Mokokchung, July 29 (MExN): Using the world acclaimed Peace Counts on Tours (PCoT) approach developed by Berghof Foundation (Germany), the Clark Centre for Peace Research and Action (CCPRA) organized two-day workshop on Peace Building from July 27 to 28 at Clark Theological College (CTC), Aolijen. It was attended by the BD final year students consisting of 58 members.
The resource persons for the workshop were Dr. Leban Serto (Director, Centre for Peace Education Manipur and Technical Consultant, Caritas, India), Mhonyamo (Peace Counts, Wokha), Rev. Dr. Dhanbir Rai (Lecturer, CTC) and Toshi Aier (Lecturer, CTC), who were all formerly trained under Berghof Foundation TOT programme.
The topics covered in the workshop were Vision of Peace, Conflict Escalation and De-escalation, Path into Violence and out of Violence, Experience of Trainers, Street football for tolerance, Compelling Arguments, Best Practices Stories and How to be a Peace builder.
Imtiwala Imchen, Programme Coordinator, CCPRA in an official communiqué today informed that the workshop implemented peace education through the stories of conflict zones from different parts of the world. The participants were also introduced to variety of peace educational methods applied in the workshop through the reading and interpretation of posters, documentary movies, engaging in group discussion and football match.
The principal of CTC, Rev Dr. Marnungsang gave away the certificates to all the participants to mark the successful completion of the workshop.
