Today, on March 26th, the Little Peacekeeper is participating in the Earth Hour by switching off his lights. Earth hour serves as a reminder that climate change is an important issue that we all can have an influence on with our own behavior. More about the Earth Hour is here: http://www.earthhour.org/
Just a few days ago the Little Peacekeeper was in PNG and now he is already in faraway Italy at the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) in Italy. On the photo you can see him in front of the campus. Do you want to know more about the UNSSC? Click here: http://www.unssc.org/
As you might remember, the Little Peacekeeper has been in the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre – a very important and special place. Now he received a message from Honore Gatera of the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre. In his mail Honore says that he has one personal message which he likes to convey to all of you, and the message is that “through humanity we can cure humanity”. If you are touched by this message, discuss it with friends. And if you want to do more, this is the place to start: http://www.kigalimemorialcentre.org/old/helping/index.html
The Little Peacekeeper has been working quite hard and so he is taking some well-deserved R & R (Rest and Recuperation). On the pictures, you can see him doing his first diving attempts. He still has a little trouble keeping his balance but that will improve over time. Papua New Guinea is a great dive destination. Experts say that the oceans surrounding Papua New Guinea have up to twice as many marine species as the waters of the Red Sea and up to five times as many as the Caribbean. Divers enjoy great visibility and experience quite the sight! Get some more info here: http://www.pngtourism.org.pg/Papua-New-Guinea-Tourism-Promotions-Authority/D iving_IDL=12_IDT=308_ID=1607_.html
Most of you know if by now the Little Peacekeeper is in Papua New Guinea. Not many people know a lot about the country. For instance, few people know that with its more than 850 spoken languages, Papua New Guinea is one the most culturally diverse countries on earth. So, what do you know about Papua New Guinea?
The Little Peacekeeper is deeply saddened to learn about the earthquake catastrophe in Japan and wishes to express heartfelt condolences to all those affected. It’s hard to comprehend the true magnitude of the disaster and even in Papua New Guinea where the Little Peacekeeper currently is – you can see Port Moresby in the background of this picture – a tsunami warning was in effect. If you want to help, have a look at the Reliefweb Site for the Japan earthquake and see what comes up.
The Little Peacekeeper cares about UN issues and that’s why he engages in dialogues that promote UN causes such as the International Women’s Day. On the picture you see him twittering a question to the UNDP Administrator Helen Clark (@HelenClarkUNDP) who is at the forefront of tackling development challenges via innovative means. To learn more about this Twitter session and how to engage many people for development challenges check here.
Today is the International Women’s Day and the Little Peacekeeper is celebrating all women with some flowers. Today is a good day to explore the UN Women website and to listen to the message from Michelle Bachelet, the Executive Director of UN Women: http://www.unwomen.org/news-events/international-womens-day/
Do you want to celebrate the International Women’s Day with someone and send this picture as a greeting? You can do that here!
While being in Washington the Little Peacekeeper is stopping by the World Bank. You can see him right in front of the World Bank building. To learn more about the World Bank, have a look here http://www.worldbank.org/
After his time in Rwanda the Little Peacekeeper is traveling again. This time he is visiting Washington. On the picture you find him just in front of the Library of Congress – a truly impressive library! He marvels at the amount of knowledge available here and remembers the World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org/en/ which has been launched by UNESCO, the Library of Congress and other institutions and which features “unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world”.
