Peace Realms

PEACE REALMS is a platform that allow peace advocates from different parts of the world to share their experiences in peacebuilding and future expectations.

Lloyd Jarrison (April)

I joined peace building work in 2013 under Ecumenical Church Leaders Forum (ECLF). Zimbabwe had experienced a violent election in 2008, and the church leadership in Zimbabwe led by Bishop Ambrose Moyo created a platform that brought church leaders together in spite of denominational and doctrinal differences. The sole idea was to bring the church leaders together to tackle the issue of peace and become a respectable voice in the nation of Zimbabwe.

The program was embraced by church leaders first and later by politicians. After going through CPMRT workshop offered by ECLF, I was chosen to be a member of a district peace committee and later went on for a Training of Trainers workshop and became a facilitator. I was privileged to be appointed the District coordinator for Chitungwiza and later a provincial coordinator for Harare vice versa.

I have done a few courses with Peace Operations Training Institute (UN) on Ethics in Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution.

Namataa Katukula(September)

I started my peacebuilding work in high school through a program called "Dreams".Dreams is a platform that is helping young women to focus on a future that is free from HIV and imagine a future full of possibilities. This project was embraced by Project Hope in schools across Namibia.In 2014 I participated in the AU student summit at the University of Namibia where I represented my country and I design different mechanisms of peace in Africa like violence prevention e.g. Conflict resolution between young people of South Africa and Zimbabwe.While in University, I joined a group of students who were financially challenged and embarked upon peace coordination and soliciting of funds, which was done successfully. I was later offered a job as a student assistant.In 2017, I joined an international organization called Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, a political foundation that looks into different peace mechanisms. I worked on different projects like: ✓African - European political party dialogue ✓Youth Leadership Development Program(YLDP).✓For Expertise on Social Protection(FESP).To mention a few.In 2021, I join Center for Peace Building Organization and I became Namibian National Coordinator.As the new National coordinator, I immediately put together a group of people, mostly youths in 14 regions and 121 Constituencies. We have attended a few workshops with different organizations such as, Zambezi regional council, National youth Council with which we are now affiliated to. We attended workshops on SDGs, GBV, yellow - suicide prevention and some other workshop sponsored by UNDP & UNFP.Recently, from 19th-23rd of September, we attended a launch of Youth Connect Namibia where we spoke to a number of reputable funding organizations, NGOs and government officials who are willing to work with us in executing our activities.Our plans for the future include planning and working together with our sister organizations in order to cover every part of Namibia.We plan to affiliate ourselves with other NGOs and organizations and to have offices in all our 14 regions so as to ensure that we reach the grassroots.Education is the key to peace. It provides young people with information and skills – to be resilience in promoting peace and development in our communities.

Etienne Ndayegamiye(October)

My journey as a Peacebuilder began in 2015 where i participated in a training on alternative to violence which was organized by THARS. From 2016 to 2017, I participated in a commission to mobilize students for the "NDAKUNDA UBURUNDI" movement initiated by Greenland Alliance. That same year, I participated in a training on peaceful conflict resolution and non-violence.

In 2018 and during the first part of 2019 I facilitated a training on social reintegration of returnees and establishment of peace clubs in schools. In 2019, I join the Africa Peacebuilding Institute in south Africa. From 2017-2021, I embarked on coaching and supervising peace clubs in secondary schools in the province of Kirundo with the aim of socially integrating repatriated students.

In 2021, I participated in an online training organized by GLI. That same year, I joined Center for peacebuilding organizations and was appointed the National Coordinator of CFPO-BURUNDI.

As the National Coordinator, I brought together other Key people in the regions, provinces and communes of Burundi for Peacebuilding work. Our future plan is to collaborate with other National and international NGOs to carry out our programs.

Ali Osman (November)

My journey as a climate change activist and social activist began in the year 2018 when I participated in the Sudanese youth negotiations on climate change. I learned that climate change affects society, especially Sudan, due to the lack of strong infrastructure and because of wars and conflict in areas affected by climate change.

Climate justice plays a major role in building peace and security.

Peacebuilding scholars and practitioners increasingly recognize that sustainable peace requires more than cognitive, rational engagement. In the conflicts that plague our world today, violence too often insinuates itself into the psyches and spirits, the bodies and souls of children and adults. These conflicts are not amenable to transformation through rational processes alone. They require modes of expression that embrace paradox and give voice to thoughts and feelings that defy words.

My future expectations center on the realization that in building peace, we must take into account the economic, social, and environmental aspects, for the sake of peace and for a better life, so as to be able to address the root issues.

Moses Sinkala (December)

Event yet to happen.

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