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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? |
In
our domains of action we have seen both progress and most recently some
setbacks in efforts towards a culture of peace and non-violence.
Peace
education initiatives in schools have been well received and their
effectiveness has been noted with the reduction in reported incidences
of conflicts, in-school fires, and other violent incidences causing
severe damage and human casualties perpetrated by students especially
in boarding schools.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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There
are several important obstacles that prevent progress in the peace
culture among youth and cause agitation within school systems and
communities. They include drug abuse and alcoholism that make many
young people irrational and volatile, negative peer pressure,
indiscipline, and most lethal of all poverty, that pushes many young
people into a hostile life of violence and crime for the sake of
survival.
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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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Peace
it Together Campaign: www.unoy.org. Nepad APRM-We are fully engaged in
the ongoing transformation of Africa’s peace, security and
governance terrain through involvement in NEPAD process that underlines
peace, security and good governance as basic prerequisites for the
renewal of the African Continent. The APRM is a critical instrument for
building the capacities to implement these reforms. Amani Africa:
‘Addressing the root causes and causalities of conflict in
high schools in urban areas and forging a path to a lasting
peace’ It involves making peace education a component of
schools curriculum, initiated in a dynamic and youth affable methods,
such as clubs, debates, poetry and essay writing competitions, arts and
sporting events etc. The intention of Amani Africa is to facilitate
renewed and better coordinated support for early and decisive action to
prevent or resolve conflict, by making available peace-building
mechanisms to schools,-and young people everywhere in general-as well
as encouraging increased liberal interactions within and between the
student body and staff associates, so as:
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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? |
To
effectively address the root causes of conflict we must first find a
way to annihilate or at least drastically reduce the evil of poverty by
creating an enabling environment for poverty reduction and community
development. We need to communicate more, communicate better and work
conscientiously to build even stronger bridges of understanding that in
turn will bring us closer to a more just and peaceful world.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
World
Youth Peace Summit, Oxfam International Youth Parliament, International
Young Professionals Foundation, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS,
ActAlive, ARYI, UNOY Peacebuilders, WSIS Youth Caucus, UN Youth, UN
Habitat, Africapeacenet, NGO-ICT
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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)? |
Control
Arms Campaign, Peace It Together, Amani Africa-Peace Education Program
(including psychosocial support, entrepreneurship and life-skills
training) and other peace building initiatives especially targeting
youth, children, orphans and young women who are all very vulnerable,
in the belief that we can teach them how to embrace the peace culture,
and even if their parents and the elders choose to resolve conflict by
picking up arms they in turn will know, and choose the (better way)
most pacifistic means of resolving disputes and also help facilitate
reconciliation. We will continue to encourage the reaffirmation of
faith in the equal and inalienable rights and inherent dignity for all
people by recognizing the foundation of freedom, justice and peace for
all members of the human family.
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Postal address of organization
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E-mail address of organization
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connilia55@yahoo.com
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Website address of organization
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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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Democratic participation
third: Sustainable development
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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Our actions are national across Kenya
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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