Lighting The Salafi Women‘s Path To Civic Participation
NAMUTAMBA NUBUWATI, Salafi Women Leader & Bridges to Peace Project beneficiary, Bugiri District Nubuwati participated in a 2- day Salafi Women Leaders training in strategies for Preventing/ Countering Violent Extremism. She also later on in the project represented Salafi women in a dialogue between the Salafi Community and Local government leaders whose institutional mandates have a bearing on the community drivers of violent extremist recruitment.
From Spitting Fire To A Champion Of Religious Tolerance And Social Cohesion
PASTOR MUGISHA ABBY Bridges to Peace Project beneficiary, Lwengo District According to a 2021 research on Violent Extremism in Masaka sub-region, Lwengo has long been a hotbed of inter-religious tensions and sometimes violence. This is usually stirred by extreme religious leaders among different religious sects that preach in an inciteful, disrespectful and divisive manner. Pastor Abby was one of the religious leaders who carried this banner- ultimately undermining
A Gift Of Sight For Zura Ramadhan
Zura Ramadhan lost one of her eyes during the 2021 terror attacks on Kampala and also still carries bomb fragments in different parts of her body to- date.
We learnt about her during the mapping of victims for the Community Stories Exhibition under the Bridges to Peace Project. From then onwards, we started using her story and that of other victims to highlight the impact of terrorism on citizen’s lives.It was during a Civil Society training workshop on Preventing/ Countering Violent Extremism that participants picked great interest in Zura Ramadhan’s story.
Creating Synergies Between The Bridges To Peace Project & The Women In Preventing Violent Extremism Project
Through our partner network Sister’s Without Boarder’s Women in preventing violent extremism project, we supported Women Victims of Terrorism engaged under the Bridges to Peace Project to participate in a 1-day advocacy workshop for women victims of terrorism.
Our Pioneer Community Peace Club
In the last 7 years, Uganda Muslim Youth Development Forum (UMYDF) with support from Finn Church Aid and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland has reached 20,700 young people in public and private schools in Central Uganda and West Nile through high school-based peace clubs and peace education initiatives.
Through these Peace Clubs UMYDF introduces youth and teachers to concepts and skills in peacebuilding, non-violent conflict resolution, and Participatory Action Research (PAR).
Shaping student leadership and school disciplinary practices
Peace Club members that we work with across Central Uganda and West Nile are shaping student leadership and school disciplinary practices. First, we highlight how Peace Club members are shaping student leadership.
At Kansanga Seed Secondary School in Makindye Division of Kampala, the Peace Club Patrons deliberately encourage the Peace Club Members to contest
Transforming Yumbe Youth Perceptions about Violence
It is not uncommon for unruly learners to waylay, rob and beat up people in the neighbourhoods of Yumbe District. Antagonism between schools is also common. Inter-school fights are sparked off during sports competitions and thereafter, students from one school can organise themselves in guerrilla style and go and attack another school.
In such an atmosphere, the riots that swept over schools throughout West Nile were not surprising. Moreover, the long break of lockdown during the COVID 19 pandemic
Inspiring a new kind of youth agency; A story of change from Bidibidi Refugee Settlement.
Through the engagements we’ve had, I realised there is a future. I started thinking bigger. At first, we were limiting ourselves; we refugee youths had lost our vision and all our dreams. But on getting more capacity building from initiatives like those brought by UMYDF, I started seeing a future. I started to establish a new home here. We are refugees here and we don’t know when we shall go back home. So,
Silenced Outcries Uplifting stories of families of victims and survivors of terrorism.
When we lose a loved one, we are sad, angry and broken. It is hard to imagine that someone can carry that pain in their hearts for over ten years. That is what some families have been going through since the 2010 terrorist attack on Kampala in Uganda. One lady lost her younger sister to the bombings and their whole family has been angry and hurting for over ten years. When Silenced Outcries reached out
Transforming Youth Perception about Violence.
It is not uncommon for unruly learners to waylay, rob and beat up people in the neighbourhood. Antagonism between schools is common. Inter-school fights are sparked off during sports competitions and thereafter, students from one school can organise themselves in guerrilla style and go and attack another school.
In such an atmosphere, the riots that swept over schools throughout West Nile was not surprising. Moreover, the long break of lockdown during the COVID 19 pandemic presented unprecedented dynamics; the freedom the learners enjoyed at home,
Hasfa Rahma Katwe Skills Centre Hair Dressing and Barbering class of 2020 .
Before I came to Katwe Skills Center, I had challenges as a youth. The first challenge is that I gave birth at an early age and it was hard looking after the child. The family I come from has some money
