May 9, 2023 Live from the road

Dublin

Reported by Sadanand Magee 1.0 km

Ready for an action packed day in Dublin!

First school is a visit to Riverview Educate Together.

The children have prepared wonderful artwork.

Next we visit St. Colmcilles Junior School where hundreds of children are waiting!

Under a lovely blue sky the team gives a presentation to a huge gathering of children.

Some fun and games!

We present the school with a painting for World Harmony.

Our third school of the day is Our Lady's Grove Primary School.

We teach the actions for the World Harmony Run Song!

Thumbs up!

Arms wide!

Hungarian dance!

The Principle accepts a certificate of appriciation.

After lunch we have a special visit to Dail Eireann.

We meet with Josepha Madigan TD, Minister of State for special education and inclusion. Joespha greets all the international members of the team.

We also are fotunate to meet with Minister Pippa Hackett TD, Minister for Land Use and Biodiversity.

In the afternoon we are honoured to visit the Mansion House to meet the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Caroline Conroy.

The Lord Mayor tells us about her endevours to make Dublin a greener and cleaner city.

Taking a selfy with the Lord Mayor.

Our Irish coorinator Paula gets a feel for sitting at the head of the table.

In the evening we have a very special function to honour two very special individuals with the Torch Bearer award.

The two worthy recipients are Damien Brown and Conor O Keefe. Their list of achivements is too long to mention here! They are remarkable individuals who have inspired countless indivudals by their incredible endevours.

Honoring Damien with the Torch Bearer award.

Honoring Conor with the torch bearer award.

We are treated to a deeply inspiring and illumining question and answer session afterwards!

Torch carried by
Alex Agarkov (Ireland), Ambarish Keenan (Ireland), Deirdre McGarry (Ireland), Devashishu Torpy (Great Britain), Elena Agarkov (Ireland), Erdenetsetseg Gankhuu (Mongolia), Kristin Aurenhammer (Austria), Mangala Keenan (Ireland), Mario Olvera (Mexico), Michael Aurenhammer (Austria), Natasha Romanova (Ireland), Nha Nguyen (Vietnam), Paula Flood (Ireland), Pranav Paliwal (India), Robert Benedek (Hungary), Sadanand Magee (Ireland), Sandra Aurenhammer (Austria).  
Photographers
Erdenetsetseg Gankhuu, Natasha Romanova, Sadanand Magee
The torch has travelled 1.0 km in Dublin.

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