Picture Highlights- International Peace Day

 

Some of the Photos highlighting International Peace Day!!


Marching parade with some of the students carrying peace day banners.

Primary school pupils making thier way to Karimjee Hall for the peace day celebrations.

 

 

 

The dove symbolising Peace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

More participants including some of BYC's youth leaders and children

 

 

 

BYC commemorating International Peace Day!

BYC is taking part in commemorating the International Peace Day, also known as Peace Day tomorrow, the 21st of September. The celebrations of Peace Day are organised by UNIC- United Nations Information Centre in partnership with the Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots, the Global Network of Religions for Children-GNRC, and RightToPlay Tanzania. BYC has been part of the orgaisations participating in the preparations for this event.

Activities that  BYC has participated leading to this event include; participating in preparation meetings, and also writing essays for the Essay Writing Competition whose topic was“sustainable peace for sustainable development”/ “Amani endelevu kwa Maendeleo endelevu”. At least 25 primary school children took part in this competition. BYC also participated in a symposium and trainings organised during this period.

Tomorrow, BYC will take at least 50 children who will participate in the event at Karimjee Hall Dar es Salaam for 10.00 hrs. For more information on this check out UNIC's link http://daressalaam.unic.org/2012/09/19/media-advisory-for-international-day-of-peace-sept-21/.

Thus BYC is happy to be part of the initiative of marking this event of Peace Day.