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Landry Ninteretse, Amahoro Youth Club
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- What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?
- I started working in peace and conflict resolution organizations in Burundi and would like to share experiences and information with people involved in this field. I am a founding member of Amahoro Youth Club and collaborate with TFF in Sweden and Peace Direct in the UK.
- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- Born in 1984 in Gitega Burundi, educated in communication sciences /development communication department of Université Lumière de Bujumbura.
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise
- Burundi
- What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?
- Burundi
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Insight on Conflict correspondent
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.transnational.org
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.insightonconflict.org
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?
- Conflict Resolution, Youth, Environment
Ninteretse Landry's Blog
Youth engaged to address energy and climate challenges
During the two-day conference, representatives from the five countries and experts made presentations and discussed on ways to address energy and climate challenges.
In general, the five countries are facing the same challenges: over use of… Continue
Posted on May 20, 2009 at 11:32am —
The Open Centre idea remains
As a former participant in the meeting of t… Continue
Posted on May 20, 2009 at 11:28am —
Sunday afternoon at Saga Plage…
To underscore fair-play but especially the significance of the game, players from both teams were m… Continue
Posted on May 20, 2009 at 11:20am —
Welcome to my blog about Burundi
Amahoro means peace in Kirundi, my native language of Burundi.
I am a freelance journalist involved in peace and development activities in my country. I am also a founding member of the Amahoro Youth Club which mission is to solidify the peace process in Burundi at all levels by provinding spaces for dialogues and exchanges among young people in Burundi and in the diaspora.
I also write for Peace Direct in England, through its project Insight on Conflict which I recommend that you vis… Continue
Posted on July 7, 2008 at 5:53am — 2 Comments
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Events
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Innovations in Student Leadership Conference: Building Peace in Practice
February 20, 2010 from 10:30am to 4pm – McCarthy Hall at Georgetown University
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3rd International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education (CRE), Building Infrastructures for Change: Innovations in Conflict Resolution Education (CRE) and Justice Initiatives
March 24, 2010 to March 27, 2010 – Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus
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International Institute on Peace Education
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Peacebuilding Peacelearning Intensive
August 1, 2010 at 12pm to August 7, 2010 at 12pm – Wilmington College
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I pray that you are well and most importantly, wish you the very best in your work and private life.
Landry, I am very impressed by work after visiting the webpage of the Amahoro Youth club-AYC although much is in French a language am not very much familiar with. Surely I am flattered with the whole content on the page.
Good luck!
Francis Maberi
Thank you so much for the warm welcome that you and the other people of the Amahoro Youth Club gave me in Bujumbura. I was very much inspired by the way in which you spoke about the mission of the AYC and by seeing the effort that you are taking to give youth in Burundi a voice and to let them discuss & act on their own fate. Thanks to initiatives like the AYC a more inclusive world comes within reach, 'pole pole' but inevitably..
I wish the Amahoro Youth Club and its members all the best.
We'll keep in touch!
Anna
Well of recent, Kampala has some chaos but now it is back to Normal. I have not read your publication because I failed to open the blog kindly re-advise me.
Thank you in advance.
Great news: I am coming to Burundi in September! I contacted one of the organisations you told me about, the Centre Jeunes Kamenge, and they are happy to receive me for a two month field research on youth peace building. Maybe we can meet up once I am in Burundi? I would love to pay a visit to the Amahoro Youth Club if time allows it. Let me know!
all the best,
Anna Booij
Your help is solicited in analyzing a set of suggestions prepared by me to bring about peace in Sri Lanka. The concept promoted in these suggestions can be applied in any country.
In Sri Lanka, the trouble started due to discrimination and injustice and continues due to bribery and corruption. These may be the reasons for troubles in other countries too.
Current wars have to be ended and new wars have to be prevented. To achieve this goal the present system of Democratic Governance has to be changed to one that is really democratic in its true sense.
In the present democratic system it is only the powerful - speech, money and thuggery - can join the ruling class to suppress or convert others all others as their subjects and is a fertile ground for "corruption" in various forms to thrive.
In my opinion "Corruption" includes any kind of waste, neglect and every form of malpractice, dishonesty, abuse, misuse, unreasonable exercise of power, failure or refusal to exercise power, anything and everything left undone which results in the right of the people being denied or impaired.
Without a "just society" in existence much talked about "terrorism" cannot be eradicated. For the creation of a "just society" there should be "good governance" in the country. For the creation of "good governance" in the country "corruption" in ALL its forms must be eradicated. And to eradicate "corruption" the present democratic system of governance, where full power to make final decisions ultimately rests in the hands of one person, must be changed.
So the only way to salvage a country is to change the present system of governance to one that is truly democratic where the final decision-making power will NOT be in the hands of ONE person BUT shared by as many people as possible and thus restricting any individual hasty decisions that might lead to trouble everywhere.
To make a country truly democratic, the powers of the Parliament (the decision making supreme body of a country) should be split and separated and each of the separated powers must be handled by different groups of persons selected and elected by the people for the purpose of administering EACH SET OF POWERS or duties as the case may be so that no single group has the full power. All the groups together will make the whole. The country is not divided but the powers of parliament are divided/separated.
Different groups have to be elected for such purposes as administration, fiscal management, planning, implementing, policy and law making, auditing and for any other function that may be deemed necessary.
The group that is entrusted with the power to make laws and regulations shall not be given the duty/power of implementing/administering the laws and regulations.
Particular care should be taken to see that all powers are NOT CONCENTRATED in one place and that they do not overlap and there must not be a secret budget to be handled by a single person.
All transactions should be transparent including Diplomacy which has to be diplomatically transparent.
One set of powers dealing with the development of the country should be given to the set of representatives at the village level. The people of each and every village must be empowered to determine their way of life (lifestyle). The life-style of a village, its lands and resources shall not be disturbed by external forces.
All plans of development of a village that remotely/indirectly affects the village must have the concurrence of the people of that village concerned.
It has to be ensured that people are treated equitably regardless of their gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origins, age, disability, socio-economic background, religious or political beliefs and affiliations, marital status, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or other inappropriate distinction;
The decision-making powers with regard to each and every set of powers must be spread through-out the country.
With such system in practice discrimination, injustice, bribery and corruption, the four pillars of an Evil society might become history.
When the above four pillars of Evil are eradicated, the people would be living under a system that would guarantee sustainable peace, prosperity and a pleasant living to everyone in any country.
Comments on the above views are solicited from everyone with a view to prevent future wars and end current wars.
Now together for mutual elevation and for the elevation of the entire Humanity...a NEW HUMANITY...
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Giuseppe, your brother friend partner un the REALIZATION...
I will read your blog and hope we will keep in touch this time.
G
Bite, I am also from Burundi and took part in many activities of the Amahoro Youth Club's predecessor which was Amahoro Coalition made of 13 organisations. I was hurt to hear that the original project aborted but at the same time am delighted to see young people like you taking over. Keep on battling, I know the fight is not easy, was born, grew up, studied, worked there....
All the best,
G
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