25/07/2025
The Agbor-Obenson Foundation Peace Building Program has the potential to play a meaningful and sustainable role in fostering peace, especially in communities affected by conflict, division, or structural inequality. Below, I’ll provide a detailed breakdown of what the program is all about
What Is Our Peace Building Program All About?
The Agbor-Obenson Foundation Peace Building Program aims to promote social cohesion, conflict resolution, and sustainable development through education, dialogue, youth empowerment, and community resilience strategies.
Our Key Objectives:
• Promote a culture of peace and tolerance
• Facilitate non-violent conflict resolution
• Empower youth and women, Muslim minority groups as peace agents
• Build community capacity for resilience
• Encourage inclusive dialogue among ethnic, political, and religious groups
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How Is Our Peace Building Program Structured?
To meet international peacebuilding standards, our program is evidence-based, inclusive, and sustainable. Here’s how our program is structured and is divided into core components:
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1. Context Analysis & Conflict Assessment
✅ Here, We Conduct baseline studies and conflict mapping:
• Who are the key actors?
• What are the root causes (economic, political, social)?
• What are the current tensions and opportunities for peace?
🛠 Our Tools: Stakeholder mapping, conflict tree analysis, Do No Harm assessment
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2. Strategic Program Design
We Build our program around four pillars often used by international peacebuilding NGOs:
a. Peace Education & Dialogue
• Train youth in peace education, empathy, negotiation, and leadership
• Facilitate interfaith and intercommunity dialogues
• Integrate peace curriculum in schools and communities
b. Community Mediation & Conflict Resolution
• Create Community Peace Committees (CPCs)
• Train local leaders as mediators
• Establish safe spaces for community healing
c. Youth & Women (Muslim Women inclusive) Empowerment
• Support women-led peace initiatives
• Provide youth with entrepreneurial skills, civic training, and mentorship
• Launch youth clubs focused on reconciliation and advocacy
d. Policy Advocacy & Partnerships
• Collaborate with local authorities, civil society, traditional rulers, and international bodies
• Advocate for inclusion in national peace policies or transitional justice platforms
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3. Implementation Framework
• Phase 1: Assessment & Consultation
• Phase 2: Capacity Building & Training
• Phase 3: Action Projects (dialogue forums, community service, storytelling, etc.)
• Phase 4: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
💡 Include community-based indicators for success (e.g. reduction in violent incidents, increase in peaceful dispute resolution).
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4. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)
• Use Participatory Evaluation Tools
• Conduct impact assessments (pre- and post-intervention)
• Build feedback mechanisms to ensure community ownership
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🔗 Our Dreams and Objectives Cannot Be Achieved Without The Following Partnerships:
• UNDP, UN Peacebuilding Fund, African Union, ECOWAS
• Local NGOs, religious leaders, youth associations
• Schools, media platforms, and local governments
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🌱 Our Key Principles to Align with International Standards Are As Follows:
• Inclusivity: Focus on gender, ethnic, and generational representation
• Do No Harm: Avoid deepening divisions or creating new tensions
• Sustainability: Build long-term capacity, not short-term fixes
• Local Ownership: Empower local communities to lead the process
• Flexibility: Adapt to changing realities and conflict dynamics
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✅ Our Sample Activities:
• Intergenerational peace summits
• Peace mural/community arts projects
• Training for peace journalists & media literacy
• Trauma healing and psychosocial support
• Economic peace dividends: youth employment + peace training
