AWOO....peace camp 2011 in Gisenyi was a big hit, especially the afternoon we walked to Lake Kivu - for most of the youth participants it was their first trip to the beach and a chance to try swimming and playing in the water. It was a wonderful way to end the morning session on trauma …
a peace of the prize
A Friday Fun Foto.....girls in focus We post this photo today in honour of the three women (two of whom are from Africa) who were awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Congratulations, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia), Leymah Gbowee (Liberia) and Tawakul Karman (Yemen)! It's a great acknowledgement of the crucial role of women in …
a peace of a child’s day
Today is International Day of the African Child. Sweet! It's an important day to commemorate the bravery of students who took to the streets in peaceful protest in Soweto, South Africa over the quality of their education and the injustice of apartheid. Their courage was costly as hundreds of students were massacred, June 16, 1976. But their legacy remains. The …

