What does Peace-Building look like?

November 10, 2007

Topic: Afghanistan — jesse_zenvc @ 1:38 am

“If everyone here implements their projects, we will have peace in Afghanistan”
- participant in our 5-Day training (after our session on creating ‘needs-based’ projects)

“Anywhere there are people, I’d like them to use these methods”
- participant (on what he’d like other people to know about this training)

“My dream is to be of service to this society that has suffered from war for 3 decades”
- participant

“I managed to solve a problem my sister had with her husband by using the things I learned in the workshop”
- participant (when asked to share ‘one moment’ this week that was particularly exciting for her)

“What the trainers taught us was really useful; there’s a lot of need for this in Afghanistan… I’d like to start by using this in my own house and my own office”
- participant

“I think we can use this in everyday life and everyday situations and each one of those can become a project in itself”
- participant (when asked about what projects she was excited about)

“Before this training I had difficulty forgiving some things that had happened in my past. I feel that I am now able to forgive some people that I haven’t been able to forgive before because now I can understand their needs.”
- participant who was the head of the Department of Women’s Affairs, Afghanistan

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