The Little Peacekeeper is visiting the Kigali Memorial Centre http://www.kigalimemorialcentre.org He is deeply saddened as he learns more about the Rwandan Genocide. At the same time he is encouraged when he is seeing that the hard work on reconciliation and care for survivors has advanced Rwanda so much.

At the memorial at one of the mass graves, the Little Peacekeeper is standing in silence to remember the victims of the genocide. He feels that there are immense organizational responsibilities as well as deeply personal duties for each and every one of us to prevent genocide from happening again.

In Rwanda, the Little Peacekeeper is visiting the UN office. As you can see many different UN agencies are located in the same place and indeed Rwanda is one of the UN Reform pilots. Would you like to know more about One UN in Rwanda? Have a look here: http://rw.one.un.org/

The Little Peacekeeper is now in beautiful Rwanda. Here you see him resting in the evening at the Hôtel des Mille Collines (also known as Hotel Rwanda).

#LoveSafely this #ValentinesDay via @UNAIDS! Just before the Little Peacekeeper reports from his next mission he wishes all of you out there a happy Valentine’s Day. And he supports UNAIDS in the #LoveSafely campaign – have a look at http://www.facebook.com/UNAIDS for details.

It’s still very cold in New York so the Little Peacekeeper is warming his hands on the fire. He is looking forward to going on mission again soon!

Today is the Little Peacekeeper’s first birthday. Who would have thought of all the many adventures he experienced in just one short year when he first appeared? Do you know his first post? It’s here: http://www.rottmair.de/2010/02/06/the-little-peacekeeper/ So, now the Little Peacekeeper is celebrating with some cake and you are all invited – come join the Little Peacekeeper on Facebook and feel free to bring you friends! http://www.facebook.com/LittlePeacekeeper

UN Peacekeeping has just launched a new UN Peacekeeping website. Of course the Little Peacekeeper is immediately going to www.un.org/peacekeeping and has a close look at the new site. You can see him browsing the site on the picture.

Before the Little Peacekeeper is going on missions, he needs to complete rigorous training. Have a look!

There has a been a heavy snow storm over night but now the sun is shining so the Little Peacekeeper enjoys a walk in the forest. Did you know that 2011 is the year of the forests? More about that here: www.un.org/forests

The Little Peacekeeper found a pin from the UN Volunteers. He is visiting http://www.unv.org/ to learn more about UNV and finds out that he can even volunteer from home via the UNV Online Volunteering service: http://www.onlinevolunteering.org. Do you volunteer?