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MARWOPNET Launches Preventative Action Project in Guinea
During a workshop held November 20 to 22, 2004, the Guinean antenna
of MARWOPNET launched a new preventive action project, or "PAP".
The project will aim to prevent conflicts within Guinea as well
as conflicts with Mano River neighboring countries.
This project comes at a crucial time, as both the Ivory Coast and
Liberia are hit by new waves of violence and conflict, a situation
that has heightening the risk of destabilization in Guinea, according
to Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, MARWOPNET’s founding president.
Saran Daraba facilitated the PAP workshop for members of MARWOPNET-Guinea’s
prefectoral antennas, which subsequently organized regional workshops
to set up a network of traditional communicators that will cover
all of Guinea. These traditional communicators, to include but not
limited to griots, religious leaders, and other influential persons
at the local level, will not only work to convey messages of peace,
but also will sensitize their communities on education, health,
culture, and other issues.
The office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations approved
the financing of this one-year project. Besides the network of traditional
communicators, the project will include awareness-raising campaigns
to promote a culture of peace in the schools and communities, publication
of posters and other publicity materials, and many other activities.
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