Posts under ‘Summit 2009’

Launch in the SADC Sub-region, 18th November 2009
By Merab Mulindi
The involvement of women in the IFAPA process is captured under A Mother’s Cry for a Healthy Africa Campaign which was adopted at the ‘mothers and daughters’ of Africa Pre-Summit that preceded the second IFAPA Peace Summit in Benoni in South Africa in 2005. The Campaign [...]

IFAPA Third Summit
Envisioning a Peaceful Africa: Water For All
17-21 November 2009, Gaborone, Botswana
Outcome Document
The Gaborone Declaration
We, participants in the Third Summit of Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA) coming from African Traditional Religion, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Muslim communities, together with representatives of governments of the region and the private sector, gathered in [...]

IFAPA third Summit calls for justice for Africa as an essential outcome of United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place Dec. 7 – 18 in Copenhagen, with commitments to funding for essential climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in the continent. “Not as a matter of charity, but as an ethical response to the damage [...]

Launch of Mothers Cry for a Healthy Africa Campaign in SADC region
by Chippa Legodimo
One of the main themes of IFAPA third Summit was women’s wellbeing and challenges they face in situations of poverty, poor living conditions and violence. The Summit launched the campaign Mothers Cry for a Healthy Afica in SADAC region.
One of the major [...]

Water as Reason of Conflicts IFAPA Summit by Chippa Legodimo

Relegious leaders converging in Gaborone- Botswana for the Third Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa(IFAPA). Summit have heard how selfish usage of water resources throughout the continent are threatening its peace.
Speakers at the summit whose theme is ‘Envisioning a Peaceful Africa : Water for All’ have [...]

African Leaders Warned of Climate Change Impact
By Daisy Dube
Africa’s growing water crisis demands leadership and common action among faith groups, says Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko, President of the Interfaith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA), Dr. Ishmael Noko in his keynote address to religious leaders and other participants attending the third Summit of IFAPA (17 [...]

Third Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA) Summit 17 – 21 November 2009 in Gaborone Botswana is focusing on a vital issue – Water for all – and looking for a wide collaboration to take resposibility on the future of the continent. The Summit is a strong effort to empower Africans to find determination [...]

by Rev. Ilukpitiye Pannasekara Nayaka Thero, the chief monk for the African continent.
Water is the very source of all life on this planet. Its quality and integrity are vitally important to all forms of life. Our body is very much like a sponge and is composed of trillions of chambers called cells that hold liquid. [...]

Prabhu Pattni, Secretary General, Hindu Council of Africa
In Sanskrit, there are 52 words for water.  Water is held in considered such an important part of human existence that in almost all ancient cultures, it was deified.  We have Varuna as the Vedic God of water and Neptune in ancient Greece.  Water is considered sacred in [...]

by Mrs. Lally Lucretia M Warren,  Bahá’í community of Botswana
No country in Africa has the importance of water at the centre of its national psyche as does Botswana. A  visitor to Botswana will soon hear the word “pula” which means “rain”. When a chief or person of importance addresses a meeting he or she will [...]