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PEACEBUILDERS: Truce 2020 CONFLICT: East London RUNNING COSTS : £82,000 pa
“The ancient Olympic truce was only temporary. Our Truce 2020 project in London’s East End brings alive that tradition but we intend to make it permanent.”
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Truce 20/20 Story
The Truce 20/20 project is rooted in an age old Olympic tradition. In ancient Greece, from the seventh day before the games opened to the seventh day after they closed, conflicts stopped so that athletes, artists and spectators could travel safely to and from Olympia. Truce 20/20 develops conflict resolution skills in young people aged 16-21 who then go on to develop peace building projects in their community making Newham a safer and more welcoming place for the London Olympics.
How Truce 2020 works
Young people are trained in the skills of conflict resolution, mediation and running workshops through an accredited course. This gives them the confidence to work with their peers in local schools and youth organisations. By developing personal skills, they learn to manage their own attitudes to anger and violence, learning lessons that will last a lifetime.
The Truce young people get a unique chance to meet Peace Direct’s international peacebuilders from ‘hot conflict areas”. To date they’ve heard first hand about conflict and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kashmir and Mozambique.
Key Achievements
- Over 90 “ graduates” of Truce 2020
- Providing training in conflict resolution and events to over 950 people including peers at youth clubs and schools
- Forming their own Steering Group which takes responsibility and leadership of project development
- Representing the UK in an international conference on leadership and peacebuilding in Cyprus (summer 2008) and at a British Council Intercultural programme in Slovakia (May 2009)
- Presenting at a police appeal for the Adam Regis murder appeal
- Winner of Peerlink awards 2009
We say
“There’s so much negative media coverage of young people but Truce 2020 tells another story. A story of commitment, challenge and achievement that can change communities long beyond the 2012 Games.” Klaudia Brezna, Truce 2020 Project Manager
Jan 2010 Tune in to Truce
Our peacebuilders were live on air this Sunday 10 January 8-10pm.
You can listen to the programme here
BBC London interviewed peacebuilder Albino Forquilha from Mozambique and three young people, Sohail, Isha and Arnaud, from our Truce programme in Newham. Listeners phoned in with questions and encouragement and you can access the programme online.
Albino visited the Truce project in November and The Independent newspaper covered his trip. Read the article to find out more about Albino’s work in post conflict Mozambique and what he and the Truce young people learnt from each other.
Jun 2009 Truce 2020 showcase event
Andre Mpeke (Truce course 2), “I thought the event was great. It was a good opportunity to spread the word and I felt that it was also a good opportunity to reflect on the path I’be gone through, not just in regards to conflict resolution but in my life. It has reminded me of what I’ve learned, who I was then and who I am today”.
Janine Francois (Truce course 4), “The event was a good chance to meet different peoples who have a say in decision making. We were able to inform them on the work we have done and the opportunities that are available to us as young people. It was a good way to show young people doing positive things and making changes”
May 2009 Newham Youngsters set for National Awards
Arnaud Mpeke, 19 from Stratford is on the shortlist for Best Peer Trainer for his work in local schools on the “Big Up Cool Down” project organised by Conflict & Change.
Meanwhile the Truce 2020 Steering Group of seven young people have been nominated in the Best Group category. They are, Fiaza Muhammed, 21,Geurda Bondonga,19, Andre Campbell-Evans, 22,Henry Katende,19,Janine Francois,21,Anneka Ariyo,18 and Arsha Qamar, 20.
Truce 2020, now in its second year, is part funded by Newham Council and run by Peace Direct and Conflict & Change. Around seventy young people have attended the Truce training and many have since gone on to work with young people in local schools, youth clubs and other organisations.
The National Peerlink Awards will be held next month at the Royal Horticultural Conference Centre near Westminster.
Hannah Pennock, Truce Project Manager said, “To be shortlisted for these awards is a huge pat on the back for all the Truce participants, and Arnaud in particular. So often there are only negative stories about young people and this is a chance to show the positive side.”
Klaudia Balerdi, Secondary Schools and Youth Officer who nominated Arnaud for the award said, “”I’m very lucky to work with a young person who is so committed, enthusiastic and ambitious as Arnaud. We’re very proud to have him on board of the Truce 20/20 project. We’ll all be keeping our fingers crossed that he wins.”
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