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Samuel Manuel from Mozambique – 2018 Alumni

Prior to my API experience, I was trained in theatre and dance, where I learned to analyse problems in the community, take the context of how it happens and turn into a theatre drama that shows the correct action. API furthered my training in this area for example, the module “Artistic Approaches to Peacebuilding” facilitated […]

Asalefew Wolde from Ethiopia – 2019 Alumni

Name: Asalefew WoldeCountry: EthiopiaCurrent Work: Peace Program Coordinator, MKC Prison Ministry in Ethiopia Meserete Kristos Church Prison Ministry (“the Ministry”) partners with MCC in Ethiopia for its peacebuilding projects. Since 1996, the Ministry has served inmates in different prisons around the country. Men and women inmates are assigned to the Ministry for spiritual, social, and […]

Peace Institutes’ Webinar | Trauma Awareness, Self-care and COVID-19

The three MCC Africa Peace Institutes hosted a collaborative webinar on July 2, 2020. The hosts included Christine Sumog-oy of the Great Lakes Peacebuilding Institute (GLPI) in Bujumbura, Burundi, John Danboyi of the Peace Training Centre (PTC) in Jos, Nigeria, and Melinda Norris of the Africa Peacebuilding Institute (API) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event […]

Burundian Delegation

After API 2018, Burundian delegates decided to launch a project of peace clubs in schools. After discussing this with the church leaders, they set up 10 peace clubs in the Gitega and Ngozi regions.

Mozambique, 2018 Alum

Two boys were playing football when one of the boys fell and broke his arm. The family of the boy with the broken arm went to speak to the other boy’s family, asking them to fix the broken arm and return their son without any injury. In fact, the injured boy’s family refused all apologies, […]

Nigeria, 2018 Alum

The community I come from in Nigeria is a religiously mixed community, comprising of Christians and Muslims. Animosity between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria generally dates back centuries ago. Over the years, this has led to violent conflict, loss of lives and loss of property in the country. As such, relationships between Christians and Muslims […]