Dimapur, December 6 (MExN): The Peace Channel 10th year commemoration began with hosting the 2nd National Peace Convention at Hotel Acacia from January 30 to February 1 where more than two hundred delegates from seventeen different states of India attended. It will culminate with the 9th North East Youth Peace and Cultural Festival to be held at DBDL Hall, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Campus Dimapur from December 10 to 12. Mmhonlumo Kikon, MLA and K. Phyobemo Lotha, UNV-DYC NYK Dimapur will be the chief guest and guest of honour for the inaugural function and Dr. Ilyas KPA, IPS, DCP Dimapur and Dr. N. Simon Dziivichii, President CAN the chief guest and guest of honour for the Valedictory function respectively.
The event will witness more than three hundred youths from different states of North East India and will be participating in different events that include career guidance, inter-faith conclave, talent hunt, peace rally and so forth.
Peace Channel was introduced on September 21, 2006 at St. Xavier Higher Secondary School, Jalukie by Dr. Fr. CP Anto. From its inception the movement focuses primarily on mobilizing the youth in educational institutions and localities into Quality Peace Clubs. The Quality Peace Clubs are fundamental functional bodies of the movement that brings together young people irrespective of tribe, religion and region to stand for peace and harmony in their immediate neighborhood. The Movement facilitates training and capacity building programmes on Peace and Conflicts for the members on a regular basis and keeps them connected and active through a host of district and state level capacity building programmes and cultural exchanges.
Since its introduction, Peace Channel has made its presence felt in all the districts of Nagaland. There are over 300 Quality peace clubs in 120 educational institutions and 20 localities in the state with over one lakh members, five hundred teachers and one hundred and fifty people forum for Peace members. Forays are being made into other states of the North East and the country. Peace Channel also successfully carried out five researches relating to peace building and awarded ten prominent personalities who have contributed towards peace building in the state. The movement believes in dialogue and reconciliation and all our differences can be sorted out through open discussion and dialogue. ”In the coming years we are planning to establish peace clubs in all the districts of Nagaland and North East India. We will also reach out to different communities to form locality peace clubs to prevent all forms of violent conflict in the community,” informed a press release issued by Peace Channel Desk.
It also added that a platform will be established where people irrespective of caste, class, tribe or religion will come together at regional, district and state level in the form of People’s Forum for Peace (PFP). “Peace Channel will continue the research on traditional peace building methods and keep updating the process of peace building and networking with churches, communities, government and Non Governmental settings,” said Dr. Fr. CP Anto, the Director.
