Project “ Peace Building in Society”
The People for Development Organization (PDO), with the
support of the Dutch M.M Organization, implemented this
project from 1/1/2020 to 31/12/2021 with the aim of developing
peaceful coexistence, by working through the youth of different
religious and ethnic components to build peace in society. The
number of Direct beneficiaries from the project reached 50
people and 10250 indirect.
The activities of the project, which was implemented in
Sulaymaniyah and Tuz Khurmatu District in Salah al-Din
Governorate, included the areas of long-term training,
development, refinishing and changing personality. The
youth were the target group for the project because they have
effective influences on society to achieve long-term changes.
In general, the project activities included the areas of research
preparation, training, seminar management, workshops, field
work, video production of peacebuilding, and many other
activities.
The involvement of young people in an important process such
as building peace in society was a new and completely different
experience for the beneficiaries of the project, especially in the
conditions that the Kurdish community has experienced during
the past years as a result of the undesirable political, economic
and social events that have occurred.
The project worked on forming a coordinating network of youth
beneficiaries of the project in order to motivate the youth to
cooperate and exchange views among themselves in the field of
peace building, which will lead to more and more convergence
to achieve the main objectives of the project.
The participants in the training were divided into two groups of
25 people for each group, and they practiced their activities in
a group manner with great interest in exchanging opinions and
deliberating in them.
of the project.