Nakuru students mark peace day with dance and poems
Some of the students from various schools in Nakuru County who participated in the Lions International Peace Day. The convener of the event Mr Chris Lions Maina said the aim was to make the students peace ambassadors. PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The students were drawn from various schools which included Sha Lalji Nang’par Academy, Melvin Jones, Lions Academy and Shinners Girls Secondary School.
- During the event, the various participants made their presentations on matters of peace and mostly among various ethnic groups in the country.
- The organisers of the event were optimistic that all schools in the county and political leaders who were absent would attend future meetings.
- Other matters highlighted during the colourful event included drug and substance abuse which was identified as the most common vice among the youth.
Lions Primary School in Nakuru Town was a beehive of activity last weekend when hundreds of students from Nakuru County converged at the school to preach peace.
The students who turned out in their large numbers recited poems and performed dances and music to mark the Lions International Peace Day.
The students were drawn from various schools which included Sha Lalji Nang’par Academy, Melvin Jones, Lions Academy and Shinners Girls Secondary School.
They took part in the annual event which seeks to highlight the importance of peace in the world.
The event also aimed at inculcating values to achieve international cooperation in solving conflicts besides imparting economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character.
During the event, the various participants made their presentations on matters of peace and mostly among various ethnic groups in the country.
Januaries Mew of Sha Lalji Nang’par Academy who is a second-time participant gave a moving presentation on the importance of embracing diversity.
Arwa Feisal of Shah lalji in his presentation emphasised on the importance of peace saying a peaceful world begins from within when the soul is filled with love and compassion for others.
“By doing this, we get personal peace and we are able to love others and therefore we co-exist in peace,” she said.
PEACE AMBASSADORS
The convener of the event Mr Chris Lions Maina said that the aim of the gathering was to ensure that children are introduced to the peace message at an early age as they are the best peace ambassadors.
He added that the future world peace depends on them as they grow up in a multi-ethnic society.
The organisers of the event were optimistic that all schools in the county and political leaders who were absent would attend future meetings in order to create a more peaceful generation.
“Engaging children in addressing peace matters ensures that the matter is carried out through the generation. By this we are able to raise a generation that has no differences like we have today,” Said Mr Maina.
Other matters highlighted during the colourful event included drug and substance abuse which was identified as the most common vice among the youth.
