Right To Play Burundi, in collaboration with APRODEM-Girizina

BURUNDI
Right To Play Burundi, in collaboration with APRODEM-Girizina and Kanyosha Primary School, celebrated the Global Peace Games for children and youth on September 21st in Kanyosha commune,
Bujumbura City. A total of 580 children and youth, including 280 girls and 5
children with disabilities, participated in the events. They were joined by over 60 community members. After the special messages were read, school youth teams played games of “Peace Soccer”, and
additional messages of peace were shared. A total of 336 people signed the Manifesto, including children and youth, parents, teachers, authorities, and volunteers. Post-event assessment showed that most of the participants appreciated the messages, and agreed that children and youth are agents of change toward the
culture of mutual acceptance.
SOS Children’s Villages Burundi celebrated its sixth edition of the 2011 Global Peace Games
for Children and Youth in November at the five sites where SOS Children’s Villages are located:
Rutana, Bujumbura, Muyinga, Cibitoke, and Gitega. Sporty competitions were organized. Prior
to matches, the message from the Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General on
sport for Development and peace, and the one of the FIFA President were read and participants
exchanged the handshake of friendship. Many community members and over 3500 children and
youth participated at the five sites, and a total of 2744 signatures of the Manifesto for Peace were
collected.