| Name | Phaphama Initiatives | ||
| Country | South Africa | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1992, 70 members | ||
| Motivation | Break the cycle, society transformation capacity of the organisation to change that | ||
| Why in SA exchange | To share knowledge and to learn from others people's experiences, networking | ||
| Take away | Experiences | ||
| Mission | Build healthy relationships in nonviolence settings | ||
| Activities | AVP, WOW, Gender Reconciliation, TALK, Community based tourism, ARTSLAB | ||
| Achievements | AVP in six countries (Hong Kong, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa) reached so many communities | ||
| Challenges | Financial resources, visibility in the media, marketing | ||
| Networks
| CSVR, ASC, Damietta, Youth groups, schools, Quakers |
| Name | War Resisters' International (WRI) | ||
| Country | International network | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1921, 90 organisations in more than 30 countries | ||
| Motivation | First publicly declared conscientious objector to military service in Chile. Conscientious objection group joined WRI | ||
| Why in SA exchange | To be true to the word international. Work towards the 2014 International Conference | ||
| Take away | New contacts, ideas for cooperation in the future, energy towards 2014 | ||
| Mission | Strive against all wars | ||
| Activities | Two main programmes: Nonviolence Programme and the Right to Refuse to Kill programme. | ||
| Achievements | To maintain a political secular voice for revolutionary nonviolence | ||
| Challenges | How to connect the local to the global "think globally act legally" | ||
| Networks | Peace and nonviolent groups, gender groups |
| Name | Engender | ||
| Country | South Africa | ||
| Year founded and membership | 2003 after a two year consultation, 20 members | ||
| Motivation | Soul purpose, divinely driven & meets real people's needs | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Share experiences, strategies. Be inspired, motivated. Consolidate and expand networks and relationships | ||
| Take away | All learnings, inspiration, new friends – comrades | ||
| Mission | Building equitable, just and nonviolent societies of people though participatory research and empowerment of communities of people on gender, sexualities, HRTS, conflict resolution | ||
| Activities | Research, publications, education workshops, community development, skills and network sharing, creativity including poetry and music. This is all part of our goal of consciousness transformation and work on intersectionalities | ||
| Achievements | Survival in harsh fund climate. Promoting intersectionalities, collaboration, partnership, ubuntu, gift paradigm, etc | ||
| Challenges | Lack of funds and skilled volunteers. Skeptics. Slow change | ||
| Networks | Grassroot communities, local provincial national government, NGOs (local, African, global south, international including IPRA) |
| Name | EMDHR | ||
| Country | Eritrean's exiles in South Africa | ||
| Year founded and membership | 2003 with 600 members | ||
| Motivation | Desire for freedom. To be free from military conscription. Freedom to go to our home | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Promote nonviolent struggle for change | ||
| Take away | NV techniques and practices | ||
| Mission | Empower people to exercise human rights | ||
| Activities | Educational campaigns of nonviolence | ||
| Achievements | Radio, manual on nonviolence | ||
| Challenges | Being exiled, lack of finances | ||
| Networks | Eritrean plus international human rights 4 peace activists |
| Name | Peace and Justices Association | ||
| Country | North America | ||
| Year founded and membership | 2011 with 300 members (30 institutions) | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Personal journey as a victim of violence – seeking ways to contribute to nonviolence and peace | ||
| Take away | Create international network | ||
| Mission | Diversity of nonviolence practices = take away | ||
| Activities | Bring together activists, scholars, K-12 educators to fight for justice and peace. | ||
| Achievements | Annual conferences, journal and newsletter | ||
| Challenges | Inclusion of diverse voices | ||
| Networks | Other organisations with similar mission |
| Name | World Without Wars and Without Violence (member of the Humanist Movement) | ||
| Country | Mozambique | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1969 (Humanist Movement0 1995 (1st presentation in Spain), with 300 members | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Social and personal change, simultaneously | ||
| Take away | That this struggle is not only your own. That there are other good people in the world who have the similar dream. | ||
| Mission | Ties to others for things we will do together | ||
| Activities | Raise the consciousness about nonviolence, the security and general depth of the issue. The inner violence felt as suffering, and nonviolence as a moral force and way of life, only capable of bringing about a true human revolution. | ||
| Achievements | World March for Peace and Nonviolence | ||
| Challenges | Growth, more base groups, a true social movement | ||
| Networks | Humanist Movement and Pressenza |
| Name | CANVAS ( Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action + Strategy. ICNC (International Center on Nonviolent Conflict) | ||
| Year founded and membership | CANVAS (2005, network of 20 plus trainers) ICNC (staff of 10 plus associates) | ||
| Motivation | Activist + Scholar – Make Contribution + Share SA experience in other contexts. Anti-war background – growing conviction on how to bring about change | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Specific experience in this field but need to apply in different contexts, in Africa especially. | ||
| Take away | Understanding of other contexts + what other groups have tried, lessons, successes + failures, etc. | ||
| Mission | CANVAS (share activist experience of successful NV struggles train in tools / tactics + strategy) ICNC (Research, documentation, + education, distribution of resources) | ||
| Activities | CANVAS ( Training in: Ukraine, Georgia, Palestine, Turkey, Egypt, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D ivoire, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, DRC, Congo-B, Kenya, Ghana, Maldives | ||
| Achievements | "Bloodless regime change" ??? Strengthen civil society share resources, experiences, tools | ||
| Challenges | Who to work with? Follow up "model"? | ||
| Networks | Opposition groups – civil society only. HR / Democracy + social, Western Agenda? |
| Name | Chemchemi, Ya Ukweli | ||
| Country | Kenya | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1997, is not a membership organisation | ||
| Motivation | Realisation (through training that there is actually an alternative to violence) | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Movement building & learning | ||
| Take away | Best practices & success stories | ||
| Mission | Community transformation through ANV training | ||
| Activities | Trainings (ANV, SCE, C.P. IRD). Strategic networking & partnership, mentorship, accompaniment | ||
| Achievements | Movement building (No+ COP) | ||
| Challenges | Demand Vs Supply – community expectations | ||
| Network | Government bodies, peace organisations, INGOs (Peace / Human Rights), CBOT |
| Name | CAPI (Change Agents for Peace International) Turning the Tide | ||
| Country | Kenya | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1992 | ||
| Motivation | The rampant violence within grassroots communities, especially election related | ||
| Why in SA exchange | To get new strategies in nonviolence work and build network | ||
| Take away | Success stories from other groups. Improve training and campaign skills. Hope. | ||
| Mission | To build the capacities of social change agents within grassroots communities | ||
| Activities | Capacity building trainings. Economic empowerment. Consultancy. Supporting NV groups in doing campaigns. | ||
| Achievements | Established NV campaign groups. Recorded some successful NV campaigns . Established linkages with other peace groups and networks | ||
| Challenges | Lack of full commitment from young people who are the main actors in violence. Some communities expect handouts - handout mentality | ||
| Network | International partners in peace. Grassroots based groups. Human Rights activities. Religious groups, eg. Quakers. The government. |
| Name | ONAD (Organisation for Nonviolence and Development) | ||
| Country | South Sudan | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1994, 80 members | ||
| Motivation | Injustice + victims | ||
| Why in SA exchange | We believe in nonviolence as a movement we're members | ||
| Take away | Connections, solidarity | ||
| Mission | Working with vulnerable people to transform violence & build a just and democratic society | ||
| Activities | Nonviolence & PB, Governance and civic education, community empowerment + gender, internal organisation development | ||
| Achievements | Beneficiaries not only learnt about nonviolence but took actions. Wider connections with communities. More than 50 volunteers. SONAD + ONAD | ||
| Challenges | Documentation and media. Increasing inter-communal conflicts | ||
| Network | SUNDE, SSCSA, COPA, IFOR, WRI |
| Name | GALZ (Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe) | ||
| Country | Zimbabwe | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1990, 450 members | ||
| Motivation | Question and challenge oppressive forms of power (Patriarchy e Homophobia) | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Space/platform to: share ideas, strategies and alternatives to creatively speak out against Injustices. Plans as a collective, moot ideas on regional peace initiatives (social justice & social transformation). Status quo- unjust laws perpetrating violence, militarisation & masculinities impact on vulnerable populations (youth, LGBTI, women, children, disabled) rights. | ||
| Take away | Non-violence techniques (lessons learned from region) | ||
| Mission | Promote, represent, protect of LGBTI people. | ||
| Activities | Advocacy lobby, Research & documentation. | ||
| Achievements | Book fair 1995, Constitutional Referendum 1999, Constitution 2010 Indaba S.O, [unreadable line], IDAHOT day (statements, collaboration with civil society), young women forum, 2LHR. | ||
| Challenges | State sponsored homophobia, religious and traditional leaders, society polarisation, American conservatives infiltration, selective application law. | ||
| Networks
| Members, LGBTI Zimbabwe, Civil Society, Students-research, HIV/AIDS , Women, Peace. |
| Name | IDF (Interactive Development Forum) | ||
| Country | Uganda | ||
| Year founded and membership | 5 members | ||
| Motivation | My experience in Peace building (Passion) | ||
| Why in SA exchange | To interact with different likeminded trainers for better work. | ||
| Take away | Strengthened-Bigger network | ||
| Mission | Empowering the individual as the locks of change for harmonious communities. | ||
| Activities | Community outreaches, Non violence workshops, training of trainers. | ||
| Achievements | Trainers doing work, worked with over 100 communities in Uganda, working with groups out of Uganda. | ||
| Challenges | Ending Projects very early. | ||
| Networks
| Raising voices, communities, RHU, Esperance, Schools, CRY, Reach, Community GPS. |
| Name | Action Support Centre | ||
| Country | South Africa | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1992, ? members | ||
| Motivation | Because of the Peace building work we do, there is a strong link in the method we use. | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Learning & Sharing | ||
| Take away | Strategies which have been tried and tested | ||
| Mission | Having a people centred approach to deal with conflict. | ||
| Activities | Solidarity, capacity building, network building. | ||
| Achievements | Bring together social movements, labour, CS around a common goal (ZSF) | ||
| Challenges | Regional Stability (Political, economical) | ||
| Networks
| Labour, Religious, Political, Civil Society. |
| Name | MEMOS-Learning from History | ||
| Country | Rwanda | ||
| Year founded and membership | 2003, 27 members | ||
| Motivation | Our History | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Sharing and & learning with other networks in order to improve our work | ||
| Take away | Akanyoni Katagurutse Ntikamenya yo bweze (strategies from other groups, experiences from others. | ||
| Mission | Promoting a culture of non violence, reconciliation & learning from positive & negative aspects of our country. | ||
| Activities | Peace building workshops & trainings, peace camp, rescuers resisters project, bearing witness retreat, study visits. | ||
| Achievements | Creation of youth clubs, Recognition of Rwanda rescuers, network creation, retreats. | ||
| Challenges | Resources, minimum understanding of peace building field | ||
| Networks
| NGO's locals, regional, international, government agencies, TIG, NURC, CNLG, Museums |
| Name | LIZADEEL | ||
| Country | DRC | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1994, 120 members | ||
| Motivation | Defendre les personnes vulnérables- enfants & femmes | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Les enfants du Congo sont victims des plusiers violences domestique et celles dues aux conflict armes | ||
| Take away | Avoir des techniques de lutte contre la violence et de plaidoyer pour eradiquer la violence | ||
| Mission | Defense des droits des enfant | ||
| Activities | Accés á la Justice, Soutien psychologique, campagne de plaidoyer, lutte contre l'mpunité | ||
| Achievements | Accés á l'education fondamentale pour enfort, loi sur la protection de l'enfant | ||
| Challenges | Faible budget allone ou secteur de l'education | ||
| Networks
| Enfants, Femmes, Activistes des Droits de l'Homme |
| Name | CEASEFIRE CAMPAIGN | ||
| Country | South Africa | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1993, 50 members | ||
| Motivation | Interest in disarmement, curiosity seeking solutions to violence, peace building, continuity of anti-conscription, to know more about dimmilytarization, continue making a difference. | ||
| Why in SA exchange | WRI 2014, to be part of a bigger african family & solidarity working on peace/NV | ||
| Take away | Knowledge & skills, co-operation for 2014 | ||
| Mission | Campaign for peace, more to be spent on basic neers & less on weapons of war, for demilitarization | ||
| Activities | Peace education, lobbying & advocasy, monitoring of NCACC, arms control, gun violence monitoring, research | ||
| Achievements | Outreach programme, international campaigns on disarmerment, sharing of information. | ||
| Challenges | Funding, intolerance, convincing people we are patriotic | ||
| Networks
| NPO |
| Name | War Resisters League | ||
| Country | USA | ||
| Year founded and membership | 1923, 8000 members | ||
| Motivation | Brought by late 1970s coming of age as young man facing draft registration | ||
| Why in SA exchange | Here to help provide solidarity and link to African Diaspora in USA. | ||
| Take away | Excitment and concrete tasks to help build 2014 | ||
| Mission | End war+ causes of war | ||
| Activities | Magazine, tergas campaign | ||
| Achievements | Major force in ending Vietnam war | ||
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| Name | EMBRACE DIGNITY | ||
| Country | South Africa | ||
| Year founded and membership | 2010, 48 members | ||
| Motivation | Serendipity, openness, history connects to values & activism | ||
| Why in SA exchange | To give and receive & be supportive | ||
| Take away | Connections, opportunities to wake together. New skills | ||
| Mission | Have a law that ends sex exploitation of women as a culture, End commercial sexual exploitation and achieve gender equality by advocacy and grassroots organization a public education | ||
| Activities | Advocacy for law reform, public training for exit ending demand | ||
| Achievements | Media presence, engaged in the public debate established, self organize survivor group, international links CATW | ||
| Challenges | Nature of issue,- highly contested, funds, industry highly organized | ||
| Networks
| Engender, Feminists, AVP, Men Project, faith based organizations, Unions, Political organizations, genders. |
