Africa-Press – South-Sudan. At least 100 students have been trained as peace educators from various schools within Juba.
Addressing the media on Saturday, Executive Director for New Gen Peace Builders, Patricia Shater, said the aim of the workshop was to equip the youth with knowledge on peace and how to build peace.
“Students in South Sudan are learning about the drivers of conflict and peace and how to be peaceful in the communities, just like the students in many other countries,” Shater said.
He added that those trained would receive certificates as new agents of peace to go and educate their fellow students and the communities as well.
She stressed that the programme is called New Agents of Peace for secondary schools and higher institutions of learning.
The organisation plans to extend the training to several other schools to ensure that youth take an effective part in bringing peace in schools and communities.
“We have mentors from several universities involved, and students will be trained as peace promoters,” she said
“One of the things that is very exciting about the programme now is that there are students from Central, Eastern, Western, Bar el Ghazal, and Ruweng Administrative Areas going to schools in Juba, so it’s exciting to have different states represented,” she said.
Keji Manas, one of the trainees, said: “We are so excited with this workshop because we will have enough knowledge about peace to be able to spread it to others and have a peaceful society.”
“There is a need for us as youth to use this opportunity to get the knowledge that we can use to spread peace in our schools and our communities,” she said.
She appreciated the organisation for giving youth a platform to gain knowledge.
Another participant, Nelson Jacob, said the training would help in building peace in various schools and appealed to the youth to shun violence.
Source: The City Review South Sudan
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