| Posted: April 21 2005,05:24 |
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PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade? |
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Cameroon Association for the Protection and Education of the Child
(CAPEC) is a national NGO dedicated to the promotion of children’s
welfare especially the rural child who suffers so much neglect and
abuse. Poor living condition and lack of basic rights, we entrance
their human dignity and raise their physical and educational levels in
a meaningful, lasting way. Our vision is of a community in which all
children realize their full potential in societies that respect
people’s rights and dignity. For every child, health, education,
equality and protection.
As NGO dedicated to children’s welfare, our fundamental value of:
Respecting children’s rights and their dignity and opposition to all forms of abuse, discrimination and neglect.
Supporting
the elimination of poverty. Child labour, child trafficking and the
promotion of children’s development and progressive removal of wide
disparities in living standards.
-Advance on all forms of child abuse especially child domestic labour and its worst forms
CAPEC has made tremedous progress towards a Culture of Peace and Non-violence: (2001-2005)
-Information dissemination to the Cameroonian population by way of newspaper articles, letters to the media, and reports .
- Networking with other peace activists and conflict resolution CSOs locally and internationally.
- Conflict resolution initiatives to highlight the need to solve conflicts peacefully.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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- Lack of proper sensitisation of the population by government and NGO Organisation.
-Absence of commitment by governments to deal with the governance questions that cause and sustain conflicts.
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Limited media interest and coverage most especially the International
media towards the tribal conflict in Cameroonian villages
-Lack of financial resources
-Insecurity
-Lack of infrastructures(eg, transport means, equipment etc
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ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
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In
partnership with UNESCO Cameroon,CAPEC organised painting exhibition on
the culture of PEACE which saw the participation of more than 150
important personels.
CAPEC helps develop and support Student
Peace Clubs in more than 15 colleges where youth learn and practice
peacemaking strategies to employ in school, at home, and in the
community.
To create a forum for reconciliation between tribal villagers in Cameroon villages and assist then to map out boundaries.
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ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade? |
There
are so many individuals and agencies around the world dedicated to
peace and yet, we do not hear about them or learn of them in the local
or national news in the same way we hear of the suffering in the world.
The information we receive about violence and injustice in the
world is important of course in our understanding of people's lives and
learning how to respond, however, news of peace and solidarity gives
people hope. We need to come together and work to get this
information into our media sources as a means to inspire hope and to
unify us in all our efforts towards the common goal of peace.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
UNESCO-Cameroon
-National Commission for Human Rights and Freedom Cameroon
-United Nation Sub-Regional Centre for Human Rights
-UNICEF
-CRIN
-UNOY Peacebuilders
-Transperancy International
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PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)? |
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Postal address of organization
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BP 20646 Yaounde,Cameroon
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E-mail address of organization
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capecam2001@yahoo.com
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Website address of organization
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www.capec.net.tc
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Education for a culture of PEACE
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Equality of women
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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Cameroon
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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Sudan
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