Jane is Australia’s ambassador for the ‘Petals of Peace’ project.  This project was officially launched in Melbourne and Brisbane in October 2003 and has since expanded to other cities and States in Australia and other countries abroad. This initiative assists in raising public awareness of the needless suffering of innocent children in China encouraging children to actively participate in contributing towards a more peaceful and tolerant world.

A brief history of Jane’s painful and tragic experiences in China explains why she has embarked on a selfless, five-year journey personally addressing the United Nations Human Right Commission in Geneva and continuing her appeal by travelling to many countries throughout the world. Jane Dai, with her daughter Fadu, seek to assist in bring to an end the persecution against the fundamental rights and freedom of innocent citizens in China today which continues to destroy the lives of countless individuals and families.

In July 1999 the CCP began its comprehensive persecution against the traditional exercise and meditation system of Falun Gong. Tens of thousands of people who had benefited from the practice began a peaceful appeal so that the CCP could hear the truth about Falun Gong. Jane’s husband, Chen Chengyong, was one of these people. In January 2000, he was arrested in front of a Beijing Appeals Office and sent to prison in Guangzhou. His father wanted to deliver some winter clothes to him, but the police never allowed them to meet. Even criminals were allowed to see family members, but Falun Gong practitioners were denied this fundamental right.

At the beginning of January 2001, Chen was again arrested. At that time, Jane’s visa in her Australian passport was about to expire, and as her request for renewal was refused, she had to bring her one-year-old daughter Fadu to Australia. She had no idea that this would be the last time she would ever see her husband alive. In July 2001 Chen’s body was recovered.

In 2003, Jane and Fadu inspired the launch of the ‘Petals of Peace’ project in various cities in Australia. This initiative over the following years reached many Australian schools and community groups. A website was also set up for children to learn more about the folding of an origami lotus flower as an expression of hope for other suffering children. This same year saw Jane and Fadu travel overseas and to the US to tell their story in Washington DC.

In 2004, Jane and her daughter inspired a ‘Children saving Children’ postcard message appeal. This was the year an Australian chaired the Human Rights Commission and the postcards sent by Australian children were to be presented by Jane and Fadu in Geneva attending the NGI meeting of the United Nations.

During 2005 / 6 Jane’s story is shared many times, and representatives of the Australian media reported on her story. Earlier this year Jane, Fadu and fellow Australians have been visiting Senators and Ministers Australia wide, appealing to them to help stop the ongoing persecution of good people in China. The Australian ‘behind locked doors’ Human Rights dialogues with the unelected Communist leaders of China have failed and newspaper and internet reports daily inform us of the misery behind the so called booming economy of China.

Now in 2006, as Fadu has just started school near Brisbane, Jane will join in several school based ‘Harmony Day’ celebrations continuing to introduce the ‘Petals of Peace’ project to many more children.