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Coalition for Peace in Africa Women in Peace Leadership (WPL) Report on the In-Country trainings

Date: From 14th – 29thJune 2010

Countries: - Kenya, Uganda, Somalia and Ethiopia.

Background

After the one year Women in Peace Leadership programme came to an end in April 2010, COPA sought a No Cost Extension from Pact Inc. under the PEACE II… Continue

Added by Coalition for Peace in Africa on July 26, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Coalition for Peace in Africa YOUTH PLATFORM FOR CHANGE (YP4C) - CONSULTATIVE FORUM REPORTS

The Youth Platform for Change (YP4C) initiative to reach out to the youth of Kenya has so far been a successful journey. The platform carried out two forums of the National Youth Conversation on Agenda 4 and Peace Building with youth from different areas in Nairobi.

The aim of having these forums included sharing the idea of the National Youth Conversation and let them own it, learn from them on other possible entry points to the youth and gauge their commitment to the program. The for… Continue

Added by Coalition for Peace in Africa on June 25, 2010 at 6:16pm — No Comments

Coalition for Peace in Africa The Youth Platform Consultative Meeting

Background

The Youth Platform for Change is an initiative of three organizations: Coalition for Peace in Africa (COPA), Safer Nairobi Coalition (SANA) and Kenya Youth Parliament (KYP). This initiative seeks to bring together the opinion of youth leaders at the grassroots level and young people generally, students and student leaders in colleges and Universities, local youth groups and youth organizations countrywide in… Continue

Added by Coalition for Peace in Africa on April 28, 2010 at 2:05pm — No Comments

Coalition for Peace in Africa Peace Building Training

Coalition for Peace in Africa (COPA) will for the period 28th June to 8th July 2010 conduct a 11 day peace building training in Nairobi for practitioners working in the fields of peace, development, relief and international organizations from the Great Lakes, East Africa and the Horn of Africa.

The training is ideal for practitioners who would like to build their capacities in different thematic areas relating to peace building and conflict transformation. It will best serve the needs… Continue

Added by Coalition for Peace in Africa on April 21, 2010 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Coalition for Peace in Africa FUNDAMENTAL FOUNDATION FOR PEACE BUILDERS COURSE IN HARGEISA

Introduction

The root causes of conflicts in Somalia range from colonial factors to clan politics, exclusion to other complex reasons that they can not be simplified through the lens of an ordinary person. Some tend to give various reasons for conflicts but critics argue that struggle for power, abuse of power and access to resources are the major causes of conflicts in Somalia.

What Somalia needs to do is to device a common platform… Continue

Added by Coalition for Peace in Africa on March 30, 2010 at 2:26pm — No Comments

Coalition for Peace in Africa The Trauma Awareness Project

History of how the project was born

Though the 2007/2008 post election violence in Kenya affected all parts of the country, some of the regions were more affected than others especially in terms of loss of human lives, displacements, destruction of property and breakdown of social cohesion. Rift valley province and especially Eldoret and its environs were the epicenters of the violence and today, happenings that took place in these areas have be… Continue

Added by Coalition for Peace in Africa on March 30, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Coalition for Peace in Africa Third Module of Women Peace Leadership Programme (WPLP)

The third module of the Women Peace Leadership Training Programme took place in March 2010 at the PCEA Guest House, Nairobi. The training brought together 22 women from Kenya, Somali, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan.

The aim of this training was to empower the women by building their capacities through elements of training, sharing of experiences and field visits. The knowledge and skills acquired from the training is to enable them to make choices that will transform them as leaders in pe… Continue

Added by Coalition for Peace in Africa on March 30, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Coalition for Peace in Africa Get involved! Equip 50 Somali women with peace leadership skills

Somalia is yearning for peace. New solutions need to be found.

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Added by Coalition for Peace in Africa on March 26, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

patience dzame kombo Second module of Women Peace Leadership Programme (WPLP)

The second training week of the Women Peace Leadership Programme (WPLP) took place in Nairobi, Kenya.
This was the second module of the three modules scheduled in the WPLP programme.

The training brought together a total of 25 women from Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia. The women were taken through sessions of training to empower them in peace leadership so that their voices can be heard and their roles in peace building can be recognized in their communities. The progr… Continue

Added by patience dzame kombo on December 14, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

patience dzame kombo First module of Women Peace Leadership Programme



Women’s voices are rarely heard in post conflict reconstructions; nor are their contributions acknowledged.

This is more so the case in the conflict prone clusters of Somalia and Karamoja (the border region of Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia). This realization formed the breeding ground for the Women Peace Leadership Programme (WPLP), a joint effort between COPA and Pact Inc with the financial support of USAID.
Part of the invisibility of females has been attributed… Continue

Added by patience dzame kombo on August 24, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

patience dzame kombo COPA member appointed in Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission Kenya



Prominent COPA member Tecla Namachanja Wanjala has been sworn in as member of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) in Kenya.
Tecla is one of the founders of COPA. Her experience in peace building is extensive. She has set up and managed camps for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) during the ethnic clashes surrounding the Kenyan General Elections in 1992. For seven years she worked as the coordinator of the Peace and Development Network of the NGO Counci… Continue

Added by patience dzame kombo on August 10, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

patience dzame kombo Bringing the Kenya Burning exhibition to the youth



The Kenya Burning exhibition was one of the most explicit and memorable accounts of the Post-Election Violence 2007/2008 after the General Elections in Kenya.


After the exhibition officially ended, youth and peace building organisations cooperated to bring this exposition to the youth as a learning experience. A total of 18 peace clubs from different secondary schools in Nairobi were targeted – coming from Huruma, Kibera, Dandora, Eastleigh, Jericho/ Jogoo Road and P… Continue

Added by patience dzame kombo on August 10, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

patience dzame kombo New COPA board




The new COPA board has been installed.


Ensuring a good balance in regions, expertise and commitment to COPA and her vision and mission, the members of the Board are:



Pauline Dempers, Namibia, acting Chair


Ruth Thomas, Kenya,
Treasurer


Levy Ndikumana, Burundi, Member

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Added by patience dzame kombo on July 20, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

patience dzame kombo Connecting trauma management and peace building leaves major impact

The trauma awareness project for local communities in the Eldoret and Mount Elgon areas in Kenya is well on its way.

After training community facilitators in both areas in February and March, the trauma forums on the ground for local communities are now taking place. With significant results and breakthroughs.

In Burnt Forest, a community forum held for 20 women (10 Kikuyu and 10 Kalenjin) resulted in the Kikuyu women relocating back to their farms with their families. Until… Continue

Added by patience dzame kombo on July 10, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

patience dzame kombo Creating and sustaining positive change in the Karamoja cluster



Coalition for Peace in Africa (COPA) has developed a peacebuilding course specifically designed for peace practitioners in the Karamoja cluster.
“Creating and sustaining positive change in the Karamoja cluster” is tailor-made in close cooperation with Practical Action and Oxfam UK. Practical Action is an international development agency working with the poor to help them choose and use technology, to facilitate them improving their lives today and for generations to come.
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Added by patience dzame kombo on May 11, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Coalition for Peace in Africa "Kenya in focus" - COPA contributes to the learning journey of the Conflict Transformation Collaborative

The Conflict Transformation Collaborative (CTC) is a global learning community of veteran practitioners in the field of conflict transformation.

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Added by Coalition for Peace in Africa on April 6, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

patience dzame kombo Community caregivers trained in trauma awareness (Eldoret, Kenya)


Coalition for Peace in Africa (COPA) carried out a trauma awareness project in Eldoret. Community caregivers from local partners were trained by COPA in conducting and organizing trauma healing meetings for their communities. The Post-Election Violence that erupted in Kenya at the start of 2008 may have ended; but many communities are still trying to cope with its aftermath. In many cases the wounds that are left to be healed are invisible with communities suffering from psychological and… Continue

Added by patience dzame kombo on February 20, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

patience dzame kombo COPA delivers workshops on Conflict & Health in Ireland



Coalition for Peace in Africa was invited to share its expertise on conflict and health with medicine students in Dublin, Ireland.

“Global Determinants of Health and Development” is a special interest course aimed at improving the students’ understanding of the relationship between global health and international development. The course is the result of a partnership between COPA’s strategic partner Skillshare International and Trinity College Dublin.

Within th… Continue

Added by patience dzame kombo on February 16, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

patience dzame kombo Start of new course:Making Change Happen-Challenges for Peace-building Practice



COPA has successfully introduced a brand new short course for experienced peace practitioners.


“Making Change Happen: Challenges for Peacebuilding Practice” focuses on the latest thinking on change processes and peace-building practice.


With participants from all over Africa (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya) the first edition of this course is a unique opportunity for pea

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Added by patience dzame kombo on February 16, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

patience dzame kombo COPA develops trauma training manual



The subject of trauma among peace and development organizations has become critical with the reality that many victims of violence continue to harbor resentment and sentiments of revenge while at the same time perpetrators of violence are suspended in states of guilt.

The premise of conflict transformation work is that conflict also creates opportunity for changing those involved for positive outcomes. Based on this understanding COPA intends to contribute to peacebuilding… Continue

Added by patience dzame kombo on January 20, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

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