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Small Feet, Deep Prints: Young People Building Peace with World Vision East Africa
National Entity Report
6 Jun 2005
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How often do we listen to, and involve, children and young people? Are we willing to learn from them? 'Small Feet, Deep Prints' presents important learnings from East African children and young people who are contributing towards peace in their conflict-affected communities. With support from World Vision, these young people in Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda have helped to transform their communities in small and big ways.
Due to violent conflict and war, countless children in East Africa have lost out on school time, parental love and guidance, access to health opportunities and all aspects of self-worth and dignity. Many are born, grow up and become adults in situations of conflict. Distressing numbers of East African children are starving, displaced, abducted, abused, raped, maimed, unaccompanied or used as child soldiers – lured or coerced into fighting wars that they do not understand. Many have died; many others stagger through life.
'Small Feet, Deep Prints' not only describes how conflicts are affecting youngsters, but documents how children and young people in Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda are working as partners with World Vision in peacebuilding. They are helping small pockets of peaceful societies to emerge, with huge potential for “multiplier” effects on nations.
This study surveyed over 100 young people aged 8–25, and many adults, in the four countries. Using interview and focus group research, case studies and analysis, the study identifies best practices and lessons that World Vision has learnt through engaging children in peacebuilding processes – learnings that could be tailored to other country and programme contexts. It makes broad recommendations for civil society groups, donors and multi-lateral organisations seeking to partner effectively with young people’s peacebuilding initiatives and youth-led organisations.
'Small Feet, Deep Prints' is a journey into the power of children’s innocence and young people’s zeal for bringing about peace. Indeed, young people’s widespread suffering in conflicts demands that peace processes consider, and engage, them. World Vision hopes that this book will inspire others to improve, expand and establish youth-focused peacebuilding programmes. If well supported by their communities to develop, share and implement their ideas, children and young people can make great contributions to building peace.
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