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Peace messengers complete training

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    A six-day peace training programme has just ended in the Masiaka area northeast of Freetown, the director of development and environment for the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL) told IRIN on Thursday.

    The 11-16 July workshop, attended by 27 local opinion leaders from the Koya Chiefdom, aimed to empower the participants to go and preach peace and reconciliation in their communities.

    “They will hold one-to-one dialogues and community meetings which target three groups: civilians who stayed in their villages during the war, former fighters and returnees,” CCSL’s Albert Kanu said. The trainees, religious and traditional heads, command respect within their communities and will ensure that the message of peace and reconciliation is heard, CCSL said.

    The three-month pilot project, financed by UNDP/UNOPS, will be monitored by the CCSL, UNDP/UNOPS and the National Commission for Reconstruction Resettlement and Rehabilitation. Following its evaluation it is hoped to extend it to other areas, Kanu said.

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