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The road to peace who studied at Makerere, has taken lessons
learned about Positive Peace and is sharing
them with students of his own in Cameroon.
his month, Rotary takes a step toward He became interested in the Rotary
T supporting peacebuilding in the Positive Peace Activator training program
Middle East and North Africa region. after witnessing extremism, online hate
In November, Rotary and District 2420 speech, and violence in Cameroon. Since
are hosting a signing ceremony for our completing the program, he has brought his
newest peace center in partnership with lessons on peace to students at the Yaoundé
Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul. International Business School and other
The ceremony is the first in a series of organizations in the Central Africa country.
events recognizing the new center at BAU The world needs more people like the
and Rotary’s work to promote peace. The graduates of the program at Makerere and
2024 Rotary International Convention our other peace fellows. To that end, we can
in May will mark 25 years since the first all advance peace by encouraging our local
Rotary Peace Centers were announced — peacebuilders to learn more about Rotary
coincidentally at the Rotary Convention in and apply for this impactful fellowship.
Singapore in 1999. Recruitment for the first Rotary members can also mentor candidates
cohort of Rotary Peace Fellows at BAU also for the fellowship. Or you can work with
starts in 2024, and selected candidates will peace fellows who have already graduated.
begin their program in early 2025. They probably have an initiative or two that
Since its beginning, the peace centers would benefit from your help.
program has prepared more than 1,700 Our peace centers in North America,
peace fellows working in more than 140 Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia depend
countries to create a more peaceful world. on financial support as well. The program
That is certainly worth celebrating, but at BAU was made possible thanks to a
Rotary Peace Fellows are more than statistics generous gift of $15.5 million to The Rotary
on a page. Their actions have helped Create Foundation from the Otto and Fran Walter
Hope in the World and will continue to do Foundation.
so. This new Rotary Peace Center will
For example, Jennifer Montgomery offer a one-year professional development
and Gorett Komurembe — peace fellows certificate in peace and development studies
from the program at Makerere University for fellows focusing on peacebuilding within
in Uganda — are co-founders of Magenta the Middle East and North Africa region.
Girls Initiative. The international Peace must be waged persistently; it is the
nongovernmental organization equips soil where hope takes root. But as with any
Ugandan girls and young women with the journey, we take one step at a time. Let’s take
support and tools to overcome harmful those steps together.
gender norms, generational poverty, gender-
based violence, trafficking, and trauma. R. GORDON R. MCINALLY
Ndzi Divine Njamsi, another peace fellow President, Rotary International
2023. 10-11 總監月刊
