I was the national leader for the UK delegation of 9 UK participants for 50 days from Oct. 25 to Dec. 13, 2001. This was the 14th SWY program named Wa Wa Wa – meaning Unity, Friendship, Harmony.We were all aboard the NipponMaru cruise ship Sailing to: On board were 119 Japanese participating youth (JPYs)…
In May 2005, myself and Tom Keene cycled across the Carpathian Mountains in Romania to attend a 5-day training course “From Gandhi to Modern Social and Political Movements: Preparing for Nonviolent Actions in Practice” hosted by trainer, Jorgen Johansen. Drawing inspiration from people’s movements and struggles around the world over the past 50 years, such…
Leaving Nairobi, we drove through the area where after the 2007 election battle between incumbent president Kibaki of the Kikuyu tribe and his opponent Odinga of the Luo tribe, there had been serious political violence. The road was smooth but the atmosphere in the Matatu was heavy. We were off to Kakuma refugee camp in…
The bells were clanging and the barriers closing as we swerved out of the way of the queuing traffic. The foot brake had stopped working! I grabbed at the handbrake, coming to a stop in the soft sandy roadside. I jumped out of the Land Rover ambulance and headed into the forest shouting through the…