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Promoting a True Culture of Peace in Zanzibar Community
an article by Ali Mussa Mwadin
The Zanzibar Peace, Truth & Transparency Association ( ZPTTA
NGO ) is newly born. We are working very hard to move our NGO to the
destination of its Mission, to Promote, implement & sustain a True
Culture of Peace in Zanzibar Community and Tanzania at large. Zanzibar
is a semi-autonomous part of the United Republic of Tanzania. It
comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometers
(16–31 mi) off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous
small islands and two large ones: Unguja and Pemba.
Our NGO ZPTTA
is Committed to offer Training Relevant to the time, in Peace building,
Conflict Resolution Across Culture, Non-Violence Conflict,
Negotiation, Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Human Rights, Gender Equality,
Democracy & the Rule of law in Zanzibar community.
We work
with the religious leaders, political parties, genders groups, and
intellectual universities colleges down to the community level. The
organization has board members who are elected three years. The board
members are elected out of the formal members. They are out of the
organization but have the interest to develop the community. The key
indicator that may identify one to be a member of this organization
should have culture of peace and human development.
Among the activities that we hope to carry out:
* Preparation of thematic prepare brochures, T-shirts and banners
* Capacity building training
* Community sensitization meetings in villages in North ‘A’ Unguja for culture of peace mobilizing
* Community sensitization meetings in South District Pemba
We are very much need of help from different Organisations,
Foundations, Universities & institutions to give training to our
ZPTTA NGO Members, in order to full fill the task before us now and
the future..
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
What is needed for culture of peace in Zanzibar?
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(Editor's note: The following analysis was provide to CPNN by Ali Mussa Mwadin, the author of the article about ZPTTA )
THIS IS THE ANSWER: Help us.
For centuries Zanzibar had been a peaceful place and its people who had
different origins lived in unity and harmony. However the peace and
tranquility that was a hallmark of Zanzibar was shaken when political
parties were established in the late 1950s and early 1960s to fight for
independence. The main political parties were the Zanzibar
Nationalist Party (ZNP) and the ASP afro shirazi Part ( ASP ).
Despite the political misunderstanding, yet people continued to
live a peaceful life.
Believe me that people were sleeping
outside their houses during hot seasons, with the doors open. No one
will tell you otherwise. Now our doors are all shuttered with iron
bars.. . ...more.
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