Activity - Peacebuilding, relationships and processThis is a featured page

Purpose:
  • To process content on peacebuilding, relationship and process, in a participative manner;
  • To generate discussion on specific topics.
Time:
At least 30 minutes. More if needed.
Participants:
This activity works better with groups between 8-30 people.
Materials:
  • Visual aids illustrating the specific content being processed (see below Handouts 1 and 2);
  • Flip chart papers;
  • Markers.
Process:
I) Divide the plenary into small teams of 5-6 people. Allow them to sit close to each other and have a working space. Explain that you are going to introduce new content, you will divide your presentation in two chunks and you will ask participants to generate questions and provide answers to these.

II) Present the first chunk of content (Handout 1), using visual aids or handouts to help participants follow you - distribute Handout 1 to participants as you go with the introduction. Try to contain each content introduction to a maximum of 3 minutes. You can decide to use visual aids (e.g. flip chart papers illustrating the contents you are introducing).

III) Ask each team to generate a list of three questions related to the first chunk of information and further exploring it. Ask them to write them down on a paper. Allow 5-10 minutes for this process.

IV) Ask the first team to read one question to the rest of the plenary. Other groups have to answer. Repeat the process with other teams. Then repeat the process with second and third questions.

VI) Repeat the process at steps II to IV with the rest of the content (Handout 2).
Note:
Alternatives to this process include:

  • You can prepare handouts with content before the actual training and ask volunteers to prepare a 5-minute presentation. Then have participants – not you - introducing the content.
  • You can use the questions developed by participants for a final revision of the contents introduced during the workshop. In this case, after each content introduction you ask participants to generate questions, but the revision based on these questions (V step) will only take place at the end of the workshop.
  • You can award points to teams for each correct answer and celebrate the winner at the end. Take care with this option, as the content you will treat is likely to generate a multiplicity of answers to each questions – rather than correct answers, you can have different valid opinions.
Handouts
Handout 1

Peacebuilding refers to the long-term project of building peaceful, stable communities and societies. This requires building on a firm foundation of justice and reconciliation. How we build on that foundation is very important. The process needs to strengthen and restore relationships and transform unjust institutions and systems. The focus on relationships and the process of how we achieve justice and build peace is unique to peacebuilding. In development work this requires looking at how relationships and decision-making in projects are done. Rather than just looking at the specific ways to improve food production or build new houses, peacebuilding emphasises building right relationships with partners and programme recipients as an integral part of establishing lasting peace in violence-prone areas. Understanding peacebuilding in this way allows us to take a new lens to development projects and programming (Lederach, J. P., Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies, United States Institute for Peace, Washington, DC, 1997).

Source: Adapted from Neufeldt, R., Fast, L., et al., Peacebuilding: A Caritas Training Manual, Vatican City, Caritas Internationalis, 2002, pp. 80-81. The manual is avialable in a free pdf file at www.caritas.org. The content is also here, in the list of contents for this chunk.

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Handout 2

Grounding peacebuilding in relationships means that we engage in a process that respects the abilities and talents each person brings to projects and programming. Relationships are built on trust amongst staff and partners, and the groups in conflict. Relationships also help fortify and sustain people in the process of social change. To fully respect those with whom we are working, we need to engage with them in the process of programming, and identify the goals, means to achieve those goals and ways to evaluate them together. Participation naturally flows from being relationship-centred.

Source: Adapted from Neufeldt, R., Fast, L., et al., Peacebuilding: A Caritas Training Manual, Vatican City, Caritas Internationalis, 2002, pp. 80-81. The manual is avialable in a free pdf file at www.caritas.org. The content is also here, in the list of contents for this chunk.





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