HELP for Peace owes its origin to both the healing art of conventional medicine and the healing art of reconciliation. The logo for HELP for Peace stands for the healing art, research, education, communication
and reconciliation.

The rod is entwined with serpents to symbolize the pervasive message of health---Reconciliation. This rod was set by Hermes between two serpents to test its potency. The serpents locked in mortal combat entwined in stead on the rod thus bringing peace between them.

Consequently, the wand with two serpents came to be seen as a sign of peace and reconciliation.

The rod with entwined snakes is often associated with the printer's watermark and the eloquence of Hermes as well as the Tree of Knowledge. HELP for Peace rejoins with this enabling emblem of communication, education and research.

The logo further depict healing experienced by exiles in the biblical book of Numbers where Moses held a bronze staff after getting attacked by a plague of snakes. The snakes coiled themselves in the staff when it was held up. The exiles were healed as they looked on the image of the raised staff.

The bird in flight seen in the HELP for Peace logo represents the fullness of life that befits a healed body, a reconciled society.