September 22, 2008
Peace balls
It is amazing what you can achieve with a choir of sweetly-singing students, a bell and a bag of branded footballs.
PRESS RELEASEUNAMID Deputy Head of Mission Delivers a Peace Message to the People of Darfur: Encouraged by the Rising Winds of Peace
El Fasher, 21 September 2008 – The Principal Deputy Joint Special Representative of the African Union –United Nations Hybrid Operations in Darfur (PDJSR) Mr. Henry Anyidoho expressed optimism about attainment of peace in Darfur.
Addressing the celebration in Al Fasher of this year's International Day of Peace which took place at the State Legislative Council Hall, Anyidoho said “I can see the wind of peace blowing in this hall this morning, and I pray that it would take us to our destination”. He added that the sweet voices of students singing for peace in Darfur were a clear testimony of the advancement on the road to peace...
...He later distributed “Peace Balls” to all the schools invited, and also rang the peace bell to make UN commitment to the ideal of world peace heard far and wide, and to remind all that peace is a common desire for people everywhere.
Next stop Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Posted by aheavens at September 22, 2008 6:56 AM
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Hey Andrew,
if you still do a blog roundup for Global Voices, here's something really good and worth mentioning: A small book project trying to tap into Ethiopia's rich oral tradition and preserving it to be passed in a more permanent form for future generations to supplement the Disney/ Hollywood diet...
http://africanchildrensbookproject.blogspot.com/2008/10/african-childrens-book-project.html
Posted by: Dina at October 17, 2008 4:43 PM
This quite one of the most classic want that most people will have in mind in ending every conflict. I just found The Emma Academy Project to have the best idea so far in my opinion in helping the end of war in Sudan. They will be educating the children of Sudan, so the children will have at least knowledge of the basics in life.
Posted by: Mandino at December 8, 2008 10:20 AM