Nairobi 2012
From September 17th to 20th ARC will celebrate the launch of long-term action plans on the environment by our faith partners in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Venue: Desmond Tutu Conference Centre, All Africa Conferences of Churches, Nairobi, Kenya
TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER
09.00-12.30: OPENING SESSION and lunch
Opening prayer: Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, Primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya
Welcoming addresses by: Archbishop Valentine Mokiwa, President of the All Africa Conference of Churches and Primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania, and ARC Secretary General Martin Palmer
Speeches by: Elin Bergithe Rognlie, Acting Ambassador of the Norwegian Embassy in Kenya; Mounkaila Goumandakoye, Regional Director, United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Africa; Dr Ali Mohamed, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, Government of Kenya
Presentation of certificates by Sir Miles Hunt-Davis, International President of ARC
Songs and prayers by children of the All Saints Cathedral Primary School and Nairobi Muslim Academy
Blessing and presentation of tree seedlings to Kenyan faith leaders and to the school children
Media interviews: There will be an opportunity to interview faith leaders from 12.30-1pm, Sept 18.
14.00-16.00: SESSION ONE – ENGAGING YOUR COMMUNITY: FAITH FIRST
Rwanda's Charter of the Environment; Methodist Church in Kenya's environmental policy; Greening Hajj & greening pilgrimage in Nigeria; Eco-congregations
16.30-18.30: SESSION TWO –PARTNERSHIPS
How to find partners; Partnering with secular groups: problems & possibilities; The Sheka Forest Story (film).
19:30 onwards: Evening of story telling: Stories of the stranger
WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
09.00-10.30: SESSION THREE – EDUCATION: WORKING THROUGH FAITH SCHOOLS
The education toolkit for sustainable development; Eco-schools
11.00-13.00 SESSION FOUR – EDUCATION: WIDENING THE NET
Environment guides in madrassas in Tanzania; Water and faith schools
14.15-16.00 SESSION FIVE – SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & ENGAGING YOUR COMMUNITY
Farming God’s Way – principles and implementation; Spreading Farming
God’s Way & eco bursaries
16.30-18.00 SESSION SIX – SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & ENGAGING YOUR COMMUNITY
Monasteries as demonstration sites for environmental conservation and farmer training; Leading the way with eco mosques; Promotion of low cost sustainable agriculture methods: how this works in practice
18.30 onwards: RECEPTION AND WWF EXHIBITION: Faith commitments on wildlife
20.00: Partnership buffet dinner
THURSDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
08.30-10.15 SESSION SEVEN – PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE: THE POWER
OF WOMEN
Gomba Women’s Project, Uganda; Women-led nurseries; Engaging women’s groups
10.45-13.00 SESSION EIGHT – PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE
Development of community tree nurseries and woodlots in Northern Ghana; Engaging the community in tree planting; Partnership
14.30-18.30: WILDLIFE TRADE FIELD TRIP
Half-day trip for religious delegates with WWF to Nairobi National Park to celebrate the faith commitments to wildlife protection
For the full programme, including details of speakers, click here .
Many Heavens One Earth Our Continent is held in conjunction with the All Africa Conference of Churches in Nairobi, Kenya.
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