Kitale, Kenia: Global Grace Day

The Global Campus Group Kenya started the day with a sunrise meditation at ICM (where we stay) with connecting to some of the IMAGINE pictures and connecting to all other groups and stations around the globe that celebrate this day in the name of a new Earth without war. In the morning at around 11am we started our Global Grace Day together (Global Campus Group, OTEPIC co-workers and students as well as neighbors and many children), with introducing the meaning of this day, it‘s purpose and it‘s globality as well as reading out the first IMAGINE picture. This day is a day of global alliance, of stating our intentions for a peaceful future and of connecting with all projects and individuals who share this common task: Creating a world worth living, a future without war. We started our day with planting ca. 500 trees both on the new land as well as in the nearby primary school. During our planting action it started raining but people didn‘t let themselves be interrupted by it. We continued like that for about 2 hours. After that we walked to Amani Garden (a 45min walk), the first demonstration garden of OTEPIC. We had a sign saying “Global Grace Day- for a new Earth without war” with us and were singing and dancing traditional songs accompanied by traditional drums. The energy was high, the road was muddy, people on the side of the road were curious and attracted by this young, peacefully demonstrating group. On the way we made several stops, stations to calm down and connect again to one of the IMAGINE pictures. We arrived in OTEPIC Amani Garden at around 15pm, welcomed by a group of young dancers who were waiting for us to present their dance shows. They have been preparing for that for days. Speakers were set up outside the garden, many people, at least half of them children, gathered around the outdoor dancefloor, waiting for the show to begin. Beautiful, talented boys, between 10 and 20 years old, started to present their dance choreographies to western electro music. The Global Grace Day was a chance for them to present themselves and their passion for movement to a bigger audience. One could see how much this is a positive channel for their life energies. We finished the day with a late lunch, prepared by a wonderful kitchen team who stayed in Amani Garden all day to welcome our empty stomaches with delicious food. Still before that we presented every country where the GG Day took/ takes place today and gave thanks for being part of such a strong global network.

Thank you for all these wonderful, young people and their full participation in this common dream. Thank you Philip and OTEPIC for hosting such an initiative. Thank you IGP team and Tamera for giving birth to this movement.

Let‘s grow in numbers, impact and creativity! Asanteni Sana!