BiD Winner promotes Peace with Football Match
NCDO photo / Rolf Schwery
“As Kenya has denigrated into ethnic killings,” Ecosandals Project Director Becky Wachera commented, “we as human beings must all work together to stop the violence and begin the healing.”
Nairobi Soccer Match aims to Promote Peace in Tense Kenya
Nairobi Slum Neighborhoods Break Out Into Games of Football to “Kick for Peace”
The opening match of the football tournament, which will include both a girls and boys tournament, will take place Saturday, February 9. It will be preceded by an opening ceremony organized by a diverse cross-section of Kenyans, each with their own message of ethnic celebration and unity. The ceremony will begin at 1 pm. at Huruma Football Grounds, Nairobi, and, like all the matches in the tournament, will be free of charge and open to the public.
Emma Njok is the third prize winner of the BiD Challenge Kenya
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South Africa 2010 World Cup Campaign
As a South African, reading above article I feel proud that we will be hosting the 2010 world cup next year. At the end of the day it is just a game like any other sports game; however it does bring people together, just look at when we have won the 1995 World Cup. The picture of President Nelson Mandela holding up the RWC Trophy has been branded into our memories forever.
We are eagerly awaiting with anticipation the World Cup June 2010. If you are looking for safe, clean and secure accomodation, facilities and added services, you can find it on the following website: pinnastone.com/accomodation-2010/page_home.html.