GAP RIA BARHAIN
Peace Day 2006
Kingdom of Barhain
GAP leaders: Chistine Hassan
and Naffeesa Abdula
e-mail:
The Peace One Day celebration took place at the centre on September 21, the International Day of World Peace.
The Worldwide Picnic for Peace is the brainchild of Linda Strickler, a recently retired senior lecturer at the Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK. Her idea was that people around the world come together to hold a picnic for world peace.
Friends of the United Nations, Founder and vicepresident: Irving Sarnoff: irvingsarnoff@hotmail.com
Amigos de la ONU, Groups of actions toward peace (GAP) , Grupos de accion por la paz:
World wide special representative: Alicia Quaini: unrights@aol.com, amigosdelaonu@aol.com
Friends of the United Nations, Founder and vicepresident: Irving Sarnoff: irvingsarnoff@hotmail.com
Amigos de la ONU, Groups of actions toward peace (GAP) , Grupos de accion por la paz:
World wide special representative: Alicia Quaini: unrights@aol.com, amigosdelaonu@aol.com
Friends of the United Nations, Founder and vicepresident: Irving Sarnoff: irvingsarnoff@hotmail.com
Amigos de la ONU, Groups of actions toward peace (GAP) , Grupos de accion por la paz:
World wide special representative: Alicia Quaini: unrights@aol.com, amigosdelaonu@aol.com
Little 'ambassadors' hold picnic for peace
A PEACE picnic was held at the Regional Institute for Active Learning (RIA) Centre in Adliya yesterday.
About 35 people, the majority of who were youngsters, attended the get-together, which coincided with the Worldwide Picnic for Peace.
Prior to the picnic, the children, aged one to 14, took part in a peace parade to the Indian Embassy, nearby to hand over cakes to staff in recognition of their work.
"We had a fantastic morning," said centre principal Christine Hasan.
"We had to wait outside the embassy for a while as the ambassador was in the middle of a meeting, but the children were great and didn't complain.
"The peace picnic was a blast and the games gave everyone a chance to think about what peace means and how to be an ambassador for peace."
A representative from the Good Shepherd Community attended the event and presented the group with a Harmony Shawl.
"The shawl is a visible sign of our cry for peace," explained Mrs Hasan.
"The giving of the shawl created a touching moment when it was brought to us that in our small way at RIA we really do make a difference.
"It will take pride of place at the Peace One Day celebrations at the school next month."
The Peace One Day celebration will take place at the centre on September 21, the International Day of World Peace.
More details of the event will be announced closer to the date.
The Worldwide Picnic for Peace is the brainchild of Linda Strickler, a recently retired senior lecturer at the Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK. Her idea was that people around the world come together to hold a picnic for world peace.
Peace Day 2007, project:The countdown is on for The International Day of Peace – Peace One Day on the 21st September.
Gap Ria Bahrain will once again be promoting Peace One Day in Bahrain with the expected support from Ministry of Education, Islamic Societies Sports, SPN Institute and Social Clubs.
In order to show the world that ordinary people, mothers, fathers, and children here in Bahrain are passionate about Peace ( be it peace of mind, freedom from violence, or freedom of speech) we hope to create doves of peace that will be placed around Bahrain.
We shall also be enlisting the help of social activists who work with low paid workers and prisoners in jails to ensure that no one's voice goes unheard. Their hand prints and voices will become part of the network
Constructed primarily of polystyrene the doves will have tails made entirely of the handprints of the people in Bahrain.
Each handprint will have written on it that person's hopes and beliefs for peace in all its forms.
We also hope to get permission to have one of our Giant Peace Doves ready for take off on the roundabout outside the Bahrain international Airport. It will be accompanied by banners in Arabic and English stating the Bahrain is once again celebrating Peace One Day.
We shall also be creating a Giant Pin Wheel again in the grounds of Ria Centre in Adliya.
This will once more carry messages of hope, love, light and peace around the world on the wind.
Small groups of windmills will be placed around the garden as part of a Peace Path.
All this will need a lot of cooperation from many different groups, races and communities. A feat that Bahrain is renowned for!
In peace, love, light and hope,
Christine Hasan
21st may 2007
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