Voice of America’s Jaremy Haken talks to a Liberian man, Ebenezer Mainlehwon Vonhm Benda, who is working to break the cycle of violence in his home country. He has started an organization designed to teach peace education and alternatives to violence.

Success Stories

• 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
• Based on the discussions with the students and teachers, assessment tools were prepared; i.e. interview questionnaires, survey, focus group discussions, etc.
• Data collectors were trained
• 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
• A baseline survey on the causes and level of violence was conducted in 14 schools from May to June 2009
• Over 500 hundred students, teachers, and administrators participated in the survey.
• Focus group discussions with over 500 students, and administrators were held
• After the data was analyzed, priorities were reviewed and discussed with individual schools involved