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Peace Convoy to Colombia

  • Date: 30 July 2017 - 06 August 2017
  • Location : Colombia

Activities:

- Open meeting at Sergio Arboleda University
- Meeting with the monks of the Catholic Church in the capital Bogota.
- Meeting at the Brahama Kumaris Institute for Spiritual Studies.
- Holding Two meetings at the Santo Tomás University.
- Meeting with officials of the Tio Sacio Institute for Peace, in the presence of representatives of the FARC guerrilla group.
- Holding an interactive meeting with a group of young people representing the IDIPRON government program.
- Holding a seminar at Monte Getsemani Foundation for Social Services.
- Visiting the Business Administration University (EAN) in Bogota.
- Open meeting with Level 6 and Level 7 students at Santo Tomás University.
- Open meeting with Level 8 and Level 9 students at Santo Tomás University.
- Meeting with the Director of Asian and African Affairs at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the San Carlos Presidential Palace, on behalf of the Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos.

- Meeting with the representative of religious affairs at the General Secretariat of the Colombian Government.
- Meeting with the Director General of the Mobaderoon Foundation, concerned with peace and human rights.
- Holding an interactive meeting with school students during a scientific trip to the Botero Museum.
- Extended dialogue with the youth of the Caro and Cuervo Institute.
- Meeting with the Religious Affairs Officer at the Colombian Ministry of the Interior, on behalf of the Minister of the Interior.
- Open meeting with the Islamic community in Bogota.
- Open meeting with the youth of La Salle University in Colombia.
- Meeting with the Dean of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Accounting at La Salle University.
- Delivering a talk to National University Radio, through telephone interviews with the members of the convoy.
- An interview with Colmundo Radio, live broadcast.
- Meeting in the Monserrate Sanctuary, located at the top of the Montserrat mountain range.
- Meeting with His Excellency Ambassador Hisham Sorour, Ambassador of Egypt to Colombia.