The south of Gran Canaria hosts the closing of the X Camp Internacional Rotary Maspalomas
Rotary Maspalomas aims to promote studies on peace and international solidarity
The Rotary Maspalomas International Camp has concluded its tenth edition today by reviewing what its ten years of life have meant. More than 200 young people from up to thirty countries such as France, Italy, England, Taiwan,
The US and Ukraine, among others, have had the opportunity during these ten editions to listen, work and debate with up to more than 80 speakers, among whom such important names as the Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung, the actor and theater director Moisés Mato or the engineer from flight at NASA Tatiana Mar Vaquero.
According to its coordinator, the five-time president of the Rotary Club Maspalomas Daniel Bazán, always with one objective, “for young people to raise their voices and shout in favor of peace.” For Bazán, the biggest problem with peace at the moment is that we have assumed “conflicts as something normal, as something logical, we consider injustices as something inevitable and we look the other way,” hence this summer program that brings together children from very different places, cultures and beliefs is the perfect setting for them to be aware of reality and make an effort to think for themselves.
This edition has featured great speakers such as the researcher and commander of the Civil Guard María José Garrido, doctor Mónica Hathiramani, the lawyer of Armenian origin Emma Hakobyan, the technical advisor of the Rotary foundation Ana Martín or the Senegalese philologist Adama Aw. All of them have offered a detailed and complete vision of realities such as cyberbullying, conflicts in other parts of the world or the keys to achieving big changes from small movements.
The Rotary Maspalomas International Camp has concluded its tenth edition today by reviewing what its ten years of life have meant. More than 200 young people from up to thirty countries such as France, Italy, England, Taiwan, the USA and Ukraine, among others, have had the opportunity during these ten editions to listen, work and debate with up to more than 80 speakers, among whom notable names as important as the Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung, the actor and theater director Moisés Mato or the flight engineer at NASA Tatiana Mar Vaquero.
According to its coordinator, the five-time president of the Maspalomas Rotary Club Daniel Bazán, always with one objective, “for young people to raise their voices and shout in favor of peace.” For Bazán, the biggest problem with peace at the moment is that we have assumed “conflicts as something normal, as something logical, we consider injustices as something inevitable and we look the other way,” hence this summer program that brings together children from very different places, cultures and beliefs is the perfect setting for them to be aware of reality and make an effort to think for themselves.
This edition has featured great speakers such as the researcher and commander of the Civil Guard María José Garrido, doctor Mónica Hathiramani, the lawyer of Armenian origin Emma Hakobyan, the technical advisor of the Rotary foundation Ana Martín or the Senegalese philologist Adama Aw. All of them have offered a detailed and complete vision of realities such as cyberbullying, conflicts in other parts of the world or the keys to achieving big changes from small movements.
For Daniel Bazán it has undoubtedly been a “frantic, fast-paced year in which the enormous cultural and language level of young people has also stood out. Each year they leave us more surprised and I think this is something that reflects the great evolution that the education in our country.”
The Rotary Maspalomas International Camp aims to continue working towards the achievement of non-violence and promote university studies on Peace and International Solidarity. For Daniel Bazán it has undoubtedly been a “frantic, fast-paced year in which the enormous cultural and language level of young people has also stood out. Each year they leave us more surprised and I think this is something that reflects the great evolution that the education in our country.”
The Rotary Maspalomas International Camp aims to continue working towards the achievement of non-violence and promote university studies on Peace and International Solidarity.
