Comments in support of Bob Stewart, Rotary Club of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada (D5360) founder of The Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace
18 March 2005

The Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace grew out of MY initial encounter with Rob Stewart running about Calgary promoting the Rotary Peace City Project together.

The exercise is known today as Rotary District Peace Communities Programme
(RDPCP) which is out of Wagga Wagga, District 9700, Australia.

I am very proud of Rotarian Rob Stewart from the Rotary Club of Okotoks, who turned a simple concept into the magnificent programme we read of and see today.

He has contributed to the idea of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution with
a very significant level of academic rigour, character and style where it
hitherto has not existed before, or at least did not exist until he
singularly introduced the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace.

There are over fifty declared Rotary Peace Communities around the world, one
of the earlier being Los Angeles, USA, where we conducted the first Peace
Conference. Manila, Philippines, was the first declared International
Rotary facilitated Peace City by Rotarian President Fidel Ramos of the
Philippines.

I have just returned from Makati, Philippines where we conducted the Seventh
Makati Peace Awards where Rosa Rosal, Governor of the Philippine Red Cross
was the recipient this year.

There is a wonderful article entitled 'Give Peace a Chance' which was a
report on the Peace City Peace Conference held in Wagga Wagga in 2000 which
makes great reading and which I would commend to you to read at:

http://rotarnet.com.au/users/P/PLEPFR/peace.pdf

This is a report on a classically created and admirably executed Peace
Conference over a couple of days.


IPP Geoffrey B.W.Little JP.PHF
Rotary Club of North Sydney Sunrise D9680
Dean of the Ambassadorial Chair
Rotary District Peace Communities Programme (RDPCP)
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                                    PROJECT OF THE CENTURY
Amesbury Rotary's 17 year involvement with the Kisumu, Kenya Rotary Club and
the village of Esabalu, Kenya was awarded First Place as "Project of the
Century" for Zone 31 at the Rotary 100th Birthday Celebration on February 23 at Anthony's Pier Four Restaurant. Mark spoke to the club about the history of the partnership and the many visitors that have been exchanged. Over the years the project has involved teachers, plumbers, cows, farmers, HIV, water, engineers, health workers, roads, schools, and students. But the glue that has held the project together has been the efforts of Rotarians separated by 8000 miles but bound by the fellowship of Rotary and the injunction of "Service Above Self". This summer's trip to Esabalu is June 25-July 10th. Cost is about $2000 and any Rotarian is welcome to join.
Check out the website at http://www.amesburyforafrica.org/
to learn more details.

Max Raicha.
Rotary Club of Kisumu D9200. Kenya   18 March 2005

 

 

 

 

            Message from Jenny Horton in Pakistan, 21 March 2005:
"Greetings Bill, 
I do enjoy your website,  easy to read and manage with so much info….when away I always check out what is happening around home just to stay in touch (if I can get to the internet).

I am not sure if Geoff sent you my newsletter,  I am now in Pakistan working on polio eradication which is different again to Ethiopia and Botswana.  There is a huge push here to stop transmission of the virus by mid year……tough job, but we will endeavour to do so. 

What a privilege it is to serve Rotary in this way.

 Regards

Jenny"

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