This has been a
busy weekend with people all over the world marking the International Peace Day. Kenya was no exception with celebrations organized
by
different organizations running from Friday 19th September to Monday 22nd September in different parts of the country. This was also the period when Kenyan commemorated the victims of the tragic Westgate attack in 2013.
different organizations running from Friday 19th September to Monday 22nd September in different parts of the country. This was also the period when Kenyan commemorated the victims of the tragic Westgate attack in 2013.
I was very
fortunate to have joined other Kenyans at State
House Girls on 19th September in an event organized by Global Peace Foundation. The theme of
the day was: Right of Peoples to Peace. They also used this day to launch Amani Clubs which are being supported
by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission. This was a beautiful
coincidence since I am working at Kenya
Youth Foundation and have introduced Peace Clubs in four Primary schools
and we are going to increase the number to ten in due course.
I become aware
of the Peace Day not so long ago after relating with someone working for Peace One Day an organization based in
the UK.
Peace Day is an
idea that was conceptualized by Jeremy
Gilley who founded a non-profit organization named Peace One Day in 1999.
Jeremy Gilley is
an actor turned filmmaker, who in the late 1990s became preoccupied with
questions about the fundamental nature of humanity and the issue of peace. He
decided to explore these through the medium of film, and specifically, to
create a documentary following his campaign to establish an annual day of
ceasefire and non-violence.
Peace One Day led the initiative to
establish an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed
calendar date, unanimously adopted by United Nations member states in 2001 as 21 September – Peace Day.
Peace One Day’s objective is to institutionalize
Peace Day 21 September, making it a day that is self-sustaining, an annual day
of global unity, a day of intercultural cooperation on a scale that humanity
has never known. [Source:
www.peaceoneday.org]
Jeremy Gilley simply set the
path for us it is up to us to keep and preach peace.
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