GLACCR | Peace Education Project

Duration: April 2011 – March 2012

Location: Amuru, Gulu and Nwoya Districts

Donors: Funded by the following donors
Rotary District 6060-Missouri, USA
Rotary District 9200-Eastern Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
Rotary District 1911- Hungary
Rotary District 6460-Illinois, USA
Rotary District 6780-Tennessee, USA
Rotary District 5710 Kansas, USA
Rotary District 6200-Louisiana, USA
Rotary District 5890-Texas, USA
Rotary Club of Rubaga, Kampala, Uganda
Rotary Club of Lambert Airport, Missouri, USA
The Rotary Foundation

Background

The Peace Education Project targets students and teachers in 10 high schools in Northern Uganda. The project will provide peace education training to 1,300 students and 200 teachers from 10 high schools in Amuru, Gulu and Nwoya districts.

The training will focus on understanding conflict, analyzing causes of conflicts, peacebuilding, reconciliation, and conflict resolution skills. The project will create and support peace clubs in the 10 schools to educate people through structured activities including music and drama, charity work within school and the surrounding communities, debate on conflict issue and reconciliation, and peer counseling guidance, and writing articles on peace and reconciliation.

Project Objectives

To provide peace education training to students and teachers in 10 high schools in the war-ravaged area of Northern Uganda.
To provide support to 10 peace clubs in order to carry out peacebuilding activities
To promote dialogues between students and school administrations to resolve conflicts

Baseline survey
Developing training curricula/materials
Formation of peace club in schools
Training of students leadership and teachers on peacebuilding, conflict resolution skills
Facilitate peace clubs to carry structured activities like music and drama
Debate, music and dance by peace clubs in schools and communities

Training of students and teachers
Dialogues between students and school administration
Formation and facilitation of peace clubs
Sensitization of people by peace clubs