EVENTS

MAPS workshop organized by Centre for Peacebuilding Organizations and Parvati Foundation. 

Held on Sunday 13th February 2022

About the Guest speakers

1. Rina Barouch-Bentov is the Alliance Coordinator Co-Lead for Parvati Foundation. Rina obtained degrees in Biology with Psychology and a PhD degree in Immunology from Bar Ilan University (Israel).

2. Mr. Ambrose Tsibu-Darko is a MAPS Ambassador and the Founder and Executive Director of The Home for Youth Development organization (HYDO) based in Ghana. Ambrose is a social activist that has been developing and leading many social and economic interventions, projects and programs since 2013.

About the workshop:

For millions of years, the Arctic Ocean has regulated the atmospheric currents, ocean currents, and weather patterns that sustain our lives.

But it has changed drastically in the past decades. Today, there is 75% less Arctic sea ice in the summer than there was just 50 years ago. As a result, the world's weather patterns have become unstable with greater floods, fires, droughts, and other natural disasters—leading to displacement, unrest, and water and hunger crises. At the same time, military and commercial interests are taking advantage of the Arctic Ocean in its vulnerable state and doing even more damage. This is an

under-reported global emergency.

The workshop unraveled the current state of Arctic Ocean exploitation and militarization, and the global consequences— as well as the singular opportunity presented by the Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary (MAPS)

Centre for Peacebuilding Organizations at the first grant readiness workshop organize by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on NGO Affiars on Saturday 26th 2022 at the Kwara Hotel, Ilorin Kwara state Nigeria.

At the workshop is Mrs. Rukevwe Uvietesivwi, C.E.O of Smartegic Outcome and co-facilitators, Mr. Haruna AbdulRahman Enoch, former country Director for Better life program for the African rural women, Toni Adeleke(Olive Community development initiative) and Mr. Raphael Olusegun (Bundles care). 

The main goal of the workshop is to support member NGOs in becoming leading development project implementing partners for Impact-minded Kwarans (at home and in the diaspora), the private sector, foundations, and developmental agencies from around the world.

Despite the emergence of a democratic revolution across many corners of African continent, the political resonance of Africa's decolonization and efforts at nation-building are still greeted with new levels of instability. New armed conflicts situations abound in the continent.

On Monday 20th, August 2022, Center for Peacebuilding Organizations organize a webinar to shed more light on militarization in Africa and to also put forward practical solutions to the increasing menace that has been holding the continent down. 

 Francis Matambirofa is one of the Guest speaker. He is a peace advocate whose principal propulsion uniquely takes origin from his training and teaching of African languages whilst using a comperative perspective. He is Professor (PhD) of Languages, Literature and Culture.

His peace building initiative is rigorously anchored upon drawing attention to African people's shared communalistic Unhu/Ubuntu ethos.

 He believes that it is critical to remind Africans that they are blood brothers and sisters. It is hoped that in so doing, a vivid demonstration of this fact through language will help reduce discrimination and the incidence of conflict thereby inversely increasing the uptake of the peace initiatives, especially, among youths who constitute Africa's critical mass, now and the future.

Hella Jinsella is a London-based peace advocate. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Demilitarise Education. Jin is using her creativity, strategy and project development skills to empower young people working towards peace. A passionate people's person, Jin hosts a weekly IGLIVE show @dED_UCATION called dED Talks which explores the global fight for peace by talking to modern day peacemakers.

The current Russia-Ukrainian conflict has been a thing of concern to many. Its ripple effect on both countries and the world calls for urgent intervention. 

Developing countries, particularly the African countries are not spared as food prices and other essential commodities continue to rise.

 Some of the media outlets charged with the responsibility of educating and informing the general puplic are busy making the situation worse by peddling all kinds of lies and propaganda capable of fueling the conflict instead of quenching it. 

And consequently, with lies and propaganda everywhere, a number of youth are misguided and brainwashed and left at the mercy of unscrupulous political leaders.

"Russia-Ukrainian Conflict: causes, damages and way to peace" is a webinar that shed more light on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine with the sole aim of unveiling the truth in the face of collective delusion. And the need to uphold Diplomacy and sincere dialogue in entrenching peace in Ukraine and the entire human race.

On the 30th of July 2021 Centre for Peacebuilding Organizations participated in the international conference organize by  international peace bureau(IPB), to analysis and develop practical action plan to address the world's increasingly dangerous disorder.

On the 25th - 26th of June 2022, Centre for Peacebuilding Organizations participated in PEACE WAVE organize by International Peace Bureau(ipb) and World BEYOND WAR to speak up for peace and cooperation, the scaling back and dismantling of military alliances, the disarmament of governments, and the democratization and strengthening of international institutions of nonviolent cooperation and the rule of law.

On Saturday 16th, July 2022, Centre for Peacebuilding Organizations joined other veteran peace advocates and organizations on a webinar to promote the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

The Treaty on the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was made opened for signature at the United Nations in New York in September 2017 and entered into force on January 2021.

There are currently 86 signatories and 66 states parties.

Many of us were not born when the first Atomic bomb (A Bomb) landed in the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing and injuring thousands of people with lots of properties destroyed. The aftereffects of that explosion lingered for many years leaving a lot people with the feeling of regret and despair.

What followed was the advent of Hydrogen bomb simply referred to as the “H Bomb’’ which is more dangerous than the Atomic bomb.

 Seventy-seven (77) years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki incidents, the struggle against proliferation of nuclear weapons has been going on in different parts of the world with several peace movements both at local and international level taking the center stage. Workshops, seminars and conferences have been held for this noble cause.

On the 30th of July 2022, Centre for Peacebuilding Organizations participated in the world conference organize by international peace bureau - reflecting and speaking on prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons with a searchlight on peace and security in Asia and the entire human race.

At the conference is Joseph Gordon (USA), Hanna Middleton (Australia), Ludo De Brander (Belgium), Jun Chisaka (Japan) and Corazon Valdez-Fabros(Philippines) and other peace advocates across the globe.

Centre for Peacebuilding Organizations held a webinar on Non-violence as a tool for peace-making.

About the Speakers

1. Andre Sheldon is founder and director of Global Strategy of Nonviolence and the creator and developer of a new global peace movement called a GLOBAL MOVEMENT of NONVIOLENCE, For the Children (GMofNV).  A GMofNV is designed to unite the world and change our cultures of violence.

The plans for a GM of NV have been presented to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s staff

A GM of NV includes the structure and operating system to start and sustain the movement, with the funding, marketing and outreach, administration, implementation, the follow-up plans, and the leadership.

Andre Sheldon has a business background as a manager in restaurants, hotels, and country clubs

Andre has worked with Ms. Yolanda King, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King and Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

1.  Andre is a 20 year member of Women ‘s International League for Peace and Freedom, A 15 year member of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in the U.S, And an avid follower of CODEPINK, Women for Peace.

1. LLOYD JARRISON is a pastor and a peace practitioner in Zimbabwe and has been training communities in peacebuilding initiatives. 

REALMS OF PEACE is a platform where peace advocates from different parts of the world share their experiences in Peacebuilding and their future expectations.