Great Lakes Zone Young Peacebuilders Network's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

I see it is a very nice networking site to share and exchange ideas with others about the Peace and Conflict Management around the world

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

OBJECTIVES

To Promote Peace Education to the children and youth through Dialogues and Seminars so as to have a sustainable peace in Great lake zone
To build the concept of peace to the current Leaders (Youth) and tomorrow Leaders (Children) so we can have the Peaceful Region
Vision

GYOPEN envisions all young people in the zone should grow in a peaceful, safe, and enabling environment, where their rights are protected and their voices are heard and considered in all forums of the society.
Mission

GYOPEN Mission is to deliver the Education for peace to the young people of Great Lakes Zone

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
DRC
Rwanda
Burundi

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

Tanzania

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Coordinator - GYOPEN

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.gyopen.org

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Conflict Resolution, Conflict Mainstreaming, Democratization, Development, Diplomacy, Education, Refugees

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Advocacy, Capacity Building, Communication, Evaluation, Information Technology

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Peace and Conflict Management

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

We need peace resolution in Northern Tanzania