Once again this year the August 7th Memorial Trust is pleased to hold their Annual Fundraising Golf Tournament. The Trust has held an annual charity golf tournament since 2008.
The tournament provides an opportunity to showcase to corporate and individuals the work that the Trust is engaged in.
The Golf Day also allows the Trust, its trustees and employees opportunity to network with the corporate world, thank its benefactors, build new relationships with potential benefactors and re-establish and reinforce existing relationships.
Additionally, the golf tournament offers the Trust an opportunity to raise funds to maintain the Park. The funds raised through the golf tournament ensure that the park and the peace museum are open all through the year.
Today the August 7th
Memorial Park stands at the site of that terrible tragedy as a memorial to all
those who lost their lives, and a tribute to the courage of the several
thousand others who have had to cope with permanent injury and/or the loss of
loved ones. The Memorial Park is a place where people come to reflect, remember
and relax.
Moreover, the Trust
was set up with the object of fostering goodwill and peace among men with a
view of preventing a repeat attack. The trust has set up a Visitors Memorial
Peace Center where students and the general public are taught the importance of
living in harmony with each other, their neighbors, and the need to condemn
acts of violence in society so that peace can prevail.
The trust also runs an ‘Art
in the Park’ project which aims to enhance and contribute to the revival of
Nairobi’s Central business district as a venue of arts and entertainment, and
promote talent among the Kenyan public both in visual and audio arts.
Through funds raised from the tournament, the Park has:
- Continually provided a garden of solace, reflection, remembrance and relaxation in Nairobi’s CBD in honor of the victims and survivors of the bomb attack;
- Provided an avenue to nurture and promote local art talent through the Art in the Park project which has held several art exhibitions, wedding fares, and music concerts;
- Maintained a historical peace museum which is open to the public to remember and learn about the 1998 bomb attack;
- The peace museum and the park have also offered an ideal, affordable and convenient venue for school trips and;
- Provided peace education to over 100 schools through the peace education project, which aims at contributing towards long-term peace and stability in Kenya by inculcating in children values that promote peaceful co-existence.
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