Pick of the week – Peacebuilders
What happens to a community after there’s been a conflict? Forty per cent of post-conflict countries return to violence within a decade. But there are people who want to prevent that. Peacebuilders use a variety of tools to prevent a return to conflict, and for this pick of the week we’ve chosen a few examples.
1. Youth in Harmony
This is a project supported by Plan International. Watch the short video to find out more.
2. The children who came back from the dead
This documentary follows Henri, a peacebuilder in DR Congo, as he works to return child soldiers to their families. This project is supported by Peace Direct.
Bringing the children back from the dead from Insight on Conflict on Vimeo.
3. Peace building in Somalia
This is from the Channel 16 archives, but is a great story of peacebuilding initiatives in Somalia, including football matches in Mogadishu.
4. Yoga for Unity
Can yoga bring peace to the parts of Kenya that have been affected by tribal violence? Watch and see…
5. The Hip Hop Declaration of Peace, For The Culture
From the blog Commom Breath Media, a revised look at the 2001 UN declaration.