We are in the midst of a pioneering effort to pilot a Conflict Resolution Center in Uganda. RPCP is partnering with our recent fellow, Mansuk Milton, from South Sudan who is currently living in Uganda as a refugee. We will be sharing, with a small team of volunteers, necessary skills in communication, conflict resolution, dialogues, trauma-responsive care, and social-emotional learning to build a safer more inclusive community. The Camp is Bidi Bidi, the largest South Sudanese refugee camp in the world. Joining the team, with periodic visits, will be Jeffrey Weisberg, Executive Director, and Dr. Mariia Levchenko, RPCP International Director of Outreach and Training.

Over the past few months, the team in Uganda (Mansuk and Muresuk) organized a comprehensive Conflict and Peacebuilding Strategies training for 49 community leaders, religious leaders, and youth in BidiBidi Refugee Settlement, Northern Uganda - home to approximately 270,000 refugees from South Sudan, from May 20th to 26th. Our objective was to empower participants with the essential skills and knowledge required to promote peacebuilding and resolve conflicts in their communities.

The training program primarily focused on the two most vital peacebuilding strategies of dialogue and restorative justice (RJ), and we utilized a Training of Trainers (ToT) model to deliver a rigorous training program. The training was done in partnership and facilitated by Jeffrey Weisberg, the Executive Director of River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding, and Mariia Levchenko, a CSP 2017 Fellow from Ukraine. To ensure the success of our endeavor, we selectively identified ten (10) participants from our program who displayed exceptional leadership and training capabilities. These participants will continue with further training on advanced peacebuilding strategies through monthly virtual sessions, facilitated by RPCP.