Children in Northern Uganda continue to face violence, bullying, family conflicts, and trauma linked to the long-term effects of the civil war. Many children and women lack practical skills to resolve conflicts peacefully and build positive relationships. The Train Peace Champions in Schools and Communities project will equip 500 children and 250 women in Lira City with peacebuilding and conflict-resolution skills through peace clubs, community groups, and interactive learning tools.
Despite the end of the Lord's Resistance Army War which lead to abduction of over 20,000 children, many children and women in Northern Uganda continue to face violence, bullying, and family conflict. According to Uganda's Violence Against Children Survey, 3 in 4 young adults experienced some form of violence during childhood, while 59% of girls and 68% of boys experienced physical violence before the age of 18. In addition, 1 in 3 young people experienced emotional violence during childhood.
This project will address violence, bullying, and family conflict by training 1,000 students in five schools as Peace Champions and equipping them with practical peacebuilding and conflict-resolution skills. Through Peace Clubs, students will learn non-violent communication, emotional management, empathy, and positive relationship-building. The project will also engage teachers, parents, and community members to reinforce peaceful behaviors beyond the school environment and create safe spaces.
Over the long term, this project will help build peaceful and resilient communities by equipping 1,000 students with lifelong conflict-resolution and leadership skills. The Peace Clubs will serve as lasting platforms for promoting non-violence, reducing bullying and conflict, and empowering young people to become agents of positive change in Lira City, Northern Uganda.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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