“After many years they sent us a ‘medical caravan’ because they know now that there is no tension and the area is calm.” Naema – a local midwife Last month in a dusty village in South Kordofan a healthcare ‘caravan’ arrived to provide medical services to two tribes. The caravan stayed for three days and [...]
Archive: July 2010
Islands of peace in Kashmir
27 July 2010It has been a diffcult summer for Ashima with demonstrations and curfews across the Kashmir Valley. Since June 11 Indian police and paramilitary forces have been accused of killing 15 civilians – four of them women. The curfew has brought the valley to a standstill, and for Ashima this means not only heightened insecurity but also that she is unable to [...]
From Local to National Peacebuilding
23 July 2010Many professionals working in conflict areas recognise that peacebuilding and statebuilding ultimately depend on the efforts of local people and institutions. Yet local peacebuilding is often equated with community-level projects that are too small for governments to handle and that can only have a limited impact. Peace Direct believes that locally led peacebuilding can operate [...]
Rebuilding lives in DR Congo
13 July 2010Omari spends his days working the land and running his own small business in the city of Rugenge, in eastern DR Congo. Behind what appears to be a quiet and peaceful life, is the story of a man who spent more than a decade fighting in the bush as a rebel soldier and who would [...]
Resolving conflict in South Kivu
08 July 2010In Kiromoni, a village in eastern Congo, two women had threatened to kill each other because of a past debt. Their communities had been drawn into the conflict which had grown intense in recent months over the dispute. This community, torn apart by bloody conflict and suffering intense poverty, was failing to solve this escalating [...]
DRC: 50 years of Independence
08 July 2010WALL OF HOPE June 30 was the anniversary of 50 years of independence in DR Congo and local peacebuilder Henri Ladyi worked with the local community in Beni to celebrate with a peace procession involving the national police, state services and all members of the community. Traditional music and dance brought the community together and [...]
