PCC TRAINS, EQUIPS MORE NONVIOLENT, PEACE ACTORS
Photo credit: CKA Attendees of the workshop As part of measures to curb the spread of violence in Cameroon’s North West region, the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) Peace Work Office organized a one-day workshop on Nonviolence for 21 selected youth from the North West on Wednesday June 23, 2021 in Bafoussam. The workshop is an activity of the Peace Education and Nonviolence in Schools and Communities Project of the PCC Peace Work Office. The project spans January to December 2021 and has support from the German government’s Civil Peace Service (CPS) project Cameroon. It seeks to engage students develop a culture of peace in schools and youth to develop nonviolent attitudes in communities. The workshop facilitation was done by power point presentation, practical engaging exercises, group work and debriefs. The trainees benefited knowledge on the Understanding Peace and Violence, Peace and Justice, Nonviolent Action (NVA), Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Media Activism for Peace and