the lusaka regional conference 1 – 2 november 2008
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The Lusaka Regional Conference 1 – 2 November 2008. Lusaka conference participants pose for a group photo before heading home. People came from all nine provinces of Zambia and from neighboring Malawi and Zimbabwe. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Lusaka Regional Conference1 – 2 November 2008
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Lusaka conference participants pose for a group photo before heading home. People came from all nine provinces of Zambia and from neighboring Malawi
and Zimbabwe.
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Four of the five African chiefs who attended the Lusaka conference gather during a break. All are Baha’is who support the local community-building
efforts.
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Group meetings during the conference brought together Baha’is of different clusters to discuss the launching of intensive programs of growth.
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Maina Mkandawire, right, a Continental Counsellor from Malawi, consults with other conference participants. Garth Pollock of Zambia was another
Continental Counsellor in attendance, and Chuungu Malitonga was introduced as a newly named Counsellor for the region.
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Music and drumming, both spontaneous and as part of performances during conference sessions, added to the spirit of the gathering.
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Sehla Masunda, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Zimbabwe, was one of 80 Baha’is from her country to attend the
conference in Lusaka.
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The people at the conference shared experiences, made plans for the future, and enjoyed the music, drumming and dancing that were a key feature of the
gathering.
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Uransaikhan Baatar, a Counsellor from Mongolia currently serving at the Baha’i World Centre, addresses the gathering. She attended as a
representative of the Universal House of Justice.
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Counsellor Stephen Birkland, left, representing the Universal House of Justice, introduced Chuungu Malitonga of Zambia as a new Continental Counsellor in
Africa.
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As the conference ended, one participant said: “It was such an amazing experience to see (hundreds of) Baha’is joyfully gathering together…. I am
very tired but very happy.”
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The Nakuru Regional Conference8 – 9 November 2008
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Young people are key participants in the gatherings.
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More than half the people at the Nakuru conference live in Kenya, but big groups also came from Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. A few Baha’is were
able to travel from Mozambique and Southern Sudan.
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Statistics from the Debrezeit cluster in Ethiopia are given during the presentation of action plans.
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This workshop was for planning an intensive program of growth in the Bumula cluster in Kenya.
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Joy Mboya of Nairobi, Kenya, takes the microphone during one of the activities.
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Friends from Ethiopia get into the spirit with their dancing.
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The workshops involved specific planning for activities in goal clusters.
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Uransaikhan Baatar and Rachel Ndegwa attended the conference as representatives of the Universal House of Justice.
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Goodard Ruta, left, of Tanzania listens intently during a plenary session.
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Breakout sessions gave everyone a chance to get involved individually in the planning.
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The exuberance of the conference was often reflected in music and movement.
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The Johannesburg Regional Conference
8 – 9 November 2008
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Participants young and old got into the spirit, repeatedly breaking into spontaneous applause or song.
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Messages from the Universal House of Justice were consulted upon in workshop sessions.
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Maina Mkandawire, left, and Eddy Lutchmaya, right, both Continental Counsellors, flank Joan Lincoln and Stephen Birkland, who attended as
representatives of the Universal House of Justice.
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Drummers provide rhythm and add excitement to the gathering.
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Andre Ross and Joan Lincoln sing “Will You Give Your Heart to Baha’u’llah?” Mrs. Lincoln wrote the song for a youth conference in the United States in
1970.
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Friends from Lesotho consult during a workshop.
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Baha’is from Seychelles, a nation archipelago in the Indian Ocean, were among the participants.
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Young people took full part in the conference.
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Baha’is from Indian Ocean islands participate in a workshop.
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Many of those attending were youth – and a good number were new Baha’is.
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Friends from Swaziland and South Africa pose together for a photo.
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Krish Naidoo of South Africa facilitates one of the workshops.
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Workshops allowed friends to consult together about upcoming activities in specific clusters.
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“I have been a Baha’i a long time … and I have never seen what I’ve seen this weekend,” said a woman from Botswana.