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NEW YORK, NY (April 8, 2006) – On April 7th,
2006, The Student World Assembly (SWA)-Ghana and the Global
Youth Action Network (GYAN)-Ghana, under the initiative of the
“SAVE THE RURAL DWELLER” PROJECT, successfully held a workshop
entitled “Peace Building and Conflict Resolution for
Development” at the National Youth Council of Ghana. The main
objective of the workshop was to empower participants on the
need for peace and to educate them on how to resolve conflict in
their personal lives, homes, churches, schools, communities, and
nation of Ghana as a whole.
This workshop was facilitated by Greg Mitchell, a conflict
resolution specialist at the University of Bradford, UK and
Philip Jakeman, also from Bradford University, UK. The workshop
theme was in line with the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), through youth voluntarism, in
accordance with the idea that development only can take place in
a peaceful environment. This was all emphasized through
widespread education in order to sustain a peaceful environment
and economy in the long run. The workshop was divided into three
sections: Conflict Resolution: Theories of Conflict and Peace;
Theories of Negotiation and Mediation; and Conflict Resolution
and Development. During this workshop, Mr. Prize F Y McApreko
(Director of Amnesty International – Ghana), Mr. Moses Kanduri
(Vice Assembly Speaker of Student World Assembly), and Mr.
Mensah Eteba (National Programme Co-coordinator, National Youth
Council) also helped deliver messages of solidarity.
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