{"id":17979,"date":"2019-10-14T11:53:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=17979"},"modified":"2019-10-14T11:56:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:56:03","slug":"2019-tomorrows-peacebuilders-award-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=17979","title":{"rendered":"2019 Tomorrow\u2019s Peacebuilders Award winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An article from Peace Direct<\/a><\/p>\n

Now in its seventh year, the Tomorrow\u2019s Peacebuilders Awards celebrate some of the world\u2019s most innovative local peacebuilders. This year, the three focus areas for the awards were: women-led peacebuilding, youth-led peacebuilding, and music and the performing arts. A panel of international experts selected the winners from 406 applicants, the highest number we have received to date.<\/p>\n

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The winners \u2014 from Syria, Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo \u2014 were announced at the Alliance for Peacebuilding annual conference, PeaceCon, on 3 October in Washington, D.C. Each received a $10,000 grant to contribute to their work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re happy to highlight and support the work of these local peacebuilders, because they know best how to tackle problems in their communities. The leaders of these three organizations are providing practical and creative solutions, and directly improving people\u2019s lives,\u201d said Peace Direct CEO Dylan Mathews.<\/p>\n

Youth-led peacebuilding: Youth for Homeland in Yemen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Youth for Homeland, founded in 2014, works in rural areas of Yemen to engage communities in peacebuilding efforts, working mainly with young people to develop skills and find alternatives to violence. For example, when one community was fighting over limited water resources, the organization helped establish reservoirs to contain water over longer periods.<\/p>\n

The organization plans to use the award to train more peacebuilders. \u201cThe main objective is to rehabilitate young people to become peace ambassadors and urge their colleagues and friends to not participate in the war anymore, so that we can contribute to the end of the war in Yemen,\u201d said Abdullah al-Suraihi, founder of Youth for Homeland.<\/p>\n

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How important is community development for a culture of peace?<\/a><\/p>\n

Where in the world can we find good leadership today?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Women-led peacebuilding: Open Art Space in Syria<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many children in Syria have known nothing but war. Three women, two of whom are artists, founded Open Art Space in the Syrian capital of Damascus in 2016. Their work connects children and young people inside and outside of Syria through peacebuilding.<\/p>\n

Children participate in free weekly workshops, which offer a safe space to play and connect with one another, a chance to express themselves, and a way to learn about peace through art. To reach children more widely, the women created a website where children anywhere in Syria can practice drawing and art exercises to help process the violence they have experienced.<\/p>\n

For co-founder Roula al-Khatib, this award enables the organization to \u201creach out to more Syrian children affected by the war in remote places to implement art and peace in their daily life. This is an opportunity for us to tell the world that despite the sad war in Syria, there are many people who are working very hard to retain peace back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music and the performing arts: Amani Institute in DR Congo<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Amani Institute, founded in 2016 in North Kivu, DR Congo, uses theater to help young ex-combatants process trauma they have experienced and reintegrate into their communities. The technique of theater enables former fighters to interact with others, and acts as a springboard for dialogue, reconciliation and tolerance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an acknowledgement that our effort in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being recognized internationally,\u201d said Joseph Tsongo, founder of the Amani Institute. \u201cIt will help us continue our work for the next generation and bring peace to the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

We celebrate this year\u2019s winners, and all peacebuilding efforts taking place around the world.<\/p>\n

We thank our sponsors: the Alliance for Peacebuilding, Away, the Bluegrass Ambassadors, the Pickwell Foundation and Humanity United for supporting this year\u2019s awards and award ceremony.<\/p>\n

For more information: contact@peacedirect.org\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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