Our Mission is Planting seeds to harvest a peaceful tomorrow through promoting peaceful coexistence among Liberians by empowering youth, adults, and elders with the tools necessary to solve disputes/conflicts peacefully and nonviolently among themselves while addressing the trauma the Liberian Civil War has created.
Currently, the Center for Peace Education has established the following programs to fulfill the vision and mission of the Center for Peace Education:
- Peer Mediation Programs
- Peace Education Programs
- Job Skills Development Training Programs
- Education Assistance Program for War Affected Children
- Community Peace Libraries
- Zone of Peace
- Community Peer Mediation Network Group
A Peaceful, Non-Violent Liberia
- Survey
- Focus Groups
- Formative Evaluation
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2009 The Center for Peace Education
Success Stories
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Students, teachers, and staffs from various schools in and around Bushrod Island gathered at Center for Peace Education office between March – April 2009 to discuss the root causes and level of violence within schools
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Based on the discussions with the students and teachers, assessment tools were prepared; i.e. interview questionnaires, survey, focus group discussions, etc.
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Data collectors were trained
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Interview questionnaires and focus group discussions were pretested among a sample of students from a variety of schools prior to the administering of the full survey
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A baseline survey on the causes and level of violence was conducted in 14 schools from May to June 2009
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Over 500 hundred students, teachers, and administrators participated in the survey.
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Focus group discussions with over 500 students, and administrators were held
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After the data was analyzed, priorities were reviewed and discussed with individual schools involved <<more>>
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