On Saturday, December the 9th, Simba Friends Foundation participated in the Autumn Picnic of Tolerance organized by By Ourselves Foundation as a part of “School of Tolerance” project.

 

The event took place in Sokolow Podlaski, in Sokolow Cultural Centre, in Wolności St. 27.The program of the picnic involved few lectures and multimedia presentations.

 

As the first speaker Katarzyna Hryćko (Warsaw University), with her presentation about Ethiopia, revised the myth of country of draught and famine. Subsequently Katarzyna Słowik (Simba Friends Foundation) related about the project of renovating the school in Kenyan village of Sega.

The youth from Sokolow penetrated the history of their multicultural town to present the outcome of their research during the Picnic of Tolerance.

The final point of this part of the program was the presentation prepared by Ryszard Czajkowski, who shared his impressions from journeys to the Holy Cities of the East.

Furthermore the participant of the Picnic had an opportunity to try oriental delicacies and to purchase oriental handicraft from Ethiopia, Kenya and Tibet, and also to see the photo exhibition from distant parts of the world.

The interesting point of the program was surely the dream-catchers workshop, presenting how to make traditional amulets of the North American Indians.