THE TRAINED PEACE AMBASSARDORS PREACH PEACE

 

KALI and Good hope peace ambassadors posing for a picture after Joint training in Kasese. 

Upon Training of Peace ambassorders, KALI    

Facilitated Trained 10 FPAs to train 30 CBO members each.

310 Participants (M=140      F=170) from the 10 groups. From 18^th -23 Aug.2016.

 Training Venues were their respective local Churches and schools.The group trained included 5 for youth and 5 for women in the five sub counties of project area.

The trainings were on the concept of peace, conflict analysis, management and prevention and Peace Education. Basically, helping members to understand the conflicts in their communities and how they can prevent these conflicts as peace Ambassadors.

Conflict TREE & Onion were used for conflict analysis during the training.

The trainings started in the morning hours and ended evening. Members named themselves with peace names so as to significantly show they are peace promoters in the community e.g. the name Uwamahoro in Rufumbira language meaning PEACE. The facilitators were given support by KALI project team 

  

Above is a training going on in Amakondere group-Ntara S/C and Bellow is Training for 

GahuzaMiryango Drama Group in Kahunge S/C

GROUP PRESENTATIONS

The Participants were divided into groups, Causes of conflict in the community conflict tree and Conflict analysis/mapping using the Onion.

General Causes of conflict during group presentations.

-Corruption in the LC.I courts

-Family/Clan land conflicts

-Problem animals in Kahunge,Busiriba &Ntara S/C

-Multiple women & Lack of respect in the married

-Men steal food produced by women.

-Sexual Violence

-Poverty

-Theft of food produce by some refugee individual in Nkoma S/C

-Witch Crafts in communities

-Corruption.

 

 Above pic. Group work discussing conflict tree.

Effect.

Death of both men and women, Divorce, School dropout, Child suffering and homeless.

CROSS CATTING ACTION ISSUES MADE

-Each member agreed to spread the peace massages to his or her friend whenever they meet at different places

-Organize/compose songs, Music Drama and dance with a massage of Peaceful Co-existence.

-The members trained to be the example in the community as the peace ambassadors  in the society

-Sensitization through churches during Sunday prayers within the community

-Organize community sensitization meetings on conflict prevention, Peaceful Co-existence massages and other human rights violations in the community

-The Peace Ambassadors coordinate with chairperson local council one to ensure proper peace education

-Organize football matches with other community groups with massage of Peaceful co-existence

 C/Persons LC.I of the areas where CBO seat attended these trainings and they appreciated KALI approach of sensitizing communities on conflict 

 COMPILED 

Geoffrey Bwambale 

Project Assistant KALI

Blog story 2.

Conducted sensitization meetings on Peace Building. 

Picture bellow are members of Nyabbani women group after sensitization meeting
 

The meetings were organized in the CBO communities /Villages by FPA where 200 participants (20 in each CBO) attended in total. This was from 1^st-5^th Aug.

 ISSUES

-The issue of Refugees in Nkoma S/C Migrants of new people, In the five sub counties of project work, there are a mix of tribes. Others from within Uganda while others are from Burundi, Rwanda and DRC. The massage of peaceful co-existence is the center of community sensitization.

-During sensitization meetings, the aspect of respect for the rule of law is given emphasis so that mob justice and Murder rates are reduced.

-Participants are being encouraged to embrace government programs like UPE, USE to avoid children becoming future problems to their parents as its happening today.

 There are high levels of witch crafts in the communities of Nyabani, Ntara & Kahunge. This has also been leading to community mob justice.

This activity intended to facilitate communities of CBOS with knowledge on peace building conflict management and Human Rights by the FPAs. For peaceful co-existence in communities of project area in the sub counties of; Nkoma, Nyabani, Busiriba, Kahunge and Ntara of Kamwenge District.

To sensitize targeted women & youth group’s FPAs in peace building, conflict management and human rights promotion in the targeted communities.

Action

-Participants of women & youth groups reached agree to reach out the massage of peace building and co-existence in communities.

- The 20 FPAs reached in each of the 10 groups visited agreed to take the massage of peaceful co-existence in local Churches, public gatherings among others.

Youth group members of  Ntara S/C pose for Picture after a sensitization meeting

Picture below shows progress of sensitization meeting with Rwebikwato youth group

members of Kahunge S/C

Compiled by

Geoffrey B.
Programs Coordinator KALI.