Nyheter 2003 / Latest News 2003
2003-12-24
Christmas at The Mother Tree “Welcome Secr. Gen. Kofi Annan”
A new tradition at the Children’s Meeting Place – “The Mother Tree”, evolved on the Christmas Day when fifty orphanage children came together and celebrated Christmas. What a day! Children played together, sang, made drama, storytelling and an invitation to Secr. General Kofi Annan.
2003-12-15
Study Tour – Roots Meeting
The Nov. / Dec. Roots Meeting 2003 is ended and six new Children’s Meeting places has been established in the Lake Victoria Region. The Children’s Meeting Place will be connected to Children’s Garden, areas of trying out new ideas in the spirit of open minds and playful daring – just the way children always have explored themselves and their environment.
Now we are preparing for the International Roots Meeting, the gathering around the “ Mother Tree” in the Children’s Meeting Place at the grounds of the UN in Nairobi 2004.
The Nov. / Dec. Roots Meeting 2003 is ended and six new Children’s Meeting places has been established in the Lake Victoria Region. The Children’s Meeting Place will be connected to Children’s Garden, areas of trying out new ideas in the spirit of open minds and playful daring – just the way children always have explored themselves and their environment.
Now we are preparing for the International Roots Meeting, the gathering around the “ Mother Tree” in the Children’s Meeting Place at the grounds of the UN in Nairobi 2004.
2003-10-16
Globdag / Globeday
På årets Globdagar berättar vi om VM i Samarbete – World Championship in Cooperation. Stockholms Stad kommer att bli värd för VM i Samarbete i början på juni 2006 tillsammans med Globträdet. Ankare i VM blir städer kring Victoriasjön och kommuner runt Östersjön. Redan nu vet vi att många fler länder är intresserade! Under Globdagarna lyssnar vi på idéer inför VM – från unga och äldre – nya och gamla samarbetspartners.
Vår önskan i Globträdet är att alla ska få Guldmedalj i VM i Samarbete!
2003-05-15
Lake Victoria and the Baltic Sea – Cooperation
In May a delegation of 7 youths from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda did a 10-days study-tour in Sweden as a follow-up of the Roots-Meeting in Kenya to establish new contacts and cooperation between schools and municipalities and regions around Lake Victoria. The Study-tour with the East-African youth also included participation in the conference Young Voices of the Baltic Sea organized by the City of Kalmar.
2003-04-25
Study Tour – First Prepatory Meeting
The first Preparatory Roots Meeting takes place in April. 200 children, youth and adults from four nations participate; 50 persons from 11 cities/municipalities of Sweden, 70 from the Lake Victoria Region and 80 from Nairobi. More than half of the participants are children and youth. Mayors and Chiefs from 11 cities/municipalities join the Mayor’s Meeting for three days. At two occasions the children had a dialogue with the leaders; in the garden at the National Museums of Kenya and at the Children’s Meeting Place, United Nations. At the final meeting the Mayors decides they will establish a Children’s Meeting Place close to the Mayor’s Office/City Hall and meet with children and have dialogues on regular basis.
UNEP Executive Director Dr. Klaus Toepfer and Ms. Anna Tibaijuka, Ex. Dir. of the UN-Habitat participate in the Opening Program under the Acacia Tree at the Children’s Meeting Place together with Kenya’s Assistant Minister for the Environment Prof. Wangari Maathai, the Swedish Ambassador Bo Göransson and the Mayor of Nairobi, Counselor Joe K. Akech.
The Children performed their concern for a better future and presented Our Uniting Water and Soil Ceremony to their Guests of Honour who made a circle around the Children’s Tree and silently shared their personal wishes to the Children’s Tree before they brought the water and soil to the roots of The Tree.
2003-02-25
UNEP Global 500 Award
Kajsa Dahlström
