I am very proud to be part of the GNRC. In the beginning I didn’t know how big the organization would be in the future but I know that it was going to be global. At this time in my region they called it ESANRC (Eastern and Southern Africa Network of Religions for Children). So the Global Network of Religions for children has come a long way with me. Whatever I shared with the people I met in the GNRC activities is what you can see in my present status.

It was September 2001, I and other 4 children from Dogo Dogo Centre Street Children Trust were invited to attend a children forum in New York. What a lucky! First time to travel abroad. Bad lucky September 11 found us there, good luck we were far from the attack and the UN Special Session on Children was postponed to May 2002 but we were able to walk around and explore more in the New York city.

On Sunday May 5th 2002, I stepped back in New York city for a second time. It was a first time to meet my fellow children of the world in a big number, who belong to another culture who speak different languages, black and colorful people, boys and girls from all the social classes. I felt not alone in the United Nations Headquarters. I was nominated to be part of very few children from Africa who were given some roles to present the rest to Ministers Versus Children forum. The task was to question the leaders about their promises to children of the world within their goverments. You know they promised a lot in 1990s. Unlucky I couldn’t make this because on the same day, 7th May the GNRC youth forum started and I was nominated again as a president. This is where I started to nurture my roles in leadership. Language seemed to be a problem but I didn’t worry I knew slowly my tongue will cope so I let my ears free to learn the language.

Now I am not in the children category, but I remember what I had contributed to the children of the world through GNRC-Africa. I have been to Loppiano In Italy for a preparation of a message on living in peace which was read to the second forum of the GNRC in Geneva 2004. The forum came with a theme: "Our Promise to Children." So we the youth and children of the GNRC we were also responsible to make some promises. Well it was easy fro me to say that I will start some children groups who will come together and nurture in a culture of peace. It was easy to do this because I come from a home of many children and I was sure it would work out.

Today the Tanzanian society can hear the song of peace from our peace clubs. Most of the Secondary schools in the city of Dar es Salaam have some GNRC Peace clubs. Peace clubs have gone International, every year during Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) the GNRC-Africa prepare a Peace Camp in Zanzibar. Because of this, GNRC became an offiical part of ZIFF.

I am not a talkative, so how do I make my participation be effective? Well, I use a bit of visual communication together with some dots of verbal language and I am not selfish to facilitate others. I am now far from the peace clubs but we are still in touch through facebook and I created a GNRC Africa group there to keep me in touch and up to date.

I was not alone, thanks to the management of GNRC-Africa, staff and my fellow youth and children of the GNRC.










Through GNRC-Africa I can say that now I am born New. A good smile on my face because of sharing a variety of peace issues. A strong and wise face on me because of learning good thoughts from wise people in the GNRC network. You see how I am useful to my world?