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Peace Day 2007
UGANDA

All United Nations member countries agreed to celebrate September 21, The International Day of Peace as a Global Ceasefire and Day of Peace & Nonviolence in our homes, our communities and between nations. Peace Day has been a focal point for community-uniting and peace-inspiring events since its inception in 1981. Together we can create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world, one heart, one family, one community at a time. Join the Countdown To Peace and help inspire your community to create humanity's first day of peace, ever.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

  • Ask your favorite organization, group or religious institution to support the International Day of Peace
  • Plan or attend a Peace Day Event in your community (scheduled events include concerts, parades, marches, fasts, conferences, festivals, gatherings, service projects, ceremonies, children's activities such as peace art & essay contests and pinwheels for peace, Peace Day parties and peace vigils)
  • Ask your Mayor, City Council, Governor and Head of State to declare a Proclamation of Peace
  • Print out Flyers, Posters and other Resources

2006 PLANS

BWANDA, MASAKA
St. Theresa Girls' S.S. Bwanda, Masaka
EVENT: One of the hundreds of ENO Schools (Environment Online) that will plant trees for the International Day of Peace as a symbol for environmental protection, international co-operation, cultural diversity, tolerance and peace. (http://eno.joensuu.fi/treeceremony.htm)

KAMPALA
Uganda Social Forum
Contact: Chris BUSIINGE
Email: cbusiinge@krcug.org
 EVENT : Like many other previous 2002/3/4/5, and now 2006 Uganda will commemorate the international day of peace on the UN designated day on September 21. This time round, many civil society organizations have come together under the umbrella of the Uganda Social Forum coordinated by NGO Forum in Kampala. The main peace day activities will be at Mandela national stadium in Kampala, where many organizations will convene by way of caravans to deliberate on many other development related topics and among other; peace and security, HIV/AIDS, education, poverty alleviation to mention but a few. Kabarole Research and Resource centre is joining the rest of the world to be part of this major event, centering on the nationally agreed theme of “national reconciliations is a responsibility all”. In western Uganda, reconciliation can be reflected in very many different conflicts that affect the lives of the local people on day to day basis. Some of these include; conflicts among the minorities in Kasese and the obusinga kingdom, Governance and political disputes in Kabarole and Kyenjojo districts, and land disputes in Kibaale district. The western caravan that will be launched with activities starting in Kasese district on the 15th and continue to Kibaale district on 18th (day for the caravan)for night a camp fire and laying a peace a peace and reconciliation monument and later join the other organizations in Kampala on September 21st. by doing various activities like district centered dialogues, sports for peace activities, and cultural gala events, we hope that the peoples of the region will recollect on conflicts that affect their day to day lives and importantly affecting their development processes. This recollection, is expected to enhance concerted development responsibility and find own solutions to these problems. By sending you this email is to invite you to be part of this recollection moment, most especially when a peace and reconciliation monument will be laid at a neutral place in Kibaale district. We hope that you will join us to be part of and publicize the local peace efforts we make in every step of these activities.

The above pictures are from the 2005 Peace Day in Soroti, I thought these might be of very good use to show the world the Ugandan civil society has made such tremendous steps to draw the attention of Ugandans and Ugandan government to peaceful means of conflict resolution. This event builds into this years peace day that will be held on September 21st at Mandela national stadium in Kampala. Slowly but surely, the civil society is trying to encourage government to put the peace day on its national agenda, for Uganda to reflect on peace every 21st of September of each year. Kabarole Research and Resource Centre, started this campaign to commemorate this day way back in 2002, and Boma grounds in Fort Portal, 2003, in Kibaale District, 2004 in Gulu and 2005 in Soroti and Today we join the rest of Ugandans at Mandela national stadium after a thorough reflection on local reconciliation in Kibaale district.

KAMPALA
REVOLUTIONIZE
Group size: city
Contact person: DEBRA MUSUYA DARBY
Phone: +256712292028
Email: deb_dar@mac.com
IDP Vigil :  festival including concerts, book fairs etc
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
KAMPALA
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
KAMPALA
Voice of Kigezi
Email: vokmedia@yahoo.com
 EVENT : publicity airwave campaign .
KAMPALA
Commonwealth Peoples' Association of Uganda
Email: royalcsociety_ug@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.cpauganda.org
 EVENT : Public debate at a secondary school in Kampala for students .
KAMPALA
i care international christian center
Contact: Passter MUwumba Moses
Email: our_choiceispeace@yahoo.ca
Tel: 256-782-839763
 EVENT : Holding a special thanks giving at the church thereafter to involve other peace loving students and teachers in special events of the day that includes sport activties,atheletics,debates speeches and many others.
KAMPALA
Media for peace and Relgious organazation
Contact: Kirarira Issa
Email: our_choiceispeace@yahoo.ca
Tel: 256 71 802048
 EVENT :Among other events, we will wish citizens of the world a happy International day of Peace and we will have programmes on peace building on different FM radio stations and mobilize religious leaders to use their influence using their churches and mosques to involve their folks.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE MESSAGE
As the world celebrates the international day of peace, Media for Peace and Religious Tolerance Organization {MPRTO} would like to join the government of Uganda, the United Nations, Diplomatic missions accredited to Uganda and all peace loving people of the world in marking this very important day.
MPRTO believes that the international day of peace should not be dedicated to making speeches only, but should be dedicated to action that brings peace in the whole world. We should dedicate this year’s international peace day to the Juba peace talks between the government of Uganda and the Lords Resistance Army rebels currently going on.
We at MPRTO believe and pray that the international day of peace is dedicated to addressing and ending the war and suffering in northern Uganda and the world in general. Peace is fundamental to the development of the human race including the perpetrators of violence.
We also call upon the media to play its cardinal role of informing the people about the need to tolerate one another, the need to coexistence, the need to address our commonalities and the need to promote peace in society. We pray that this issue is addressed on this year’s international day of peace.
MPRTO also believes that this day should be for reconciliation in our country and forging the way forward for our development. We also pray that acts of intolerance worldwide should not be allowed to flourish in our communities.
"If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us." Happy celebrations
Issa Kirarira
256 71 2 802048
CHAIRMAN
KUMI
CRY Uganda
Group size: 200
Contact person: Agula Joseph Ogoror
Email: cry-uganda@hotmail.com
IDP VIGIL : 16th September 2006 at Kumi township primary school,Peace march,peace gala opening, music/curtain riser.interfaith prayers,Speeches CRY Representative,Music interlude.Peace music, dance and drama from Macedonia Jazz band, Rainbow band, Bisina, Gulu and Kitgum youth, Lira youth. Among others. Candle lighting.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
NAGGALAMA
Naggalama Junior School
EVENT: One of the hundreds of ENO Schools (Environment Online) that will plant trees for the International Day of Peace as a symbol for environmental protection, international co-operation, cultural diversity, tolerance and peace. (http://eno.joensuu.fi/treeceremony.htm)
SUMBWE
Sumbwe Primary School
EVENT: One of the hundreds of ENO Schools (Environment Online) that will plant trees for the International Day of Peace as a symbol for environmental protection, international co-operation, cultural diversity, tolerance and peace. (http://eno.joensuu.fi/treeceremony.htm)

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PEACE DAY ARCHIVE
UGANDA
2005- The JGI-Uganda and Ndejje Roots & Shoots chapter flew a giant peace dove for their Peace Day celebration.
(www.janegoodall.org/peace-day/gallery2005)
UGANDA
2004- St. Henry's College Kitovu was one of the hundreds of ENO Schools (Environment Online) in 50 countries that planted trees at 12 Noon for the International Day of Peace as a symbol for environmental protection and international co-operation in the field of environmental education, cultural diversity, tolerance and peace. (www.edu.joensuu.fi/eno/treeceremony.htm)
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