- 1952-00-00 — Aziz Yazdi from Persia joined Ted Cardell in Nairobi. In 1953 they were joined by Ursula Samandari from England. [A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nance Ororo-Robarts and Selam Ahderrom p2]
- 1953-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly in Kenya was established in Nairobi.
- 1964-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Kenya was formed with its seat in Nairobi. Its members were: Its members were: James Wasilwa, Aziz Yazdi, Elamu Muswahili, Taherih Ala'i, Festas Mulkalama, Bonaventure Wafula, Julius Makanda, Frank Mnkoyani, and Christopher Musambai. [Bahá'í News No 409 April 1965 p8; BW14p96]
- 1972-05-11 —
- 1974-12-01 — The Bahá'í International Community appointed a representative in Nairobi. [BIC History 1974]
- 1976-10-15 —
An International Teaching Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya, attended by 1,363 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:133–4.
- For pictures see BW17:110, 119–21.
- 1985-07-15 —
Ten representatives of the Bahá'í International Community attended the third World Conference on Women to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women and Forum '85 in Nairobi. [BW19:147–8, 412; VV28–9]
- For a report of the Bahá'í participation see BW19:4.12–15.
- For pictures see BW19:413, 415.
- See UN Women.
- 1992-11-23 —
The Second World Congress was held in New York City to commemorate the centenary of the passing of Bahá'u'lláh and the completion of the Six Year Plan. It was attended by some 28,000 Bahá'ís from some 180 countries. [BBD240; VV136-141; BW92-93p95-102, 136]
- Nine auxiliary conferences were held in Buenos Aires, Sydney, New Delhi, Nairobi, Panama City, Bucharest, Moscow, Apia and Singapore. [BINS283:3-4]
- For pictures see [BINS283:9-10], [BW92-3p100] and [VV136-141]
- "New York will become a blessed spot from which the call to steadfastness in the Covenant and Testament of God will go forth to every part of the world." - 'Abdu'l-Bahá [AWH77-8 90-1 105-6]
- On the 25th of November a concert was held in Carnegie Hall as a birthday tribute to Dizzy Gillespie called "Celebrating the Bahá'í Vision of World Peace". [VV141]
- On the 26th of November Bahá'ís around the world were linked together by a live satellite broadcast serving the second Bahá'í World Congress, the nine auxiliary conferences and the Bahá'í World Centre and it was received by those with access to satellite dish antennas. [BINS283:1–5, 8; BINS286:10; BINS287:4]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice read on the satellite link see BW92–3:37–4.
- For accounts of personal experiences by some of the attendees see In the Eyes of His Beloved Servants: The Second Bahá'í World Congress and Holy Year by J. Michael Kafes.
- The film, 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Mission to America, made by Elizabeth Martin, was prepared for the World Congress program and also used in the Theme Pavilion. [HNWE45]
- 2003-06-20 — The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Ursula Samandari (b. Ursula Newman 29 December, 1909 in Mitcham, Surrey, England) at her pioneering post in Buea, Cameroon. She was buried at the Bahá'í Centre in Buea following a funeral service which included prayers, songs and a eulogy.
She learned of the Faith from Richard St Barbe Baker, Hasan Balyuzi and Dorothy Ferraby and became a believer after two years.
She first pioneered to St Ives, UK in 1945, along with Kathleen Brown and Jessica Young she was the first to pioneer in the British Isles in the Six Year Plan.
She served on the Spiritual Assembly of London and in 1948 moved to Dublin where she was a member of the first Local spiritual assembly and served as the secretary to George Townshend. Ursula served as a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles from 1945 until 1951. In 1949 she moved to Belfast where she met Mihdi Samandari whom she married in 1951.
In 1953 she and Dr. Mihdi Samandari moved to Nairobi, Kenya, and about a year later in November of 1953, they re-located to Mogadishu, Somalia where they stayed until 1971. [KoB49-50; BWNS 230]
Ursula served on the Regional Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa from 1961 until 1970.
At the request of the Universal House of Justice, they had pioneered to Cameroon where she was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly in 1972. She served from 1972 until 1986 with a short interruption of service. Mihdi served on the Continental Board of Copunsellors in the 1970s. [BWNS230, BW'03-'04pg237; UK Bahá'í Journal Vol 20 No 3 Sep/Oct 2003]
- 2023-06-05 —
The second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly was held in Nairobi, Kenya under the theme "A sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism: achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in times of global crises." (The First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly was held in Nairobi, from 27-31 May 2019, where the organizational components necessary for the Assembly's functioning, were approved and resolutions were adopted various subjects.) [Earth Negotiations Bulletin]
- See One Planet, One Habitation: A Baháʼí Perspective on Recasting Humanity's Relationship With the Natural World and BWNS1599.
- See Working toward One Planet and One Habitation: Sustainability and Environmental Efforts
by Bahá'í Communities Around the World. This document shares examples of how Bahá'í communities are learning with others how those principles can be translated into reality and action—how growing numbers are striving to learn how to build more sustainable, holistic, and just societies. Case studies from
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Colombia,
Singapore,
Vanuatu,
Zambia,
Dominica, and
United States of America, Navajo Nation are presented.
- 2023-09-27 — The passing of Mavis Cox Changawa (b. 1922 Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago) in Nairobi at the age of about 100. [Find a grave]
Mavis Cox was a distinguished pioneer from the Caribbean city of Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago. She journeyed to Africa in 1955, immediately after becoming a Bahá'í while in Harlem, in Upper Manhattan, New York City. This video was recorded on her 94th Birthday in 2016 while she narrated her history and sojourn in Eastern Africa. In the 80's into the early 2000's, she was in charge of the Kilifi Bahá'í Institute at the Coastal region of Kenya and later moved to Nairobi where she served the Kenyan Bahá'í Community in many capacities. Her life is a legacy of absolute resilience, dedicated service and obedience to the Centre of the Covenant. [From Trinidad to Africa With Faith ----The Story of Mavis Cox Changawa]
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