What I am doing
So I've figured out that very few people know what this new project I'm working on is all about I've decided to post the summary of the project I just finished writing which is actually for the Canadian mission that is coming to see the project in the middle of February. It's quite a bit different from the mine action stuff I was doing before but the music, dance and drama groups associated with the Youth Coalition for Peace are being trained in Mine Risk Education this month.
The current peacebuilding project is an expansion of a pilot project of early 2006. In the ‘For Youth by Youth’ pilot project 20 youth from Layibi Division and Bungatira Subcounty of Gulu District (including 4 students from Gulu University) were trained in peer to peer counseling, peacebuilding and conflict resolution. These youth formed themselves into the Youth Coalition for Peace following the training and began to implement a variety of peacebuilding activities among their peers including debates, football and netball tournaments, music, dance and drama presentations and a radio talk show.
This year CPAR has received funding from Foreign Affairs Canada’s Global Peace and Security Fund to expand this project into four rural areas of Gulu and Amuru Districts plus Pader Town Council while continuing to support the Youth Coalition. In each new area, 20 war affected youth aged 18 to 30 were selected to form the core of the new groups based on criteria and lessons learned from last year. From January 22 to February 2 team leaders from each of the new groups, eight members of the Youth Coalition for Peace and five Community Counseling Aides were trained as trainers in peacebuilding, peer to peer counseling and recreational leadership. Now these trainers have been formed into training teams, consisting of the new team leader, one or two experienced members of the Youth Coalition for Peace and a Community Counseling Aide, and are preparing to go out into the communities to train the new youth groups. Following a short teambuilding session, there will be a two week long training to prepare the new groups to implement peacebuilding activities of their choosing based out of a youth meeting space which will be constructed in each subcounty. In addition each group will be able to choose a vocational reintegration activity to be trained in so they can support their own activities once the funding ends.
The youth will be able to share ideas and best practices as well as access further information through the peacebuilding resource centre at CPAR’s Gulu office. The radio talk show is continuing to ensure the youth have a platform to disseminate their messages of peace and reconciliation beyond their home communities. The project will end with an peace symposium consisting of an advocacy trip to Kampala and then a community event in Gulu Town where each group will be able to display their art, their music, dance and drama groups and conduct sporting, debating and essay competitions. The youth of Northern Uganda have borne the brunt of this 20 year war and they are the generation who are faced with the task of rebuilding their society. CPAR hopes to be able to continue to work to empower the youth and build their capacity as peacebuilders.
The current peacebuilding project is an expansion of a pilot project of early 2006. In the ‘For Youth by Youth’ pilot project 20 youth from Layibi Division and Bungatira Subcounty of Gulu District (including 4 students from Gulu University) were trained in peer to peer counseling, peacebuilding and conflict resolution. These youth formed themselves into the Youth Coalition for Peace following the training and began to implement a variety of peacebuilding activities among their peers including debates, football and netball tournaments, music, dance and drama presentations and a radio talk show.
This year CPAR has received funding from Foreign Affairs Canada’s Global Peace and Security Fund to expand this project into four rural areas of Gulu and Amuru Districts plus Pader Town Council while continuing to support the Youth Coalition. In each new area, 20 war affected youth aged 18 to 30 were selected to form the core of the new groups based on criteria and lessons learned from last year. From January 22 to February 2 team leaders from each of the new groups, eight members of the Youth Coalition for Peace and five Community Counseling Aides were trained as trainers in peacebuilding, peer to peer counseling and recreational leadership. Now these trainers have been formed into training teams, consisting of the new team leader, one or two experienced members of the Youth Coalition for Peace and a Community Counseling Aide, and are preparing to go out into the communities to train the new youth groups. Following a short teambuilding session, there will be a two week long training to prepare the new groups to implement peacebuilding activities of their choosing based out of a youth meeting space which will be constructed in each subcounty. In addition each group will be able to choose a vocational reintegration activity to be trained in so they can support their own activities once the funding ends.
The youth will be able to share ideas and best practices as well as access further information through the peacebuilding resource centre at CPAR’s Gulu office. The radio talk show is continuing to ensure the youth have a platform to disseminate their messages of peace and reconciliation beyond their home communities. The project will end with an peace symposium consisting of an advocacy trip to Kampala and then a community event in Gulu Town where each group will be able to display their art, their music, dance and drama groups and conduct sporting, debating and essay competitions. The youth of Northern Uganda have borne the brunt of this 20 year war and they are the generation who are faced with the task of rebuilding their society. CPAR hopes to be able to continue to work to empower the youth and build their capacity as peacebuilders.
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