A Bauchi-based NGO, Attah Sisters Helping Hands (ASHH) Foundation, has established community-based peace mediators within a few communities in Bauchi State under a project funded by Women for Women International (WFWI).
This is in a renewed effort to further entrench peaceful coexistence, prevent conflict, and build trust amongst the various communities.
The partnership between ASHHF and Women for Women International (WFWI) is under its Conflict Security and Stability Fund Project (CSSF).
The project has therefore been expanded as the number of peace mediators in the communities of Kafin Madaki and Miri in Ganjuwa and Bauchi LGAs, respectively, has increased.
These mediators are tasked with the responsibility of facilitating dialogue, resolving conflicts, promoting understanding, fostering peaceful coexistence, preventing violence, and mediating disputes within their communities.
The mediators are also equipped by the ASHH Foundation, through capacity strengthening, to build trust among community members and refer cases of conflicts that are beyond their capacity to appropriate authorities.
A press release issued by the Communication Officer of the ASHH Foundation, Joseph Sule, contained that 40 additional peace mediators were added to the existing 50 members of the community-based mediators, bringing the number to 90, with each community of Miri and Kafin Madaki having 45 each.
According to the press release, refresher training and workshops were conducted for the existing members and the additional 40 women who were inducted.
In one of their advocacy visits to a village in Kafin Madaki, the community peace mediators leadership introduced the new members to the community leader, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu.
Mallam Yusuf Musa, the leader of the group, emphasised the importance of notifying the village head of any emerging issues because of his continued support and the inclusion of 20 additional women, which aligned with the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda, which seeks to promote women’s participation in community decision-making processes.
Expressing his delight, the village head, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, praised the inclusion of more women, noting their crucial role in children’s upbringing by providing emotional support, nurturing, teaching values, and ensuring safety, and overall well-being.
He urged the members to discharge their duties impartially and pledged continued support, emphasising that his door is always open for advice and assistance.
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