“CfPS organises monthly meetings in the Blue Nile to explore peacebuilding opportunities and spread awareness about the coming elections. Achievements Copies of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) were distributed amongst communities. Five volunteers from each town assisted the organisation of the meetings. Government authorities approved the meeting and even sent representatives to participate. The committee [...]
Archive: January 2009
Sudan Blue Nile community meetings
21 January 20092009 Planned Activity
18 January 2009Peace Direct is continuing its support of Coalition for Peace and Unity in Afghanistan (CPAU) by providing core funding for the Farza Peace Council. Farza is a district outside of Kabul and in 2005 was declared the most peaceful district in Afghanistan. Originally, the council was supported by the Centre for Peace and Afghan Unity [...]
NGOs fear government crackdown
18 January 2009“I was lucky enough to work in Sri Lanka during a period of relative peace from 2003 to 2006, leaving just before the escalation of the conflict which has culminated with the situation we see today. Back then was a time for hope and I remember the regular sight of coachloads of Buddhist pilgrims travelling [...]
Elections & Ethiopian withdrawal
12 January 2009“I am heading off to Djibouti from 15 to 30 January. People are vying for the presidency – there had been a plan to have a very limited election in Baidoa but we have fought against this for a much broader process in Djibouti. Under the TFG charter the election should have happened within ten [...]
Elections
06 January 2009“Assembly elections have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir and for the last four months we have been organising women’s groups across the region who’ve been fighting to be heard on a number of issues, including domestic violence. The elections were a long extended process, stretching over seven phases! It has taken three months to [...]
Ashima interview
01 January 2009Here Ashima gives her insight into the situation on the ground and her priorities for peace. Why did you become a peacebuilder? I became a peacebuilder to rebuild relationships basically. I was deeply, deeply pained by the disintegration of communities which had previously co-existed with a sense of tolerance and acceptance of difference. We Kashmiris [...]
