We had five schools present
Olympic High School, Olympic Primary, St. Catherine, karama Academy, and
Nairobi day. This also marked our September Girl Power Club Sports Day
activity., where we played a soccer and rugby.
PEACE
ONE DAY HELD AT OLYMPIC HIGH SCHOOL FROM 10:00AM TO 1:00 PM
Schedule of events
1. History of Peace One Day by Nairobi Day
2. Speech on peace by St. Catherine and Olympic
primary
3. A talk on Sports and peace by Olympic High School
4. A talk on who will you makes peace with by Olympic
Primary.
5. Friendly
match Football and rugby
The activity
events were moderated by Joy and captured by Dr. Liz, Eric, and Susan. Olympic
High school, Olympic Primary, St. Catherine, karama Academy and Nairobi Day
graced the day.
You may watch the video on the link below or read the speeches:
The History of peace one day as given by,
Moureen Aoko, of Nairobi Day.
Peace One Day
was founded by Jeremy Gilley is an annual global cease fire and nonviolence
day, in a fixed calendar unanimously adopted by the UN member states in 2001 as
21st of September.
Jeremy a film
maker grew up listening o war in the media. He one day decided to make a film
about peace, and then he realized there was no day for peace. There was
mother’s day, father’s day, birthday, earth day but no peace day.
He decided to
make a day of peace, one day each year when everybody in the world stopped
fighting and celebrated peace. He decided to talk to the UN since it’s their
job to ensure the world is united and peaceful. He got an invitation to the UN
HQ in new yolk and was informed that there was already a day of peace set by Costa Rica.
HE was
surprised he had never heard of it he discovered it had no fixed date therefore
no one could remember it. He decided he was going to give it a fixed day like
birthdays so that it can always be remembered. He chose 21st of
September every year to be the peace day, and called his project PEACE ONE DAY.
He sought
support from two countries that would ask all other countries to support him.
He wrote to many more and got positive feedback. As he wrote to countries in
the world he decided to film what happens to ordinary people during war.
He also met
with Kofi Annan the then UN boss who supported him and told him he believes
individuals can make a difference. The UN and Costa Rica managed to convince
other countries. The day the big announcement to be made by Kofi Annan in the UN
the city was attacked. This was frightening and confusing for him. He knew it
was even more important now to tell the world about peace.
He went to many
places, schools, stadiums, towns, and spread the message. On the 21st
of September the first peace day was celebrated. They have not looked back
since then and many more have followed in the footsteps as we do today.
Speech By Reybella Inyanje of St. Catherine
"Parent’s pupil’s
leaders and everyone who have managed to come and join us good morning. As I
stand here I would like to talk about Peace .Peace is the act of living in
harmony, when there is no war, no conflict it’s to be peaceful.
If we want to
create peace we must be humble and kind. The word peace can be described in
many words and signs as you show acts of peace i.e. honesty, humility, justice,
sharing, love, friendship and God fearing.
Children need
peace and people to teach us about peace. As for me I would love our leaders to
teach us and give a good example of peace, and how we will be in future. I know
my request will be answered.
In our country
many things destroy peace e.g. elections. Many people die and houses destroyed
there is no peace. If the government refuses to pay teachers salary it will
lead to a strike and this is lack of peace.
I advice men and women to choose peace. While selecting leaders choose
wisely in order to have peace in the country.
We must
maintain peace and the white color in our flag indicates peace. Thank you and God bless you."
Speech By Dorothy Achieng of Olympic primary School
"Peace is a state of living in
harmony, love and unity. We cannot say we live in peace yet we have not found
our inner peace. Inner peace is a full attention state where you meet everyone
and everything every time as if it’s the first time with joy and compassion.
Peace is also an occurrence of harmony characterized by the lack of violence
conflict behaviors and the freedom from fear of violence.
Peace comes from being able to
contribute the best way we have and all that we are, towards creating a world
that supports everyone. But it’s also securing the space for others to
contribute the best they have and all that they are.
Never the less since the absence
of war is the first condition of peace, one of the major concerns of all
scholars and statesman has been to formulate and follow the principles and
devices needed for securing this primary objective.
Now talking about peace at
international levels. We know that terrorism threatens the very roots of peace,
but that does not seem to be the only culprit. Since the time the nuclear
weapons have arrived the world has not seen peace and never will unless we make
a conscious effort to stop threatening the word with our nuclear power. Love
and peace is inseparable. We cannot have one without the other. We can’t say we
have love yet we cannot promote peace. Love yourself and you shall attain your
inner peace. To achieve peace at the global level we also give love to others.
This world has seen so many of
the terrorism acts around others. As we become aware of our mistakes in the
past as it becomes the duty each of us as individuals and youth to change all
this and create a better place for our succeeding generations. As mother Teresa
said “If we know no peace it’s because we have forgotten that we belong to each
other”.
Never let the behavior of others
destroy peace."
Sports and peace by Maria Wanjiru.
"Back in 776 BC when the ancient
Greek cities were at war, King Ipilot saw the suffering of in the country and
wanted to do something about it. He travelled from his country to see the Epic
Oracle to seek his advice. She replied “The Ipilot's and the people of Elius
must revive the tradition of the Olympic Games and declare a sacred truce that
will allow the participants to travel to and from the games safely”.
This was done and it went on for
1000 years. When the Olympic Games were revived again, the first modern Olympic
Games were held in 1896 to promote equality and spirit of nation hood. However
the Olympic truce was not established until 1992 games at Barcelona games.
Every host nation always declares the truce since then. The ideal of the truce
is to serve peace friendship and understanding.
Sports have been used in our
country to serve as a catalyst for peace in areas like Turkana and Pokot. "
Who will you make peace with - a short and interactive session by by Helen Achieng and Mercy Njoki
This was to help the group
identify different ways to make peace. They told the group of the importance of
making peace and why they should always choose peace.
They then asked two questions?
1.
Who will you make peace with today?
2.
Who will you celebrate peace with today?
The first question provokes the
audience to think of taking the step to make peace, and they talked them trough
how they should go about it.
The second question was to
provoke the audience to celebrate the peace they have. They had to say with
whom and how they are going to celebrate peace. They could be acts of kindness,
showing of love and gratitude and many other ways.
Friendly match between Challengers and Amani.
Two teams were formed challengers
and Amani. The two teams played a foot ball match and a rugby match lasted 15
minutes the scores were 1-0. They played a rugby match which lasted 10 minutes.
The sun was very hot and the girls were very tired.
The cheering team that included
Dr Liz did a great job. We also thank coach Orao for his support making the day a success.
