In the wake of reported violence in schools and communities in post conflict Liberia, Camp For Peace-Liberia (CFP) Inc. on May 11, 2013 held a one day sensitization campaign awareness on non-violence and peace sustainability in a community called Jacob Town in the suburb of the capital Monrovia. It brought together 33 young people including 12 females.
CFP Community Forum
Speaking during the awareness and sensitization forum with youths of the community, CFP-Liberia Executive Director, Mr. B. Abel Learwellie called on the youths to practice and uphold self-esteem in order to change their current status code for a more comfortable and happy lifestyle and desist from unlawful practices and things that will give rise to violence or conflict.
The CFP Executive Director challenged the young people to learn how to exercise patience and resilience and exert more efforts in their work and other activities that seeks to improve or change their livelihood.
“Many of your colleagues are dieing today because of the desire and love of material things,; they want to own cars, houses and other things without working for it or on a silver platter, so they end up going the other way that most often result to their untimely death,” he indicated.
He stressed the need for youths to uphold self- esteem and work hard to achieve their own wealth or success and do away with violence and criminal acts that will impede their success and undermines the country’s peace and recovery agenda.
Nathan E. Gibson
In a related development, Camp For Peace-Liberia conducted a five-day Peace –building civic education awareness in two schools with students of the Nathan E. Gibson Memorial High School and Paynesville Community School on April 24 – 28 2013, respectively.
At both institutions the students were urged to say no to violence and admonished to seek amicable solutions in seeking redress to their problems.
Since the cessation of the Liberia civil conflict in 2003, students and young people have adopted violence as the most applicable alternative means in seeking redressed to their problems. Many teenagers and adults in secondary schools especially public or government run institutions see violence as the best approach or method to channel their grievances.
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