Re-imagining New Communities serves four main groups of people and institutions- children, teachers, primary schools, and churches. These individuals and institutions share a common thread – they have experienced or witnessed violence within their families or communities. The children, often the most vulnerable, bear the emotional scars of such trauma, impacting their well-being and hindering their development. Teachers face the challenge of managing classrooms affected by violence, while primary schools struggle to create safe and nurturing environments. Churches, deeply embedded in community life, grapple with the task of fostering harmony amid prevalent violence.
The critical need for our organization’s services arises from the pervasive impact of violence on the lives of these groups. The trauma experienced by children requires targeted interventions to help them cope and build resilience. Teachers benefit from training and resources to effectively manage classrooms impacted by trauma, fostering an environment conducive to learning. Primary schools, faced with the challenge of creating safe spaces for education, find valuable support in implementing peacebuilding strategies. Churches, as community pillars, engage with us to facilitate dialogue and forums on peacebuilding, conflict transformation, and democracy, contributing to the overall goal of building more harmonious and resilient communities.
Our organization offers tailored services and interventions that not only alleviate immediate challenges but also contribute to the long-term goal of creating supportive, secure, and nurturing environments for our beneficiaries across 5 different counties of Kenya.
The organization works closely with primary schools, churches, community-based organizations and other relevant stakeholders in Kenya through community dialogues, training and mentorship while equipping them with necessary skills and knowledge needed to help them address and resolve unpredictable chronic and political violence/ conflict that erupts within their communities.
Our emphasis lies in a grassroots-up approach, where local communities play an active role in shaping dialogues concerning their livelihoods, culture, and unity. Through this method, we nurture a fresh cohort of peacebuilders, change agents, conscious artists, and community leaders who possess the ability to envision and redefine novel strategies and opportunities for addressing some of the most entrenched societal challenges in imaginative and inventive ways.
Children: Faces of the Peacebuiders is a publication that highlights the stories of our participants in the Children-Led Community Peace Labs (CLCP-Labs).
This first edition of the publication focuses on the children peacebuilders from the urban settlements (Korogocho, Dandora, Babadogo, & Kariobangi) of Nairobi, Kenya who are participating in the CLCP-Labs as the first cohort of the program.
The children shares stories of their communities, families, ambitions and why they joined CLCP-Labs and how their lives have been transformed since joining the program.
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