay and the launching of the Global Peace Volunteers project in the country In Nigeria, the "One Family Under God" campaign involves Muslims and Christians in retreats