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Introduction
Growing stark poverty has created hopelessness and desperation, leading Tanzanians to pay a disproportionately more attention on the basic survival needs than to strengthen the peace heritage. Moreover, the marginalisation created on the grounds of religion, health (HIV/AIDS), ethnic backgrounds, political, socio-economic, and educational reasons exacerbates the unjust situation.
The systemic imbalances caused by globalisation, increasing gap between the rich and the poor makes it difficult for communities to unchain themselves from the vicious circle of poverty. There is also lack of direction in almost all levels of our society due to rapid social changes. As a result, we have been observing the emergence of religious, political, class and ethnic intolerance within and between our communities.
These challenges and problems have translated into a situation whereby the existing culture of peace in Tanzania has been seriously jeopardized, meaning that the very culture of peace now stands a risk of being forgotten. Of significant concern, the children in Tanzania stand to be the primary and key losers in the status quo, where the culture of peace is not consciously encouraged, fostered and sustained. Instead the peace culture is under constant threat from the politico-religious and structural realities, largely against the prospects of a long-term peace.
This sorry state of affairs has contributed to the situation whereby, unfortunately, key religious, political and community leaders wittingly or unwittingly promote religious, ethical, cultural and political intolerance among themselves and the masses, and taken up by children. The result has been a total lack of avenues and spaces whereby children from different backgrounds can meet and interact to learn, build and encourage a culture of peace from an early age.
Objectives
The Education for Peace Project aims to;
a) Give visibility, continuity and strength to the peace heritage in rural and urban areas;
b) Build a culture of peace and understanding among the children and youth by seeking guidance from the elders;
c) Understand issues affecting children that can lead to breach of peace or sustain it;
d) Sustain peace and education for peace as a poverty reduction strategy at the grassroots;
e) Promote religious, ethical and all forms of culture of tolerance among our children and
f) Establish avenues/spaces in which children from different backgrounds can meet and interact to build a culture of peace.
Growing stark poverty has created hopelessness and desperation, leading Tanzanians to pay a disproportionately more attention on the basic survival needs than to strengthen the peace heritage. Moreover, the marginalisation created on the grounds of religion, health (HIV/AIDS), ethnic backgrounds, political, socio-economic, and educational reasons exacerbates the unjust situation.
The systemic imbalances caused by globalisation, increasing gap between the rich and the poor makes it difficult for communities to unchain themselves from the vicious circle of poverty. There is also lack of direction in almost all levels of our society due to rapid social changes. As a result, we have been observing the emergence of religious, political, class and ethnic intolerance within and between our communities.
These challenges and problems have translated into a situation whereby the existing culture of peace in Tanzania has been seriously jeopardized, meaning that the very culture of peace now stands a risk of being forgotten. Of significant concern, the children in Tanzania stand to be the primary and key losers in the status quo, where the culture of peace is not consciously encouraged, fostered and sustained. Instead the peace culture is under constant threat from the politico-religious and structural realities, largely against the prospects of a long-term peace.
This sorry state of affairs has contributed to the situation whereby, unfortunately, key religious, political and community leaders wittingly or unwittingly promote religious, ethical, cultural and political intolerance among themselves and the masses, and taken up by children. The result has been a total lack of avenues and spaces whereby children from different backgrounds can meet and interact to learn, build and encourage a culture of peace from an early age.
Objectives
The Education for Peace Project aims to;
a) Give visibility, continuity and strength to the peace heritage in rural and urban areas;
b) Build a culture of peace and understanding among the children and youth by seeking guidance from the elders;
c) Understand issues affecting children that can lead to breach of peace or sustain it;
d) Sustain peace and education for peace as a poverty reduction strategy at the grassroots;
e) Promote religious, ethical and all forms of culture of tolerance among our children and
f) Establish avenues/spaces in which children from different backgrounds can meet and interact to build a culture of peace.