| Posted: May 09 2005,14:02 |
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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? |
After
the organization of several campaigns in the four corners of Sierra
Leone, the Youth Movement for Peace and Non-Violence in collaboration
with Ministry of Youths and Sports, the United Nations Mission in
Sierra Leone DDR/UNV (Funders) the Sierra Leone Football Association
and the National Sports Council have helped immensely in ameliorating
the violent situation amongst young people in primary, Secondary,
Tertiary Institutions and Universities.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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War
and violence. After the decade old war youths in schools and other
institutions were mixed up with former combatants so as integrate them
into society but it turned out to almost a failure in achieving it aims
and objectives as those taken to these schools became examples for
those they met and the once peaceful school sporting competitions
became marred with violence and revenge which was due to some imported
hatred from amongst former combatants, as we use to have in our hands
different factions during war such as the R.U.F, the Camajors, Gbeties,
Tamamborors and the A.F.R.C which makes schools polluted with
hatredness as some students decided to support groups that came from
their home towns or tribes.
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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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Workshops
to deal with problems: With these youths, the Youth Movement for Peace
and Non-Violence came up with the Campaign Against Violence in Games
and Sports and was funded by the United Nations Mission in Sierra
Leone. We train young about non-violence in games and sports,
Peace-Building, Human Rights, gender equality, tolerance and
citizenship. So as to inform them about the dangers found in violence.
We also remind them about their role in promotion of peace and
non-violence amongst themselves.
Games and Sports: in all the
regions were the YMPNV/ Life-Link Friendship-Schools existed we
organized workshops and football and volleyball marches. With these the
usual tension between young people in Games and Sports have reduced
drastically and students have started looking at themselves as partners
in development Especially when we are found as a country in the bottom
United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Human Development Index.
This time we have succeeded in bringing the youths to realize that our
next target is how we can join other countries in working towards the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Finally, we had almost every
school in Sierra Leone participate in the Campaign Against Violence in
Games and Sports in Schools. About fifteen thousand school children
participated all over the country between the month of October 2004 and
March 2005.
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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? |
We
are now calling on the United Nations, Life-Link Friendship-Schools,
UNESCO and all other Peace promoting agencies to do all things humanly
possible to let the future generations to live in a better, Healthy
Environment.
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
Part of the Life-Link Friendship-Schools network.
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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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44b Malamah Thomas Street P.M.B.341, Freetown, SIERRA LEONE
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E-mail address of organization
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youthmovement@ympnv.org
ympnv@ympnv.org
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Website address of organization
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http://www.ympnv.org
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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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Understanding, tolerance, solidarity
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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International
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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