Healing And Rebuilding Community After Genocide And Violence

Healing And Rebuilding Community After Genocide And Violence

Lessons from Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Congo and Uganda by David Zarembka
Are revenge, hatred, and another round of violence the only possibilities after deadly conflict? Can healing and reconciliation between enemies occur? This talk will describe how the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is used to bring all sides of a conflict together again. From this program the Rwandans and Burundians have developed a specific program, Healing and Rebuilding Our Community, to deal with personal and community trauma. This program together with listening workshops, mediation, inter-community dialogue will also be described. What are the difficulties? How successful are they? Can they be used elsewhere? These programs are all supported by the African Great Lakes Initiative of the Friends Peace Teams.