A STROLL WITH AKINYEMI OLUWAYINKA JOHN (For International Day Of UN Peacekeepers)

Photo Source: Akinyemi Oluwayinka John  

Though outside the shores of his motherland,  Akinyemi’s heart still longs for peace in Nigeria. As part of his duties as a UNESCO Youth Peace Ambassador, he represents Nigeria at the annual Youth Peace Ambassador workshop.
 
In fact, today he travelled for the 2013 International Youth Peace Ambassadors conference in Thailand from Italy where he was having a study trip. I was able to catch up with him before he left and this is what we discussed;

A STROLL WITH GAMELIHLE SIBANDA (For International Day For Biodiversity)

Photo Source: Gamelihle Sibanda

Being a Civil engineer with an MBA, and also a Certified Biomimicry Professional—Gamelihle embodies diversity.

Gama’s work with the United Nations had taken him to over 12 Countries, which means he has seen a lot of diverse ecosystems in different regions of the world.

Recently he was even on Aljazeera’s "South to North’’ to discuss his ideas on Biomimicry and sustainability. I’m really honoured Strolling with Gama for International Day for Biodiversity. Well, here’s the Stroll;

A STROLL WITH SOPHIE UMAZI MVURYA (For World Day For Cultural Diversity For Dialogue And Development)

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the achievements of Sophie will leave you spell bound (pun intended) …lol

She’s the founder and CEO of the ‘I Am Kenyan’ Project—a picture based campaign aimed at preaching the message of embracing our Cultural diversity and abolishing ethnic prejudices.

Sophie combines school work in college with her work as a social entrepreneur/activist—which means she’s very busy. But like I always do on THE STROLL, I was able to catch up with her in between her busy schedule to have this stroll with me… well, here is what we discussed;

A STROLL WITH MILAN TRENC (For International Museum Day)

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If you’ve seen the 20^th Century Fox Box Office thriller; “Night At The Museum”, then you should know Professor Milan Trenc.

Why? Well, because without him that movie would not have existed. The movie is an adaptation of a book he wrote and illustrated; “The Night At The Museum, a children book set in the New York Museum of Natural Sciences and published in 1993 by Barrons Juvenile.

For International Museum Day this year, I had a Stroll with Professor Milan and here is what we discussed;

A STROLL WITH MAWUNA KOUTONIN (for World Creativity and Innovation Week)

I read an article written by Mawuna in 2012, and the next thing I did was to search for him on Google. . . I was so thrilled by his story and creativity that I vowed to myself that I was going to meet him someday. Well Creativity and Innovation Week came along, and Africa had been the center of attraction for a couple of months now as regards Creativity. . .So I contacted Mawuna to have a stroll with me considering the fact that he has a burning passion for Africa and wants to see Africa develop. Plus he's been making a lot of 'GoodBuzz' (smiles). . . Here is what we discussed;

A STROLL WITH SCOTT WEIDENSAUL (For World Migratory Bird Day)

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Whether you love birds or not, You will surely be thrilled by Mr. Scott’s passion for Feathers and talons :) . He has been ‘Living on the wind’ and chasing migratory birds across the hemisphere for over two decades. Having authored over two dozen books—with one of them being a Pulitzer Prize finalist--you’d understand that Mr. Scott is a very busy man. Well, I caught up with him in between his busy schedule to have this stroll with me, and this is what we discussed;

A STROLL WITH MILLISCENT MADUAGWU (for World Press Freedom Day)

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 It's not really easy to get an 'On Air Personality' for a 'down to earth' interview, because just like their name suggests; they're always 'on air' and hard to reach.. But somehow I was lucky to break the barriers and got one of Nigeria's finest OAPs to have a stroll with me. She's currently working with NigeriaInfo(92.3 Fm) Port harcourt.I was also lucky to get her autograph too (smiles).. well here is what we discussed;

APRIL 28TH--WORLD DAY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK

 

EMPLOYED IN HELL

I see them everyday; Masons mixing cement and sand with their bare hands, Old women sweeping the roads every morning bathing the dust and inhaling it, like it was some sweet perfume. . .we really need to survey the conditions we work in, whether on the streets or behind the Counter in AC chilled banks; because most of these conditions are not human.

APRIL 25TH--WORLD MALARIA DAY

 

 NIGHT OF A THOUSAND APPLAUSE

Have you ever had that feeling? The sour eyes and bitter saliva--that makes you remember the vinegar Jesus drank on the cross--Or maybe you've had the boiling skin; the fever that turns your body into a human electric iron. If you live in tropical Africa and south-east Asia, there is a 99.99% chance that you have experienced the above mentioned sypmtoms at one time or the other.

THE 6 PARAGRAPHS WORLD BOOK DAY, BOOK REVIEW

   
BOOK REVIEW

'Shores of despair' by Merit Gogo-fynface is a fiction book that narrates the challenges of two young Nigerian girls; Chioma and Vanessa. The book also shows how increasingly hard it is to be a spinster and a single mother. Published by TB NET house LTD in 2012, ISBN 978-978-50920-9-7. This book appeals to those interested in family life and family conflict resolution.