G-1345

Sustainable Peace Studies

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Project Description

Region: Africa

Country: Burundi

Location: University of Ngozi

Total Budget: $35,150

Area of Focus: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention



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"Amahoro" is the Kirundi word for peace. Founded in 1999 with a commitment to peace and reconciliation, its University of Ngozi (UNG) is uniquely situated to be a laboratory for peace-building and sustainable development and the Amahoro Project hopes to help lead the way. We recognize that economic development will suffer if violence continues and that peace will be a casualty if communities remain mired in poverty. Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world, emerging from colonization and forty years of violence. Recent conflicts currently threaten the last eight years of stability but conditions in the region of Ngozi have remained peaceful for many years and that is one of the principle reasons why we are working there.

Phase Two funding for this effort at "Sustainable Peace Studies" (#GG1755935) will help make real the arguments for sustainability that were built into the Phase One Global Grant (#GG1529434). Specifically, Phase Two will move this effort at infusing peacebuilding skills and ideas into the academic programs at other colleges and universities, into elementary and secondary school curricula as well as into religious studies at various seminaries.

Those committed to this project believe that sustainable development must wed with restorative educational innovations to prepare new leaders to heal and foster civil society as basic infrastructure needs are addressed. In all our endeavors, we propose to use locally generated and regionally applicable case-based, problem-based, and project-based learning along with ideas and skills for peace building (i.e., improved communication, cooperation, conflict resolution and more) to transform surface or memorized learning into a greater emphasis on critical and creative thinking.

Over the course of this project, the UNG will be established as a viable center for research and development in sustainable peace and development. With the awarding of a Phase Two Global Grant, those at the UNG can help Burundi forge (1) a recovery and rebirth of spirit, (2) reconcile wounds, differences, rivalries, prejudices, and hatreds, (3) resolve to understand the truth of the past, fix the present, and prepare for a better future; and (4) reinforce the resilience needed to rebuild an impoverished, post-colonial nation.

There are currently some 1,700 students at the University of Ngozi. Our peace-building efforts will impact each of these students in every class they take throughout their college careers. Each new class of 400+ will enjoy a similar dual training in disciplinary case-based, problem-based, and project-based learning infused with peace building skills of improved communication, cooperation, conflict resolution, mediation and more. When they graduate, these students will move into various communities across this nation of approximately eleven million as well as into neighboring nations of Rwanda and Uganda. Once available on various websites and translated from English into French, these materials will also be accessible to other colleges and universities in Burundi as well as school systems nationally. Eventually, these materials should prove useful to faculty and school leaders around the world, especially those in areas emerging from conflict.

Primary Host Partner

District: 9150

Rotary Club of: Ngozi

Primary Contact: Eric Uwimana

Email: uwimanaercie2015@gmail.com

Primary International Partner

District: 5440

Rotary Club of: Fort Collins

Primary Contact: William Timpson

Email: william.timpson@colostate.edu

Project Status

Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.

Project listed for the 2017-18 Rotary Year.

The TRF Grant application number is #1755935.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Ngozi (9150)

1-May-17

$100

$0

$100

Fort Collins (5440)

24-Aug-17

$8,000

$8,000

$16,000

Denver (5450)

8-Sep-17

$2,000

$2,000

$4,000

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

$5,050

$10,000

$15,050

Total

$35,150

Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

Project Supporting Documents

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History Log Entries

1-May-17

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

24-Aug-17

by William Timpson

System Entry: Pledge of $10,000 with $10,000 DDF by William Timpson of the Rotary Club of Fort Collins, District 5440.

24-Aug-17

by William Timpson

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

4-Sep-17

by William Timpson

$8,000 has been pledged to the Fort Collins Rotary Club for this Global Grant but we need #2,000 more.

We are hoping for $10,000 from the District DDF account.

8-Sep-17

by William Timpson

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

8-Sep-17

by William Timpson

System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 with $2,000 DDF by Paul Jones of the Rotary Club of Denver, District 5450.

8-Sep-17

by William Timpson

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

18-Dec-17

by William Timpson

We are now fully pledged for Phase Two and awaiting the submission of final reports from the Host Rotary Club on Phase One.

2-Apr-18

by William Timpson

We are just beginning Phase Two of our efforts to infuse sustainable peace studies into the curricula and programs of schools and churches.

9-Jul-18

by William Timpson

We have full funding for this Global Grant and we are proceeding toward implementation.

16-Jul-18

by William Timpson

Full funding has been committed and most of the money transferred to Burundi pending final submission of a form for RI.

2-Aug-18

by William Timpson

This project is fully funded.

22-Aug-18

by John Trone

System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.

22-Aug-18

by John Trone

System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.

22-Aug-18

by John Trone

System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.

2-Mar-19

by William Timpson

This project is well underway. Instructors and community leaders are enrolled in one of two different graduate education courses intended to infuse content about sustainable peace and reconciliation studies into university, school and church curricula.

16-Sep-19

by William Timpson

This project is ongoing. Instructors are working through their training in sustainable peace studies.

2-Apr-20

by John Trone

Progress report was filed in November of 2019 and accepted by TRF. Next report is due on 11/19/2020

2-Dec-20

by William Timpson

System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.

24-Feb-21

by William Timpson

This work on sustainable peacebuilding is ongoing.

16-May-21

by John Trone

Final reports that document the disbursement of funds must be submitted to the Foundation within two months of the last grant money being disbursed. It appears all the funds have been disbursed as of November of 2020, is that correct? If correct, Bill/Eric, will a final report be filled soon?

16-May-21

by William Timpson

Our work on promoting sustainable peacebuilding in colleges, schools, churches and the community is promising and ongoing.

2-Aug-21

by William Timpson

We have submitted our final report.

31-Oct-21

by William Timpson

System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.

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