PEACE: A Collective Responsibility
The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity awarded Kenyan peacebuilder Ms. Shamsa Abubakar Fadhil known as ‘Mama Shamsa’, a GNRC Member, as co-honoree of the 2023 award. The award recognizes honorees from around the world for their contributions to building a more peaceful, and compassionate world based on the values of human fraternity.
Mama Shamsa is a Kenyan peace mediator and community mobilizer, she has been recognized for nurturing youth in her home country, Mombasa, Kenya, and saving young people from lives of violence, crime, and extremism, by providing them with counseling, care, and training.
Besides serving on many other platforms, Ms. Shamsa is a GNRC Member. She was a key support to, and actively participated in Arigatou International’s, GNRC project – Building Family Resilience Against Violent Extremism – Women of Faith in Action under the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF). She particularly facilitated women’s and children’s sessions during forums aimed at creating awareness in Mombasa, Kenya.
Speaking to the GNRC Secretary General, Mama Shams said “my best advice to Kenya and the world is that PEACE is a collective responsibility. If we are to create a nonviolent world with equal rights, we must begin with our children. Each parent should therefore take collective responsibility towards their children”.
“We should change our ways of being selfish or the collision course is just around the corner where violence will triumph over peace and extremism over tolerance. Education is the key to this global challenge” Mama Shamsa advised the GNRC Secretariat in its work focussing on children around the world.
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PEACE: A Collective Responsibility
The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity awarded Kenyan peacebuilder Ms. Shamsa Abubakar Fadhil known as ‘Mama Shamsa’, a GNRC Member, as co-honoree of the 2023 award. The award recognizes honorees from around the world for their contributions to building a more peaceful, and compassionate world based on the values of human fraternity.
Mama Shamsa is a Kenyan peace mediator and community mobilizer, she has been recognized for nurturing youth in her home country, Mombasa, Kenya, and saving young people from lives of violence, crime, and extremism, by providing them with counseling, care, and training.
Besides serving on many other platforms, Ms. Shamsa is a GNRC Member. She was a key support to, and actively participated in Arigatou International’s, GNRC project – Building Family Resilience Against Violent Extremism – Women of Faith in Action under the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF). She particularly facilitated women’s and children’s sessions during forums aimed at creating awareness in Mombasa, Kenya.
Speaking to the GNRC Secretary General, Mama Shams said “my best advice to Kenya and the world is that PEACE is a collective responsibility. If we are to create a nonviolent world with equal rights, we must begin with our children. Each parent should therefore take collective responsibility towards their children”.
“We should change our ways of being selfish or the collision course is just around the corner where violence will triumph over peace and extremism over tolerance. Education is the key to this global challenge” Mama Shamsa advised the GNRC Secretariat in its work focussing on children around the world.
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Coimbatore Vizha: Journey to Unity
On January 4th, 2023, GNRC India held the 15th annual edition of the ‘Journey for Unity’, the first public interfaith outreach for 2023, as part of the Coimbatore Vizha. The interfaith-intergenerational journey celebrates the cultural and religious diversity of the city of Coimbatore.
Present at the event were 213 adults, with religious leaders from the Hindu, Christian, Islamic, Jain & Sikh, and 124 children from twenty-six schools. Together, they visited five different places of worship; Arulmigu Koniamman Thirukkoil, St.Michael Roman Catholic Cathedral, Athar Jamath Masjid, Shri Shankheswara Parshwanath Jain Temple, and Gurudwara Singh Sabha.
Those present came together at the newly dedicated Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at Pothanur for a special interfaith prayer for peace led by the different religious leaders. The children then shared their experiences.
Civil Society Leaders present reiterated the commitment to unity in diversity, led by Dr.B.K.Krishnaraj Vanavarayar.
“This journey for unity has helped me respect the religious practices of others and learn about other religions” – Nisha, 8th Grade Student.
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Coimbatore Vizha: Journey to Unity
On January 4th, 2023, GNRC India held the 15th annual edition of the ‘Journey for Unity’, the first public interfaith outreach for 2023, as part of the Coimbatore Vizha. The interfaith-intergenerational journey celebrates the cultural and religious diversity of the city of Coimbatore.
Present at the event were 213 adults, with religious leaders from the Hindu, Christian, Islamic, Jain & Sikh, and 124 children from twenty-six schools. Together, they visited five different places of worship; Arulmigu Koniamman Thirukkoil, St.Michael Roman Catholic Cathedral, Athar Jamath Masjid, Shri Shankheswara Parshwanath Jain Temple, and Gurudwara Singh Sabha.
Those present came together at the newly dedicated Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at Pothanur for a special interfaith prayer for peace led by the different religious leaders. The children then shared their experiences.
Civil Society Leaders present reiterated the commitment to unity in diversity, led by Dr.B.K.Krishnaraj Vanavarayar.
“This journey for unity has helped me respect the religious practices of others and learn about other religions” – Nisha, 8th Grade Student.
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More than 500 students at St. Mary’s School Msongari, Nairobi were excited to learn about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they could be involved in achieving these global goals.
In a visit in the school on 6th February 202, we were honoured to interact with the students, sharing about the need to involve children in conversations and actions around the SDGs, through the SDGs club in the school.
Speaking to the students, the Executive Director of the Kenya SDGs Forum assured the students that their understanding of the SDGs would enable them contribute not only to the national development agenda but also to the global one; adding that achievement of the SDGs would make the world a better place for everyone.
Addressing the students at the morning assembly, the school Principal lauded the partnership and welcomed the idea of the SDGs club in the school, saying that it would enable the students to better understand the SDGs while contributing to their implementation. He also noted that knowledge on the SDGs would complement the students’ formal learning.
“SDGs clubs are safe spaces in schools for students to learn about the SDGs and take little but impactful actions within their context, just like the SDGs Academy for Children” Michael Adikwu, Lead, SDGs Academy for Children, Arigatou International.
This visit is part of a series of ongoing interventions with partners towards establishing SDGs clubs in schools. These clubs will be part of the greater partnership with the Arigatou International’s SDGs Academy for Children.
We are partnering with the SDGs Kenya Forum and the Kenya Flying Labs, to establish and equip the SDGs club at St. Mary’s School Msongari, Nairobi.
Arigatou International, through the SDGs academy for children believes that the best bet for a sustainable future is to teach children about the SDGs while they are young. The SDGs Academy aims to do this by providing children with simplified and easy-to-use learning tools on the SDGs. It will deliver this goal through the SDG model classroom for children that offer safe virtual and physical child-friendly spaces for interaction and exchange. Additionally, activities within the SDG Model classroom will involve a storytelling campaign for children on the SDGs, and multi-level gaming mobile applications and web apps that are relevant to children ages 4 and above.
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