Mega Training For Trainers In Peace Building And Conflict Transformation (ToT) And Workcamp In Kenya August 2005 Info Document
Training
Venue: Tentative to be confirmed.
Duration: 7 days
Dates: 8th –14th August 2005
Tentative Programme
Training in peace building and conflict transformation
August 2005, Kenya
Day One: August 2005
Morning session
Opening ceremony
Introductions
Overview of the programmes
Guidelines
Afternoon session
Contextualizing conflicts in Africa (part I)
Exercises & role-plays
Day Two: August 2005
Morning session
Contextualizing conflicts in Africa (part II)
Afternoon session
Exercises & role-plays
Day Three: August 2005
Morning session
Conflict transformation: tools for analysis (part I)
Afternoon session
Conflict transformation: tools for analysis (part II)
Exercises & role-plays
Day Four: August 2005
Morning session
Peace building: frameworks for building peace (part I)
Afternoon session
Peace building: frameworks for building peace (part II)
Exercises & role-plays
Day Five: August 2005
Morning session
Peace building: Response strategies (part I)
Afternoon session
Peace building: Response strategies (part II)
Exercises & role-plays
Day Six: August 2005
Morning session
Peace building and conflict transformation: visioning
Afternoon session
Concrete steps for action
Conclusion
Workcamp
Venue: Trans Mara-Kuria and Maasai communities
Duration: 10 days
Dates: 16th –26th August 2005
Participants: The work camp is proposed to have not more than 30 participants each that would have participated in the training for trainers moderated by Nairobi Peace Initiative-Africa and include volunteers from world student Christian Federation, Africa regional office, Kenya Voluntary Development Association (KVDA) and representatives of workcamp organizations within the great lakes region in collaboration with partners worldwide.
Implementation: This will be done by Kenya Voluntary Development Association in collaboration with members of the local communities
Aims/Objectives:
1. To translate the training themes in practice on peace building, conflict resolution and reconstruction.
Activities at work camp/strategy-
KVDA proposes to divide the 60 participants into two workcamps one in Kuria and another among the Maasai communities along the common border. This will ensure that we have a forum for the participants to address challenges that hinder cooperation between the two communities:
1. Work on manual project initiated by the local community as the bridge of community trust and communication. This will be done for a maximum of six hours per day. This will be construction of primary schools in the two camps.
2. Visit families for inter-cultural exchange on challenges of development.
3. Face-face meetings with community members from the two tribes to establish sources of conflicts and mentoring into the reconciliation process.
4. Implementation of training plan of action and recommendations on conflict resolution
5. Inter-cultural and cross-cultural exchange among the ethnic communities-2 groups at different venues Maasai and Kuria communities-Evening joint meetings-mid term evaluation-community participation.
6. Moving beyond cultural barriers to introduce the concept of a workcamp at the community level in order for them to understand the importance of volunteering that is an effective tool for transformation of society. Impact of workcamp in a conflict and post conflict situation
The voluntary service movement is a global platform for solidarity and peace work and focused to attain social justice as well as an environment for human harmony friendship and dialogue.
Majority of volunteering organizations that are membership, have a larger constituency and making it viable for replication of training modules in respective countries represented at the training and workcamp.
Follow up of the mega training through the global voluntary service network-CCIVS- would further enhance common actions as the CCIVS 2004 general assembly resolved peace building, conflict resolution and reconstruction as high priority areas and designated specific organizations to follow-up these actions. Kenya Voluntary Development Association (KVDA) was designated to follow up further actions within the CCIVS fraternity on peace work and the Nairobi peace Initiative-Africa and World student Christian Federation-Africa regional office partnership would empower this process to encompass larger spectrum.