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The World March in Numbers:

Continents: 6
Countries: 90
Distance: 99,419 miles (160,000 kilometers) Duration: 90 days

Transportation: 40 train trips (including the Trans Siberian)
100 trips by land (four-wheel-drive, bus, car, motorcycle, bicycle, etc.), including the segments from Paris to Dakar and from North to South America through the Andes Mountains.
14 trips by air.
25 trips by sea (ship, barge, canoe, etc.)

Climates: the March will pass through all climates, from mild and temperate - crossing through Mediterranean, continental, tropical, and desert zones - to polar. From the Siberian Steppes, through the Sahara desert and the Atacama Desert (the driest in the world), to Antarctica.
Seasons: in 90 days the March will pass twice through all 4 seasons of the year.

Altitude: during the journey the March will climb to altitudes of more than 16,400 feet (5,000 meters)

Permanent team: 50 members.
Border crossings: 160
Co-organizing institutions: 500
Collaborating and supporting institutions: 3,000
Visits with governments and political representatives: 100
Spiritual centers: 25

Participants in the tour: 1 million Virtual participants: 10 million

Welcome to BD World March for Peace & Nonviolence

The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009, the anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, declared the “International Day of Non-Violence” by the United Nations. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010. The March will last 90 days, three long months of travel. It will pass through all climates and seasons, from the hot summer of the tropics and the deserts, to the winter of Siberia. The stages will be the longest American and Asian, both almost a month. A permanent base of a hundred people of different nationalities will complete the journey.
The March Will Arrive in Bangladesh 9th Octobor 2009 And leave 11th Octobor 2009.

Launching of Bangladesh World March for Peace & NonViolence March 14, as initiative of some Councils, we made a press conference of launching of the World March in Dhaka. There 7 media, 1 TV, 1 digital newspaper and 5 newspapers in paper cover the news,


Sign for Peace & NonViolence Program in TSC Dhaka University 10 march a “Sign for Peace & Nonviolence” Program was carried out by the Friends in TSC, Dhaka University . Initiative was taken by the Students Humanist Forum of Dhaka University. it was a great pleasure for all of us that teachers from different Departments , Students from Dhaka university, Jagannnath University, Dhaka College, Mohammadpur Kendrio College, Eden Girls College arrive to the program and make their Endorsement for Peace & Nonviolence. Structural Members from different neighborhoods and people who love peace and Nonviolence also they took part. Our friends from Spain and USA helped us to continue our effort for this great activities. Total participants were 260 who endorsed and Say “No to Violence”.



Seminar & Peace Sign Campaign in JahangirNagar university, Savar, Dhaka March 15 we carried out a Seminar on World March for Peace & Nonviolence also a “Sign for Peace & Nonviolence” Program in Jahangirnagar University which very near the Dhaka City. it was done in Government & Politics Department where 4 Teachers and 45 Students attended the seminar, it was a participatory seminar where we speak out about different form of World march and initiatives can make possibilities of diversification. Shila a student of Jahangirnagar University arrived to the launiching program in Dhaka University and liked to take initiative that we agreed within a day.



Interview with www.newsandimages.net which is an internet base news agency in bangladesh. also we take coffee with some teachers and students of DU about World March for Peace & Nonviolence.


An exclusive interview was taken by Weekly Alor Michil about HM & World Without Wars. also we describe in that interview about World March for peace & nonviolence and Bangladesh aspect.