“I’m currently based deep in the jungle, in a place called Aveba. Although it’s only 380km from Beni it took me almost a week to get here, travelling over mountains and through deep water. For eight days I have been negotiating safe passage for a 250-strong gang of armed militia. They wanted to come out [...]
Archive: 2007
Two-hundred and fifty militia lay down their weapons
18 June 2007Sudan CfPS early developments
21 May 2007Background to the Collaborative for Peace “The Collaborative for Peace (CfP) was formed from a meeting organised by Peace Direct and PACT in September 2006. 17 peacebuilding organisations from North and South Sudan were invited to a gathering in Khartoum to learn about each others’ work in peacebuilding. Very quickly the participants recognised how much [...]
Graduation
07 May 2007“I am delighted to write to you with the news that 36 women have just graduated from the School in Santander de Quilichao. We’re so proud of them. Each made a real and true commitment. Most of the women are very poor; for them to pay to travel long distances to attend between 40 and [...]
Women’s Skin
07 March 2007“The outreach programme in Santander is coming to an end. It’s been an incredibly rich and fruitful process for us all. Three women from the course are now standing for election in the local councils, one as Mayor. It’s incredible; they are women with little formal education but they are so strong in spirit. The [...]
