The Africa Peace Festival is a project of the African Centre for Peace Building, a Ghana based NGO which will be organized from June 30 to July 7, 2012. It aims at bringing together people from diverse cultures and origins, education and religion to display their cultures and commitment to development through peace building. It has issued a call for applications for participation.
Objectives of the Programme:
1. To provide as a safe, peaceful and joyful environment that allows for youth form different backgrounds to overcome their differences and unite for peace
2. To bring awareness and build capacity among youth on critical peace building issues with the objective of creating future peace educators
3. – To provide a forum for the youth to showcase their ideas in solving societal problems
4. – To showcase African rich culture
5. – To promote cultural tolerance and unity in diversity as a commitment to peaceful coexistence
6. – To engage political leaders, civil society, the media and representatives of the private sector with ideas of cultural tolerance and to encourage their commitment to peace, unity and development
The festival is being supported by Global Educatos for All Initiative-Nigeria, Uniting for Peace-UK, Ministry of Tourism-Ghana, Musician Union of Ghana, Metissia Arts-Gemerny, Peace for Peace-Nepal and other bodies as well as personalities throughout the globe pledges offering total support for the upcoming Africa Peace Festival of the African Centre for Peace Building.
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