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By Albert Futukpor
“Accra, Oct. 07, GNA – Quakers in Ghana, also known as the Religious Society of Friends, have celebrated their centenary at Hill House Meeting at Achimota School in Accra.
Five days of activities including discussions on social concerns and opportunities for transforming Africa, culminated in the celebration of World Quaker Day… “
The centenary program included several speakers …
“… on the theme of World Quaker Day, “Love Your Neighbour,” the Clerk of the Africa Section of Quakers, Bainito Wamalwa, identified some ways of living by the biblical exhortation.
These included prioritising the needs of others, expressing unconditional love as Christ did as well as promoting peace and harmony.
To facilitate activities of Quakers in Africa and the hub in West Africa, The Clerk of Hill House Meeting, Leslie Ephson, identified that as Quakers believing that there is ‘That of God’ in each one of us, a relationship could be found between Christ’s exhortation to love God and one another and the African Concept of UBUNTU (I am as we are).
He proposed that in this spirit, going forward, the organisation should set up a website to promote communication between Quakers across the African continent and raise the influence of Quaker values on Social Justice issues in Africa, the UBUNTU website.
He proposed the establishment of a trust fund, the UBUNTU trust fund, to facilitate Quaker inter-African travel…”
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