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COPA 2010 Annual Report
The 2010 Annual Report is presenting our work and the different programmes and activities we engaged in during the past year. We are looking at our successes, challenges and results that past year and consider the way forward for the coming years. Considering the emerging challenges for peace and stability in Africa, in addition to building capacities among peace practitioners and CSOs, COPA will continue seeking to engage with policy makers both at the national, regional and continental level in advocating for strengthened governance systems that at best serve the interest of its citizens and respects the rule of law. At COPA we are committed to enhance further our capacity to carry out research that will inform our interventions in both capacity building and advocacy programmes that respond to the identified needs. We will continue seeking to strengthen our partnerships with like minded organizations from the grassroots level to the continental level as a strategy to effectively advocate for issues aimed at cultivating a culture of peace in Africa.
“Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something
you are, and Something you give away.” Robert Fulghum
Download the report here: COPA 2010 Annual Report
Acknowledging our Peace Champions
Kenya like many countries worldwide has always marked 21stSeptember as the International Day of Peace since the UN permanently adopted the date in 2002. Since its inception, Peace Day has marked our personal and planetary progress toward peace. It has grown to include millions of people in all parts of the world, and each year events are organized to commemorate and celebrate this day.
In Kenya the 2010 International Day of Peace was marked by celebrating those who over the years had selflessly championed the course of peace, putting their lives at greater risk as they pursued peace amongst conflicting communities. COPA, as a peace building network decided to acknowledge the contribution of grassroots individual’s towards peace, through a public nomination process. The 5 top nominees were provided each a scholarship that enabled them to participate in a 10 day residential training “Building capacities for Peace” that took place in Nairobi from 1st– 11thNovember 2010.
This book is a tribute to all 83 nominated Peace champions celebrating their sacrifices and efforts which even though remain unnoticed have greatly contributed to a stable and peaceful society. It presents the stories of the peace champions submitted to COPA as narrated by them.
In Search of Healers
COPA in partnership with PACT Inc. and PACT Kenya is sharing through its publication ‘In Search of Healers’ the results of the study ‘On Trauma Healing and Breaking Cycles of Violence’ which began in 2008. The scope of the study included comprehending the apparent cycles of violence in Kenya, conceptualizing the nature of collective trauma, and outlining strategies and actions for healing, peacebuilding and conflict transformation. For a very long time, many agencies have struggled to link the healing of collective trauma to their peacebuilding and development work. This report is aiming to provide a modest response to this critical question in our theory and practice.
A Trauma Training Manual
This training module on trauma awareness has been designed with
community caregivers in mind. It is expected to assist those working at
the grassroots level to reach out to vulnerable and affected members of
the society and to empower them with skills that will help them to
positively deal with their traumatic experiences.
The manual focuses on trauma from a social and peace building perspective and in a way
that persons working with traumatized African societies can relate with.
It is useful for those seeking to understand trauma from the basic to the
complex level.
Women in Peace Leadership Programme Report
COPA in partnership with PACT’s PEACE II and USAID, developed the Women in Peace Leadership Program (WPLP) and used it to equip 25 women from PACT’s Karamoja and Somali clusters with the skills they need to boost their knowledge of peacebuilding and conflict management. This document contains the verbatim testimonies, submitted in writing, of some of these 25 women from Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan, who attended one or more of three workshops led by COPA held in Uganda and Kenya.
