Category Archives: Reports
Stories from the Israel/Palestine
“What we see in T.V. is so different from the reality here” One of the members of the team from Brazil said to the group one night. They had journeyed from their country as part of a trip from their … Continue reading
Commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda
On Tuesday 7th April 2009 a small group from the Reconciliation Walk Team and Orphans Know More attended the Commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda, organized by the Rwanda Embassy in the UK, … Continue reading
The 8th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the UN
I had the privilege of attending the 8th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues last week in New York City. Admittedly, I am a bit of a political geek, and it was a bit of a dream come true just to … Continue reading
Striving for Unity in Luton
Learning to live in a multi-faith/multi-cultural nation of diversity often poses challenges to community cohesion. Over the last two months, Luton, England has again found itself in the media, caught in various challenges to the peaceful co-existence of its … Continue reading
School of Reconciliation and Justice in Lebanon
I first went to Beirut in 1997 in our second year of the Reconciliation Walk and from the beginning I fell in love with this diverse country and its people. I left in April 2003 on the eve of the … Continue reading
Lebanon: A Message of Reconciliation
What if you could make a trip to the Middle East? What would you expect to see and hear in a city like Beirut, the capital of Lebanon? Who would you go and try to meet? Would Shia, Sunni … Continue reading