Global Dignity Founders Bring Global Dignity to Tanzania through the World Economic Forum Regional Meeting on Africa
Global Dignity events at FEZA School highlight the Forum of
Young Global Leaders conference agenda
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – May 10, 2010 -- The Co-Founders of Global Dignity (GD) led Young Global Leaders and World Economic Forum members in a series of Global Dignity class sessions with children at the FEZA School just outside Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city, on May 6th, 2010. Afterwards the delegation visited the WAMA Foundation, a local orphanage created by the First Lady of Tanzania, Salma Kikwete. The Global Dignity, Tanzania sessions were organized and led on-the-ground by YGL and new GD Country Chair for Turkey, Murat Sarayli.
On Wednesday 21 April Crown Prince Haakon and 12 volunteers held a Dignity Day at Ulsrud High School in Oslo, Norway. 280 students in firstgrade were invited to a conversation about what dignity means to them and how dignity can be a basic guiding principle for their choices and actions.
The Crown Prince introduced by explaining why he is concerned about respect and tolerance and how we can do more to stengthen eachother’s dignity. He was himself the leader of the group conversation in one of the classes.
12 November, during the WEF regional meeting in India fellow, YGL Malvinder Singh together with KUSHII organized a Dignity Day at the Shikshaantra project school in Devli, Delhi. Joined by co-founder Pekka Himanen and myself we conducted a really special Dignity Day experience. Read the rest of this entry »
With the help of Eugenio Burzaco, Andy Freyre, Alex Oxenford, and Federico Sturzenegger, Dignity Day was held for the first time in Argentina. The event took place at Colegio del Pilar in Buenos Aires. More than 60 students between 15-17 years old participated. Read the rest of this entry »
On October 20th, 2009, over 50 college students of Social Sciences celebrated Global Dignity Day at Universidad del Distrito Federal Campus Santa María, in Mexico City. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Dignity Day is an annual event that takes place on the 20thof October every year where more than 30 countries have celebrated this initiative for individuals to lead a dignified life and to increase the meaning of dignity to others by appreciating and emphasizing the role it plays in our lives. Read the rest of this entry »
On Tuesday 20th of October 2009, 45 secondary school students within the age bracket of 11-16 years old, all gathered in the recreational hall of Fountain HeightsSecondary School in Lagos, Nigeria.
For two consecutive years, YCAB – Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa (Loving the Nation’s Children Foundation) hosted the Global Dignity Day event in Indonesia. We dedicate October to be the Dignity Month as we integrated our message of a healthy lifestyle without drugs with the message of dignity. In the message, youth are encouraged to stay away from drug use and drug abuse, to make the right choices and to reach out for their dreams as the manifestation of living a dignified life.
Poland participated in Global Dignity Day 2009, with the help of YGLs Jacek Szwajcowski and Jacek Olechowski.The event took place at Gimnazjum #17 in the city of Lodz.Gimnazjum #17 is a typical high school located in Poland’s second largest city.This school is known for lagging behind the rest of the country behind economically.
On Monday, October 20th 2009, we celebrated Global Dignity Day in South Africa with 1,120 (one thousand one hundred and twenty) grade 12 students at Diepsloot Combined School. In addition to students from Diepsloot we also had grade 12 students from Itirele Zenzele Comprehensive School and from St Angars Secondary School. These are students who had previously been “written off” as delinquent youth. To this extent I was astounded by the depth of talent and positive energy amongst them.
