Masters of Health Magazine January 2024 | Page 10

The Council of World Elders now encompasses ten members from nine nations, two additional honorary members and 13 global advisors from seven countries, including His Majesty King Bansah, the King of Ghana and His Excellency Joaquim Chissano, the former President of Mozambique.

To honor Joaquim Chissano’s achievements for peace, democracy, and acceptance of social justice in Africa he was awarded by the Council of World Elders with the Peace-Feather Award. Parts of the award is a donation to encourage further endeavours for peace, a document of excellency, as well as a precious feather of cut crystal with a golden engraved ribbon.

On an ethnological-political level, Karin Tag has received numerous awards for her international engagement. She has received honors for furthering understanding, and for unifying cultural diversities. His Majesty King Bansah, King of Traditional Ghana, honored her for her humanitarian work in Africa. Together with celebrities such as internationally renowned singer Nina Hagen and star designer Harald Glöökler, Karin Tag leads campaigns to protect indigenous tribes in the Amazon Rainforest.

With the Head Office of the Council of World Elders, Karin Tag organizes congresses and conferences dedicated to the development of new solutions for world peace as well as ethnic and environmental education for all ethnic groups. As a consultant for international cultural projects, she is committed to the preservation of cultural goods and values and supports the establishment of schools and educational centers.

In 2010, she supported the Mongolian shaman and author Galsan Tschinag in planting 1 million trees in Mongolia. Since 2012 for example she supports the construction of a Buddhist stupa being built under the leadership of Lama Tshewang Dorje in the South of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

 

 

 

This was followed by further humanitarian aid projects for earthquake victims in Nepal and Turkey as well as the construction of a bridge in Ghana. Her engagement is always religiously neutral. For two decades now she has been supporting worldwide peace-building projects regardless of religious backgrounds.