| Posted: April 05 2005,08:28 |
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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? |
Yes,
we have been largely involve in dealing with conflict in rural villages
found in tropical places in the Upper denkyira destrict.
lot of progress has been achieved and we are hoping to further make progress in the second half of the campiagn.
We
have been successful bringing about peace between three rural and
tropical villages in ghana.they have also been educated on the
importance of tolerance......
The communities now meet together to
discuss development issues which was non existent previously as there
were conflict and litigation.
The upper denkyira district has seen a
lot of progress in chieftancy related issues as most have been dealt
with or withdrawn from law court for a more peaceful and traditional
settlement.
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OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
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What
we encountered most in our campaign was that the Media were unwilling
to support the campaign and those that did demanded money from the
campigners in other to cover the event...
Media houses were also not interested in the campign and largely the campaign in ghana was not adequately covered.
Therefore
the campaign was on a low key in Ghana.UN agencies were also not
helpful as they provided nothing in terms of materials to help...
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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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Each
year we partner with civil societies like Apeadu Peace Center,UNESCO
and other civil societies in marking the day...We have also been
closely linked with the UNOY PEACE IT TOGETHER campaign in our local
and rural communities...
Last year we partnered with UNESCO and
APC to have the day observed in ghana in a grand style as youth
from all over Ghana and sierra Leone took part......
Invited
dignatries were Mr. Joseph Oji UNV-Ghana programme officer, Abubakar of
UNESCO-Ghana,Global Citizens country representative,Victory Bible
church head pastor, a representative from Ghana Commission on culture
and a host of others....
A candle light vigile was observed, unesco pledge for peace was read and the dignataries spoke at lenghten about the Peace.
a full report will be post here later.....
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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? |
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PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace? |
GYAN-GHANA
APEADU PEACE CENTER
ANYP
UNOY
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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)? |
we
are are planning to have a gathering of civil society forums throught
the second half across the subreion of west africa to promote and
engage local communities in their catchment areas about the importance
of the campaign...
we have also began a series of consultation
with the ministry of education in Ghana and the West Africa examination
council to give due priority to peace education in the educational
curriculum...this is a collective actions from a number of civil
societies across the sub-region....
In other to achieve this a
data of NGO's working to promote the campaign will be collected to put
in place an effective cordinating unit in other to achieve the
objective set out in the campaign.
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Postal address of organization
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P.o.BOX 30604 KIA-ACCRA
GHANA-WEST AFRICA
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E-mail address of organization
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info@youngpeacebrigade.org
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Website address of organization
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www.youngpeacebrigade.org
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Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Sustainable Development
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Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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Education for a culture of Peace
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Highest priority country of action (or international)
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Ghana,Nigeria,Togo,Benin,Niger,Cote D'Voire
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Second priority country of action (or international)
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Spain
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