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Nottingham connected Event details: Date- 6th February 2019 Time- 10.30am- 3.00pm Venue- Farmeco Community Care Farm, Screveton. NG13 8JL To Send your tree message please complete this short form-  https://goo.gl/vopMLL. Even if you do not adopt a tree immediately, you will still be able to plant a tree on the day to mark this special day. There is a free bus that will pick attendees from the Forest Park and Ride at 10.am and return at 3pm from the farm. FREE HOT FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED! Cantact Julia Paul at Mojatu Foundation to book a place on the bus and for catering purposes. He details are [email protected] or ring the office on 01158457009. News & Sports 7 Goals, which the elimination of FGM is a key target under Goal 5. The observance of FGM continues to be practiced every year on February 6th and will be greatly pursued by the UN and other social activism parties in efforts to eliminate FGM by the year 2030. Awareness has been rising for FGM with constant pursuit of activism. We at Mojatu Foundation are therefore proud to be part of this movement with the aim to eradicate FGM in our generation! Join us in this important work!  OUR GIRLS, WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT MATTER!  All proceeds go to supporting survivors and our FGM project. Remember to book your place as they are limited! This day is a part of a global combined effort by the UN to meet one of its “Sustainable Development 2018 Game of Rememberance,100 Years! - By Penny Cooper Football, so many of us love the sport, and fans from all over the world put themselves out to attend the games of their favourite clubs. Yelling and cheering on the players and patiently (sometimes impatiently) looking on and hoping for a goal. The excitement generated by the crowd watching passes from person to person, and everyone has eyes only for the match and the moving ball. Is it any wonder then, that it was football which formed the basis of a truce at Christmas in 1914, the Western Front in WW1. French, German and British soldiers came out of their trenches and passed seasonal greetings to each other. The truce led to prisoners being released by both forces, but it was the football games together, which stood out in the memories of those fighting, a temporary ceasefire, which unfortunately never resolved the conflict, and it wasn’t until 1918, when on the 11 th month, of which the 11 th day and the 11 th hour, 11-11-11, officially became the end of WW1. Thursday 8 November 2018 and we are to attend the men’s football game, English soldiers verses German soldiers, kick off at 7 pm. We were welcomed into the grounds of Nottingham Forest Football Club and entered the executive section as guests of Sir John Peace, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. This match is a tribute to the many men and women who gave their lives in WW1, and to whom we owe an enormous thank you. I feel the pride well up in me when I think about our armed forces serving their country and equally a great sense of achievement at the war’s end and the enormous debt we owe to the millions who lost their lives,. This match was a celebration of those lives, a remembrance lasting 100 years to date. The two sides playing were made up of men from the army, British playing in red and white and Germany playing in White and Black. The first half went very well for the Germans, they scored 3 goals to our 1. The second half saw no more goals, but I think was a better example of play, maybe the nerves had settled. We sat amongst our German comrades, who generated excitement at their winning total naturally, and we all managed not to end up fighting. LOL, they were good sports and so were we, being on the losing side. We give thanks to Nottingham Forest FC, Notts County FC, Nottinghamshire County Council, Woodland Trust, Never Such Innocence, The Royal British Legion and the National Football Museum for making this football event possible, along with local businesses and private persons. It brought together many organisations in celebration of armistice and we can be proud of the young men and women who still go off to war and protect the borders of this great nation. We have peace in Europe and we have allies not just in Europe but throughout the world. Let us give thanks and look upon WW1 as a distant memory of what we don’t want to happen again.