Youth Peace Building Initiative Sudan

QUOTATION

"I can do everything through him
who gives me strength."

Phil 4:13

ABOUT YPBI

What is YPBI?

The Youth Peacebuilding Initiative (YPBI) was conceived in 1994 as a response of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) youth programme to the desire of the member churches and associated national Christian councils to own the AACC as expressed at the AACC General Assembly held in Harare, Zimbabwe (1993). At the initial stage of the process, there was a focus on building a culture of peace (1995). Much effort was exerted in the leadership training under the theme: leadership is a peace mission. A process was concurrently set in motion which resulted in the production of the Youth Peace Training Manual

YPBI Goal
- to impact the behaviour of young people
in the hope that they will be agents
of peace in their church and community.

YPBI Vision
- to help reconstruct and build a peaceful and
united Africa where life is respected and valued

YPBI Mission
- to restore stability and harmony in
church and community based on African culture
and guided by the Gospel

YPBI Aims
- to enable young people to participate in
peacebuilding and conflict transformation process

YPBI Objectives
- to provide young people with a reference
and resource materials for peacebuilding

- to equip young people with the skills for
for identification of potential conflicts,
analysis of such conflicts and their
prevention, management or transformation

- to assist young people to use the Gospel
values to solve conflicts and
promote peace

- to encourage young people to do research into
African values that promote peace

YPBI Activities
- training of peace educators and activists

- awareness building on peace issues

- involvement in conflict management, resolution
and prevention activities

- leadership training

- networking and information sharing
through theYPBI Update

- producing peace work resources

YPBI Co-ordination
There is a central co-ordinator:
AACC Youth Executive Secretary
P.O.Box 14205, Westlands,
Nairobi, Kenya.

Fax: 254 2 442 241
Tel: 254 2 441 483
Email: youth@aacc-coe.org

There are five regional co-ordinators:
(1)Miss Byenyo Ezekiel Kutjok
SCC National Youth Co-ordinator
P.O.Box 469
Tel: 00249 11 472544
Fax: 47 25 44
Email:scc@sudanmail.com

(2)East Africa
Kenneth Atim Kwarimpa
P.O.Box 22288
Kampala, Uganda

(3)Central Africa
Njaah Peter Toh
Ecumenical Youth Peace Initiative Commission
P.O.Box359

(4)West Africa
Rev. Godfrey Lawson
Conseil Chretien du Togo
1 rue merechal Foch BP 49
Lome, Togo.
Tel: 221571
Eax: 225348/212949

(5)Southern Africa
Nonhlala Motsa

There are National Forum Coordinators: For North Africa
Sudan:
SCC National Youth Coordinator(above)

Egypt
Hani Hanna
9 Ahmed Wafik Street
Roxy Cairo, Egypt
Tel: 202 2585979
Mobile phone: 002(010) 1457766
Fax: (202) 2 585 979
Email: hanihanna@hotmail.com

There are local forum coordinators in each country.