Program Details and Speakers - The 46th IVU World Vegfest in Kenya
The event details are as follows:
23rd Nov. 2018.
IVU Meeting of Leaders of Veg Organizations – Nairobi
23rd November – Oshwal Center – 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Leaders / representatives of Vegetarian Organizations are invited to attend this meeting to share experiences and get to know each other to discuss effective ways to achieve better results for the advancement of the moviment.
Organizations attending so far: IVU (International Vegetarian Union); SVB (Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira – Brazil; ProVeg – Germany; Kenya Veg Club; Young India Vegetarians - UK; Brahma Kumari Africa; Bhakti Marg Kenya; Vegan Outreach – USA; Nigeria Veg Soc – Lagos, Nigeria; Vegan Nation; KNCCI; TNR Trust; Iskon; Art of living; The Kenyan Vegan.
Program
IVU and its objects (Marly Winckler – IVU chair)
IVU vision on effective strategies for progress(Cynthia Schuck – IVU Councillor)
ProVeg vision (Jessika Ava – Germany)
Discussion
5.00 pm: Press conference by Nitin Bhai Mehta
7.00 pm: opening ceremony with Kenyan anthem, Diya Lighting
7.05 pm: Local dance
7.13 pm: introductory speech by MC
7.15 pm: Speech by IVU chair – Marly
7.20 pm: speech by KVC – Vaishali
7.25 pm: speaker …..
7.30 pm: speech by chief guest –
7.35 pm: speaker – Mainsh Shah
7.40 pm: speaker – Sharad Rao
7.45 pm: Indian Dance
7.55 pm: speaker – Darshan Chanderia
8.00 pm: speaker – Emmanuel Eohy
8.10 pm: Speaker –
8.20 pm: speaker –
8.30 pm: entertainment program
9.00 pm: dinner
24th Nov: List of event during the conference:
10 am: Opening ceremony of the conference, MC will state the purpose and what people will get out of it.
10.15: Nitin Bhai Mehta
10.30: speaker – Sheila – performing yoga for different purposes
10.45: Speaker –
11.00: demonstration of yoga by Africa yoga centre
11.30: speaker – Vedanti Ben – brahma kumari
12.00: speaker – Khilan shah – bhakti marg
12.30: speaker – Rukma prabhuji – iskon
1.00: lunch
2.00: demonstration by chef – Coach Vie (non cooking)
2.30: demo by chef – katya – European food with desert
3.00: Demo by Darshana – Jain vegan food
3.30: Demo by Chetna ben – Indian vegan food
4.00: speaker – Ady Namaran Coulibaly
4.15: speaker – David Kedode – TNR animal rights
4.30 speaker – Marly Wickler
5.00 speaker – Cynthia Shulck
5:30: closing remarks by MC
6.00: break
7.00: closing ceremony – MC’s remark, vote of thanks, presentation by IVU, announce the winner of essay competition and science exhibition
8.30: Dinner
Exhibition on 24th Nov. 2018
The exhibition is free to all visitors. Following people and organisation will participate in the same.
- School children with science presentation
- organic farmers
- religious centres
- vegan products
- leather free products
- meat substitutes
- Sponsors
- Vendors for the stalls:
If you sell vegan / vegetarian food, leather substitute products, meat substitute products, organic produce, vegan cheese or any such products; you are welcome to join us in the exhibition. The stall is costing only KSH 2000/- for one day which includes meal for two people of each stall.
Speakers
Marly Winckler

Marly presentation will be: Amazon Rainforest Destruction and Cattle Rearing
About 20% of the Amazon Rainforest was already destroyed. 80% of the already destroyed area is used by cattle rearing and soy (to feed animals for food). Some 6,000 km2 (about 1/5 of the territory of Belgium or about 1/12 times the size of UAE) are fired every year. The emissions coming from fire and cattle rearing in this region are more important than all emissions coming from big cities and transportation. Among other problems we are losing our big biodiversity (1/3 of world species) without even knowing it all. To mitigate the environmental and social impacts on Amazon Forest we need necessarily to tackle meat consumption issue.
Sharad Rao

Nitin Mehta
Nitin Mehta was born in Kisumu, Kenya. He has lived in the UK for many years. He is a dedicated professional with an excellent reputation in organising cultural events. He is a passionate and a renowned speaker on India’s spiritual heritage as well as vegetarianism and veganism. He is also an active campaigner for animal rights. He was instrumental in setting up the first vegetarian society in Kenya, Mauritius, New Delhi, Paris, Lisbon and in the states of Punjab and Andhra Pradesh, India. Apart from English he speaks fluent Swahili, Hindi, Gujarati and Punjabi. Nitin holds a degree in Sociology from Goldsmiths college, University of London and is the owner of an Auto Parts business.
Virginia Nyaga (coach Vie)

Virginia is also a media personality, appearing on K24’s Alfajiri Show where she demonstrates how to prepare vegan dishes and educates on the value of adopting a more plant based diet especially when one is dealing with a Lifestyle / Chronic disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, etc. She has also appeared on KTN’s Life and Style Show, KBC’s Good Morning Kenya and also has a YouTube Channel.
Taruri Gatere

Khilan shah (Bhakti Marga Kenya)

Ady Namaran Coulibaly (Côte d’Ivoire)

She will be speaking on ‘One health, one welfare’.
This topic essentially aims to shed light on the relationship between the health of the planet and that of humans and animals, focusing on the role of alternative food systems.Cynthia Schuck

She will be Speaking on: The global impact of animal agriculture
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