Truce 20/20 is a groundbreaking partnership project between Peace Direct – a charity that funds, promotes and learns from the work of local peacebuilders internationally and Conflict and Change.
Truce 20/20 is rooted in an ancient Greek Olympic tradition. From the seventh day prior to the opening of the games to the seventh day following their closing, conflicts ceased so that athletes, artists and spectators could travel safely to Olympia for the Games and return home. This Truce was only temporary, our Truce 20/20 project in Newham brings alive that ideal but with the intention of a more permanent truce by developing conflict resolution skills in local young people aged 16-21.
This will create a community of young people who can, with support, develop local peace building projects to help make Newham a safer and more welcoming place for the 2012 Games and thereafter.
This is achieved in 3 stages:
- Stage 1 of the programme is the specially designed ‘Peace Builder’s Workshop’ offered through Conflict and Change. This 10-week OCNaccredited training builds participants’ skills in conflict resolution, mediation and workshop facilitation, and provides an understanding of conflict in local and global contexts. All the young people take part in a residential weekend away.
- Stage 2 of the programme is a visit by an international peacebuilder offered through Peace Direct. The Truce participants have a unique and empowering opportunity to meet and share their experience with a local peacebuilder from a ‘hot’ conflict area. So far, participants have worked with peacebuilders from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Mozambique and Sudan.
- Stage 3 is the community project development phase offered through Conflict and Change and Peace Direct. The Truce 20/20 participants go on to develop various peace building projects in their community, benefiting more young people. Participants have been involved in a wide range of projects and events where they have not only delivered workshops on conflict resolution but acted as role models and active participants on alocal, national and even international level.
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Video of Albino visit
