By: Razak Baba
The Ashanti Region Peace Council with support from the Commonwealth Secretariat has organized a training workshop for Youth Peace Ambassadors Club at the Islamic Senior High School (SHS) in Kumasi.
It was to educate and equip the students with knowledge and skills on non-violent approaches and mechanisms in resolving differences towards peace building at the community level.
Conflicts remain an inevitable phenomenon in every society and the outcome is destructive.
The most important thing consequently is to put in place mechanisms and peace infrastructure to manage such conflicts when they arise to prevent them from escalating into violence.
Therefore the collaboration between the Ashanti Region Peace Council and the Commonwealth Secretariat is to train the youth on these mechanisms to become agents of peace in their communities.
It is in light of this that the Youth Peace Ambassadors Club initiative is being introduced in Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Region.
One of the beneficiary Schools is the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi.
A training workshop has been held for members of the Youth Peace Ambassadors Club to educate and equip the students with knowledge and skills on non-violent approaches and mechanisms in resolving differences.
A Board Member of the Ashanti Region Peace Council, Dr. Ustaz Ahmed Seidu said any meaningful attempt to sustain peace and prevent the occurrence of conflict and any form of violence in society should focus on empowering the youth as a major stakeholder.
He noted that terrorist attacks in sub-Saharan Africa are a clarion call for leaders on the continent to strengthen security.
The Executive Secretary of the Ashanti Region Peace Council, Reverend Emmanuel Badu Amoah called for the imbibing in the youth, time-tested customs and traditions that promote peaceful co-existence.