Gandhi Guy attends the International Youth Peace Festival in India
September 22, 2009 · Print This Article
Wow, is all I can say.
Tomorrow my daughter Lexy and I leave for Chandigarh, India to attend the International Youth Peace Festival. Lexy turns 15 tomorrow too–very cool birthday present!
My intention is to provide a daily post to GandhiGuy.com, reporting out to you what we’re doing, how the Gandhi portrayals go, the workshops, the people and excitement of 500 young people from around the world gathering in India for peace! Awesome adventure, I’d say.
I’ll see if Lexy can post her views as well, and we’ll welcome your input and feedback, thoughts and insights as you post here too. Feel free to sign up and post, we’d love to hear from you!
Below is the schedule we were sent for the Festival, though many events not filled in as yet.
Peace to you and your loved ones, always,
Don and Lexy
4th INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT’S PEACE FESTIVAL
[Chandigarh, India: September 27, 2009 to October 1, 2009]
Dedicated to the sacred memory of Gandian Peace activist Late Didi Nirmala Deshpande
make a change by getting involved…
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Arrival of young national & international delegates
at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh
At 11 a.m.: A group of 50 Peace delegates to take part in Dushera Celebrations at The Gurukul, Sector 20, Panchkula.
At The Gurukul, Sector 20, Panchkula
For 1st Group comprising of 50 representative youth delegates
9.00 a.m. : Tree Plantation
09.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. : Welcome & Introductory Session
With students & staff members
11.30 a.m. -01.00 p.m. : Dushera celebrations
With School children
01.00 p.m.-02.00 p.m. : Lunch break
02.00 p.m.-04.30 p.m. : Sight seeing at Rock Garden
Monday, September 28, 2009
At DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh
9.00 a.m.-9.30 a.m. : Tree Plantation at ‘Peace Garden’
09.45 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. : Introduction
11 a.m. - 01.00 p.m. : ‘Inauguration’
01.00 p.m.-02.00 p.m. : Lunch break
02.00 p.m.-04.00 p.m. : Hall ‘A’: Cooperative Games
Hall ‘B’: Cultural Programmes
Hall ‘C’: Peace Talks
‘D’: Peace Stalls & Swaraj Exhibition
04.30 p.m.- 07.00p.m. : Dushera Celebrations at Sector 17
07.30 p.m.-08.30 p.m.: Window shopping at
Sector 17’s Main Market
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
At DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh
WATER CONSERVATION DAY
09.00 a.m.- 11.00 a.m. :
Hall ‘A’: Documentary Films
Hall ‘B’: Water Exhibition
Hall ‘C’: Water Crafts
‘D’: Water Talks with Noted environmentalist &
Padma Vibhushan Awardee Mr. Sunder Lal Bahuguna
11.00 a.m.-11.30 a.m. : Tea break
11.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. : Address of Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal,
Cabinet Minister for Water Resources &
Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India
At The Gurukul Global School, Chandigarh.
For Group 2 comprising of 50 representative youth delegates
10.30 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.: ‘Tell your story’
Interactive session with students of the
The Gurukul Global School
‘Art for Peace’ with senior Artists
(Invoking International Integration)
- One Sky One World Kite Flying
10.30 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.: Sight-seeing at
Rock Garden & Sukhna Lake with
Gurukul Global School children
At CYP Asia Centre, PEC, Sector 12, Chandigarh.
01.30 p.m. - 05.00 p.m.: ‘Interactive Session of 50 Youth Leaders’
On the theme of : “Channelzing youth energies for
promoting a culture of Peace”.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
At Panjab University, Chandigarh.
010.30 a.m. – 12.30 a.m.: ‘Interactive Session of 50 Youth Leaders’
On the theme of ‘Promoting Justice & Equity in South Asia’
At DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh
08.30 a.m.-09.30 a.m.: Promoting a disabled-friendly society
With volunteers of ARUSHI-Bhopal, MP
09.30 a.m.-01.00 p.m.: CRICKET FOR PEACE with Kings XI &
LIC Cricket Club, Chandigarh
&
- Face-painting
- Make & take crafts
01.00 p.m.-02.00 p.m.: Lunch break
FREE TIME
At KB DAV Sr. Sec. Public School, Sector 7, Chandigarh
06.00 p.m.-08.30 p.m.: Multi-cultural performances
- Clowning
- Fancy dress Cat-walk
08.30 p.m.- 09.30 p.m.: Dinner
Thursday, October 1, 2009
9.00 a.m.-10.00 a.m.:
Peace Parade for disarmament;
From Sector 17, Parade Ground to
DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh.
At DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh
10.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. : Valedictory function
01.00 p.m.-02.00 p.m. : Lunch
03.30 p.m. : Departure of Guest delegates
Organizers:
YUVSATTA, Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, New Delhi,
NSS-DAV College, Chandigarh, COVA-Andhra Pradesh,
KB DAV Sr. Sec. Public School, Chandigarh, LIC Cricket Club,
The Gurukul Schools, Chandigarh-Panchkula.
Co-Organizers:
Harijan Sewak Sangh-Tamilnadu Branch, ARUSHI-Bhopal, BIRDS-Karnatka, Sawera Sansthan-Rajasthan, Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal-Maharastra,
Global Citizens for Sustainable Development- Bangalore,
DAV Public School-Amritsar, Dev Samaj College of Education-Chandigarh &
Divya Shiksha Gurukul College of Education, Derrabssi, Punjab.
International Partners:
Institute for Peace and Secular studies, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan,
Deptt. of Peace & Conflcit Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Commonwealth Youth Asia Centre, Chandigarh & SUNFO, Sri Lanka.
“People give chance to nonviolence for a week & then switch over to violence which has not yielded any result for years together…”
I’m looking forward to tracking your journey! Soak it all in and enjoy. Susan G.
it’s gr8!!!