Posts tagged Africa
Where do we go from here? • ¿A dónde vamos desde aquí?

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Since March 29, the start date of Derek Chauvin’s trial, 64 people - approximately 3 people each day - have died at the hands of law enforcement in the United States. One officer being held accountable does not come close to rectifying the loss of Black and Brown lives nor does it erase the fact that the United States has a serious problem with policing. We also can’t view the institution of policing in isolation when the whole system is guilty.

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De hecho, desde el 29 de marzo, fecha de inicio del juicio de Chauvin, 64 personas, aproximadamente 3 personas por día, han muerto a manos de las fuerzas del orden en los Estados Unidos. La rendición de cuentas de un oficial no se acerca a rectificar la pérdida de vidas de Black and Brown ni borra el hecho de que Estados Unidos tiene un problema serio con la policía. Tampoco podemos ver la institución de la policía de forma aislada cuando todo el sistema es culpable.

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BPFNA provides support for 15 peace projects in 2021 through the Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz! • ¡BPFNA brinda apoyo para 15 proyectos de paz en 2021 a través del Fondo de Paz-Fondos por la Paz!

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BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz celebrates the support given to 15 projects for peace and justice during this year’s Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz grant cycle. The Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz was established in 2018 and empowers small, grassroots groups around the world doing the work of peacemaking on a local or regional level.

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BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz celebra el apoyo brindado a 15 proyectos por la paz y la justicia durante el ciclo de subvenciones Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz de este año. El Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz se estableció en 2018 y empodera a pequeños grupos de base de todo el mundo que realizan el trabajo de establecimiento de la paz a nivel local o regional.

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Faith in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Faith – that quest for significance and security, both in the here and now and the hereafter, in transcendence – is intrinsic to being human. Even the most avowed atheists will acknowledge that deep within their sense of being, there is a hunger and thirst for relationship with something beyond them. The most obvious is the human longing for love because there is something transcendent about love. The human quest for meaning from transcendence, in the face of a monstrous and inexplicable natural disaster, catastrophe or plague, is therefore a natural instinct. It is the way to cope or deal with the panic, fear and uncertainty created by the catastrophe; faith is an essential part of human arsenal for fight or flight.

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Newly Created Peace Fund to Support Six Projects in 2019 • Fondos por la Paz recién creado para apoyar seis proyectos en 2019

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The newly created Peace Fund-Fondos por la Paz will support six projects in 2019. This fund gives grants to empower small, grassroots groups doing the work of peacemaking on a local or regional level.

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El recién creado Fondos por la Paz apoyará seis proyectos en 2019. Este fondo otorga subvenciones para capacitar a pequeños grupos de base que realizan el trabajo de pacificación a nivel local o regional.

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Crossing Borders for Peace: A Conflict Transformation Training on the Border of Uganda and Kenya

The training was held in the Amudat District also known as Karamoja cluster due to mixture of pastoralist grazing their livestock together. It borders Kenya in the West and Uganda in the North East. The region is populated by three tribe communities (Karamoja, Pokot and Turkana) located along the border of Kenya and Uganda. Karomoja tribes are the majority while Pokot and Turkana are minorities in the region. Access to pastures and water for the livestock of the minority groups have been minimalized by the majority group. This has caused daily conflict over sharing of the resources.

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Conflict Transformation Training in the Rift Valley, Kenya

The following is a report from our friend Boaz Keibarak on a series of Conflict Transformation trainings held from April 8-14, 2014 in four villages in the Rift Valley in Kenya. The trainings are an ongoing effort to ease conflict and tension between two warring groups in the region: the Pokot and Turkana. In October 2013, 135 people were killed during an eruption of violence in the area.

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Conflict Transformation Training at the Baptist Convention of Malawi

From April 18-19, 2014, Lancelot (Lance) Muteyo, director of training and advocacy for the Pan African Peace Network, held a Conflict Transformation session at the Baptist Convention of Malawi (BACOMA). BACOMA is the largest association of Baptists in Malawi and among the most influential in Southern Africa. No one from BACOMA had previously been trained in Conflict Transformation.

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The Rising of Boaz Keibarack

As long as history can recall, the Turkana and Pokot ethnic groups have organized cattle raids against each other. Conflict began as a result of livestock theft, and the two groups have since been through numerous periods of war. The escalation of violence between Turkana and Pokot communities shows no sign of ending, and it is becoming increasingly destructive and less manageable. However, after attending a Conflict Transformation training led by Dan Buttry, a young man named Boaz Keibarack found the tools needed to go into these villages and conduct peace talks between the two warring groups.

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South Sudan: Changes

What has changed in a year? As I move about in the Tong Ping neighbourhoods of this town, the capital of this toddler country, three things stand out. The potholes are deeper. The gated, concertina wire-topped walls of the politicos’ compounds are higher and far more numerous. The smouldering heaps of street garbage more pervasive. And they impart a common message.

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Repairing the Torn Places: Conflict Transformation training in Liberia

After 14-hours on the plane, I landed in Liberia. Along with my co-facilitator Virgil Nelson and his wife, Lynn, I was prepared to lead several 2-day Conflict Transformation (CT) trainings with Baptist pastors and lay leaders. I was not prepared for the heat and the noise that greeted us as we walked out of the airport in Monrovia. Or for the traffic that roared and beeped around us as we made our way to Careysburg, a town north of Monrovia, capital of Liberia.

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