By UPF Congo Brazzaville
Every year, UPF Congo Brazzaville organizes the Peace Road to respond to Our Beloved True Mother’s call to share the vision of realizing the dream of one global family, which goes beyond the materialist desires for the economic and political benefits of an international road and which defends the spiritual dimension, aiming to tear down the walls that have historically divided us-racism and cultural differences, prejudice and fear-and bring humanity together as one family under God. This year the Peace Road event took place on August 26, 2023, in Owando in Congo Brazzaville.
The event this time is very special for two reasons:
- The first reason is that it takes place for the first time inside the country in the northern part precisely in the town of Owando in the department of Cuvette;
- The second reason is that it was preceded by a special program called the Departmental Leadership Conference.
The organizing committee:
- The interdepartmental Chairman of UPF Pointe-Noire/Kouilou His Excellency Michel BOUNDA, Vice-President of the Organizing Commission for the 8th edition of Peace Road Owando 2023,
- The interdepartmental Secretary General of UPF Pointe-Noire/Kouilou His Excellency Augustin ZODJI, SG of the Organizing Commission
- The Technical Director of UPF Mr. Yannick KASONGO, President of the Technical Commission
- The secretary general of FFWPU Congo, Mr. Achille MOUANDA, Vice-President of the Technical Commission;
left Pointe-Noire on Tuesday, August 22 with the prayer of blessing by National Leader, Rev. Norbert NDIELLE MOUTSATSI. In fact, the members of the organizing committee had decided to travel from Pointe-Noire to Owando, covering more than 1019 km on the way there and back.
This team arrived very late at night in Brazzaville, received by the President of the IAPP His Excellency Roger OKOULA (1st Quaestor of the Senate), and the National Secretary General of UPF His Excellency Clément TSANA at the Boulevard Hotel where held the last evaluation meeting.
The next day Wednesday, August 23, 2023, the team left Brazzaville and went to Owando around 6:30 p.m. which was received by the Prefect of the Cuvette His Excellency Jean Christophe TCHIKAYA, Ambassador for Peace. A dinner was hosted at his home just after the special meeting.
The delegation from Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville arrived on Thursday evening in Owando. After installation in different hotels, a banquet was organized by the Prefect thus marking the opening of the program.
We organized a departmental leadership conference on Friday, August 25, 2023, with 150 participants with the theme: “Connecting the Congo to the World through the Development of Decentralized Local Communities in Unity and Peace”.
After the opening prayer by Pastor Maixent MILOLO, of FFWPU Pointe-Noire, the President of the AIPP, His Excellency Roger Edouard OKOULA gave the welcoming remarks and asked the sons and daughters of the Cuvette Department to unit.
The Prefect of the Cuvette department Mr. Jean Christophe TCHIKAYA gave the opening remarks and thanked UPF Congo for choosing his department to hold the event.
His Excellency Augustin ZODJI developed the main theme of the conference: Congo in Turning Point: Unity, Peace, and Development.
The National Leader, Rev. Norbert NDIELLE MOUTSATSI spoke about the associations within UPF, and the secretary general of UPF Congo His Excellency Clément TSANA gave a lecture about the 5 universals pr
During the event, UPF Congo awarded three people as the new ambassadors for peace who took turns taking the oath in front of the interdepartmental Chairman His Excellency Michel BOUNDA, promising to fulfill their responsibility as the peacemaker.
At the end of the event, a special dinner was served, and the Prefect of the Sangha Department joined as well.
Peace Road
The day after the conference on Saturday, August 26, 2023, we organized a very amazing Peace Road 2023 event, which was the 8th such event in our country.
The event started with some physical exercises by participants. Our national leader offered a heartfelt prayer and then Chairman Michel BOUNDA, explained about the event. He then laid a wreath in front of the stele of the former President of the Republic of Congo Marien NGOUABI, and the release of the pigeons.
The civil and military authorities and all the participants traveled 10 km from Ombelé village to the prefecture of the Cuvette Department. In addition to the speeches delivered, one of the highlights at the arrival was the presentation of the special trophy from the President of the Republic His Excellency Denis SASSOU NGUESSO who joyfully received this trophy from the hands of the Prefect of the Cuvette in Tuesday, August 29, the day of the celebration of the victory of the Peace Road.
the Prefect of the Sangha Department who was part of the event, inherited from the hands of his counterpart the flag of the Peace Road 2024 which will be held in his Sangha Department. And with this, our Peace Road 2023 event successfully ended.
The entire delegation left Owando at the end of the event and arrived very late at night in Brazzaville. The return to Pointe-Noire was an indescribable challenge because our vehicles broke down. And with this, we can remember the event more and more.
We would like to express our respect to Our Beloved True Mother for Her love, blessings, and especially Her hard work towards establishing a unified celestial world. We sincerely pray that the Peace Road will serve as an important tool to accelerate the realization of Peace and national restoration of the Heavenly Congo.
