This Project aims at empwering communities of men, women and youths with peace building, conflict resolution and social justice advocacy skills with the goal of positioning them as agents of Peace and Change at the community level so that they are able to mediate and intervene with Alternative Dispute Resolution skills to conflicts that keep on emerging in their localities without relying on external expatriates every time a conflict arises.
Kenya, in its current stage of democratization is faced with the challenge of crafting a sense of brotherhood and cohesion among its people in their diversity and processesOver the last two-decades, violent ethnic conflicts, prejudicing and confrontational politics have damaged relationships between people and identity groups. In addition, the national sense of wholeness (nationalism) and a culture of constitutionalism, which Kenya needs to prosper, were damaged.
1.This project shall provide youths with conflict transformation and advocacy skills 2. Our Training and capacity building for peace programmatic option attempts to attain the sixth objective: to build the capacity of members and other community based peace workers in peace building and conflict resolution through participatory training and organizational learning 3.Mobilizing women's groups across boundaries of conflicting communities for specific joint activities will also be done.
Increased understanding of peace issues and the subject of conflict resolution among the youths in set counties. Increased public and community participation in policy making processes relating to peace and development. Increased community participation in local and national peace building and decision- making processes. Strong local level networks and alliances for peace building and conflict management and resolution established. A critical mass of community based peace workers established.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
