Kakuma Camp Peace Building Project
The Kakuma Camp Peace Building Project (KCPBP) involves peacebuilding workshops that promote peace, encourage peacebuilding, and train participants to actively seek reconciliation. Certified Sudanese church leaders who have been trained to lead peacebuilding and reconciliation programs will facilitate these workshops.
The Situation
The Kakuma Refugee Camp in located in northwest Kenya bordering South Sudan. The camp is home to almost 200,000 refugees from South Sudan, as well as Burundi, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Congo. Living in an overcrowded refugee camp with little resources can lead people to fighting and conflict, and over the past several years, clashes have flared among the South Sudanese Refugees from different ethnic groups. This fighting has often led to deaths of refugees inside the camp. Through our church partner FEBAC, The Kakuma Peace Building project trains participants to be active peacebuilders in their community and encourages them to promote peaceful coexistence and reconciliation among the South Sudanese refugees from different ethnic groups. The workshop also deals with healing trauma from past events.
The Kakuma Camp Peace Building Project (KCPBP) involves peacebuilding workshops that promote peace, encourage peacebuilding, and train participants to actively seek reconciliation. Certified Sudanese church leaders who have been trained to lead peacebuilding and reconciliation programs will facilitate these workshops.
The Situation
The Kakuma Refugee Camp in located in northwest Kenya bordering South Sudan. The camp is home to almost 200,000 refugees from South Sudan, as well as Burundi, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Congo. Living in an overcrowded refugee camp with little resources can lead people to fighting and conflict, and over the past several years, clashes have flared among the South Sudanese Refugees from different ethnic groups. This fighting has often led to deaths of refugees inside the camp. Through our church partner FEBAC, The Kakuma Peace Building project trains participants to be active peacebuilders in their community and encourages them to promote peaceful coexistence and reconciliation among the South Sudanese refugees from different ethnic groups. The workshop also deals with healing trauma from past events.
How We Are Helping
Training Workshop
Church and community leaders will be trained to be active peace promoters among the South Sudanese communities in the refugee camp.
Reducing Ethnic Conflict & Trauma Healing
Participants will learn how past trauma can cause hurt and problems in their daily lives. By beginning the process of healing trauma, participants are less likely to act out in violence and aggression.
Empowering Local Leaders
When conflicts do arise, local leaders will be empowered to initiate peace and reconciliation meetings inside Kakuma Refugee camp.
The Impact of Our Work
Abraham is a South Sudanese refugee who has been living at the Kakuma Refugee Camp with his wife and four children for the past six years. Before attending the peace training workshop, Abraham had no knowledge of how to build and promote peace in his community. After attending the workshop, Abraham shared the following: “The peace training workshop that I attended equipped me with practical skills in peace building and promotion, and I am already using my knowledge to promote peace within the camp. Through peace building and reconciliation meetings, I have seen a decrease in conflict among my brothers and sisters in the South Sudanese community.”
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