Nairobi, January 11, 2010: Youth from eleven African countries will be joining their colleagues from Japan aboard the 68th Voyage of the Peace Boat scheduled to arrive in Africa on January 19, at the Kenyan harbour of Mombasa.
The Peace Boat, a Japan-based international non-governmental initiative, carries out annual cruises that sail from Yokohama through ports around the world promoting human rights, sustainable development and respect for the environment.
The 64th Global Peace Boat, which set sail in Yokohama, Japan on January 15, arrived in Cape Town on February 13 after a successful 30-day voyage across two continents.
Passengers traveling on the Peace Voyage called on African and Western governments to treat the rising levels of poverty in many African countries as a global emergency.
The passengers, who included youth from various African countries and Japan, demanded that world leaders take immediate action and decisive steps to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
