Delegate & Pioneer Programmes

In Iraq, camp 07 graduate Abdul Karim organised the Peace Football League under the Youth Voices programme in Thi-Kar, Nasiriya.

The popular project was a big success and was supported by the local community, including the Thi-Kar Police Department, Health Directorate as well as the local the Ahwar Radio station.

The programme included lectures on civic participation, the role youth can play in the political process, awareness and reconciliation in war-torn Iraq.

May 2009 marked the beginning of Lesotho’s first projects launched by Camp 08 graduate Mohlala Mopeli.

He has targeted 700 females and 500 males aged between 10-26 for three Training Programmes and one Non-Training Programme to be completed before the end of the year.

Mohlala took advantage of the Lepereng Olympafrica Centre in Maresu District to host his projects as the area is affected by political instability and religious divisions.

As well as Generations For Peace content, Mohlala included training on life skills, with particular focus on the inclusion of girls and women into community activities / life.

The Empowering Women for Excellence initiative (EWEI) held Generations For Peace sports sessions in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Camp 08 graduate Safia Ibn Garba welcomed 277 students who took part in sport sessions as part of the Let Her Play campaign. This included football, basketball, table tennis and softball with equipment improvised for some of the games.

EWEI, a non-governmental organisation committed to creating a peaceful environment for students, organised the sessions aimed at boosting girls’ participation in sports, eliminating gender divides and creating a peaceful environment where students can work together in peace.

Camp 07 graduate Naila Kharroub, principal at the Dar Al Kalima School, is working to implement peaceful attitudes and lifestyles through different activities, especially sports.

During the first September of the school year in 2008, 270 girls and boys used sport to learn team-building, acceptance of wins and losses, learning and sharing new skills, and implementing the values of sports.

With a mix of Muslims and Christians, coming from towns and villages as well as refugee camps, the second semester saw peace building used through creating relationships between students of various backgrounds.

Aziz has been implementing Generations For Peace programmes from the top down and held a peace conference for 80 teachers and youth leaders in his native Afghanistan.

Held in the Nangarhar Province with support funding from Relief International Afghanistan, his conference was well covered by the local media who highlighted the effects of workshop and training sessions on topics such as conflict resolution, leadership and project development.

Maji Peterx, who was one of 14 Nigerian delegates at Camp 08, organised a training workshop with 20 religious leaders from the Jos troubled area which suffered religious strife especially in 2008.

The participants, which included 10 Christians and 10 Muslims, discussed ways in which they could impart awareness to the new generations to avoid such conflict in the future.

The workshop covered topics on Trust and Relationship Building, Conflict Management and Mitigation, while focusing on how to see that all work together to end/reduce religious conflict and avoid being used by politicians.