Nairobi peace rally
A Nairobi Peace Rally has been organized to coincide with and celebrate the UN’s International Day of Peace. It will culminate in a number of build up activities which have been organized to take place in various parts of Nairobi. This day will also feature the presentation of awards to the winners of the Sing a Song of Peace talent search that has been conducted countrywide by Radio Waumini. Read the press release by clicking on the URL provided.
PRESS RELEASE
THE NAIROBI INTERNATIONAL PEACE RALLY
Africa Peace Point and the organizing committee of the Nairobi Peace Rally, an initiative of a group of peace NGOs in Nairobi in collaboration with Koinonia Community, Radio Waumini and AMANI-Italy wish to invite the press during the Nairobi International Peace Rally to be held on 17th September 2005 from 7.00 A.M to 1.00 P.M at Uhuru Park Grounds.
The rally, which has been organized to coincide with and celebrate the UN’s International Day of Peace will be the culmination of a number of build up activities which have been organized to take place in various parts of Nairobi. This day will also feature the presentation of awards to the winners of the Sing a Song of Peace talent search that has been conducted countrywide by Radio Waumini.
The theme for this year’s celebrations is towards justice and equity which evokes the idea of different players in the civil society and the public working together with the state to entrench the values of justice and equity at local, regional and international levels.
The build up activities include a Football Peace Tournament that is already taking place in Kibera and Mathare beginning the 19th of August and in collaboration with the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), a seminar series organized in Mathare on 12th September and Kibera on 13th September focusing on Community Policing and Slum Upgrading respectively with the grand finale of the series being held in Shalom House on 15th September. This seminar is titled “Citizenship: the Rights and Responsibilities of Kenyans”. A clean up campaign has also been organized in Kibera in conjunction with the Interfaith Dialogue Forum to take place on 14th September.
We, the organizing committee recognize the role of the media in highlighting activities geared towards peace building in our society. Consequently, your participation and coverage of this event will go along way in enhancing peace in Kenya and in the region.
For more information, please contact us on
Tel: 575288/577553
Fax: 577979
Email [email protected] /[email protected]
Website: http://africapeacepointkenya.org
Yours faithfully,
Leah Kimathi
Coordinator
For the Organizing Committee