GNRC Africa Peace Club members - children and youth -  join the rest of the world in prayer for all the persons affected by the tragedies that hit Japan on the 11th March, 2011.

GNRC – Africa celebrated the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children on the 20th November 2010, in harmony with the agreement stating its celebration, annually, on the UN Universal Day of Children. The World Day aims at bringing together religious and goodwill people to safeguard the integrity, rights and dignity of children and to promote and protect their rights.

The Forum for Religious Leaders and Faith Organizations in Madagascar (PLeROC) in partnership with GNRC Africa mobilized 151 leaders, elders, youth and children from different religious communities and associations to commemorate the Day of Prayers and Action for Children (DPAC) on the 20th of November 2010. The religious leaders gathered at the Ravoahangy Andrianavalona hospital’s Protestant Chapel where they prayed for the health of the children and mothers everywhere.

Religious leaders, elders and children in Monrovia Liberia undertook a week of Interfaith prayers from the 16th -21st of November 2010 in commemoration of the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children (DPAC) and the UN international children’s day.

High school children, religious leaders, the Garissa District Children Officer Mr. Bihar, UNICEF staff as well as GNRC representatives and peace club members met at the Garissa Teachers Training College to commemorate the Day of Prayer and Action for Children.

The Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC- Africa) celebrated the commemoration of the Day of Prayer and Action for Children (DPAC) on 20th Nov. 2010. To effectively commemorate the day GNRC-Africa organized a number of activities including; workshop, forums and peace march. Two workshops were organized on 16th and 18th Nov. 2010. The workshops took place at UNICEF’s conference hall and it brought together 30 participants including; children, youths, patrons and matrons as well as religious leaders from Zanzibar (Unguja, Pemba) and Tanzania mainland. DPAC was concluded at Mnazi Mmoja grounds in Dar-Es-salaam, this was preceded by the peace March involving about 3000 children and youths from more than 40 schools both in Dar-Es-salaam and Zanzibar. The Guest of honor was from the Ministry of Community Development Gender and Children Affairs.

African Religious Leaders and Women of Faith from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia gathered at Nairobi Safari Club in Nairobi, Kenya on 19-21 November 2010 under the auspices of the African Council of Religious Leaders — Religions for Peace (ACRL—RfP) to define and discuss their role in Peace Building, Conflict Transformation and the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) implementation in Africa.

The Day of Prayer and Action for Children was marked in Isiolo County in the Eastern part of Kenya at the Al-Falah Children’s Center where over 50 children from different schools and children centers came together to pray, commemorate and share together for the sake of the children. The Al-Falah children’s home takes care of over 300 children majority of whom are orphans.

Borama is the third largest city in Somaliland with an estimated population of 120,000. The World day of prayer and action for children was marked and commemorated in Borama. The slogan of the event was “healthy and cared children in a stable and beautiful environment” which blended well with the overall theme of this year’s DPAC theme of reducing child mortality and improving maternal health.

The International Youth for Peace Workshop “Sowing seeds together for a change” started on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 in Dar es Salaam/Tanzania with 28 participants from ten different countries. The participating youth are involved in GNRC activities in their home countries and will spend five days together to develop and strengthen their skills on Peace Building and Interfaith Youth work to later on share their new knowledge with the members of their groups in their home countries.