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Lebanese Iraqi Youth Exchange Peace Journalism… 1 & 2.. FDCD Achieved the Goal FDCD NEWSLETTER Spring is here and we at FDCD would like to want to thank you as always for your support, share with you our recent news. We are busy friendship, and interest in our work! Here are preparing for our upcoming events, and we some highlights from our recent activities: FDCD, in collaboration with the What a wonderful and fruitful 2009 Peace Journalism… Norwegian Embassy in Beirut and FDCD has had! It has been like a 1 & 2.. FDCD achieved Development & Peace in Canada, beehive with the numerous encoun- the goal organized two workshops on Peace ters and events with youth, women FDCD achieved the goal of spread- Journalism which brought together and people on the grassroots level ing the concept of Peace Journal- journalists from Iraq, Palestine, and NGOs. FDCD has completed its ism among young journalists living Egypt and Lebanon. In the first mini-development project in Syria and working in countries suffering workshop, from May 15 till May 19, in November 2009 and has had from conflicts, FDCD sought to alter many prominent Lebanese journal- creative programs as mentioned in Journalists thinking and writing ists and lecturers gave presenta- brief in this newsletter. methods from war journalism that tions about the status of the media is vastly spread in their countries in Lebanon, and there were also FDCD envisions ‘life in abun- into Peace Journalism which is contributions from Iraqi and Pales- dance’ based on justice, equality, almost a new concept in the region. tinian experts who talked about the human dignity, social responsibil- media situation in their countries. ity and dialogue. We seek to trans- form that vision into a reality by ... to be continued on page 3 creating and spreading a culture Lebanese Iraqi Youth acquired new tools for analyzing of peace and justice through our Exchange and addressing them nonviolent- diverse encounters, conferences ly like mediation, reconciliation and workshops locally, regionally and theatre. and internationally. During February 2009, 22 Iraqi and Lebanese young activists, One of the highlights of the work- In 2009, FDCD has witnessed the engaged with different nongov- ernmental organizations, gathered shop was when Ziad, a participant bitter-sweet farewell of our col- from Baghdad, shared with the leagues Tonnie Choueiri and Nizar at Garden Hotel in Brummana and were part of a 6-day workshop or- group the tragic story of losing his Ghanem. But as the cycle of life wife and child during a bombing goes, we’ve also welcomed a new ganized by FDCD on Conflict Reso- lution and Intersectarian Violence. which took place recently. On the FDCD team that has given FDCD last day, Ziad said: “the connec- new insights and approaches: Jean The workshop turned out to be tions and the new friendships that Paul Chami for the peace and con- I made in this workshop helped flict resolution program, Pamela Abi a great learning journey for all. The participants learned about me return to the positive person I Nader for the trauma and women in used to be.” dialogue project, Sara Sibai for the the dynamics of conflicts and youth work and Nisrine Ajab for the peace journalism project. We thank the FDCD Board for their accompaniment and assis- tance, FDCD partners and friends for their support, and the staff for their endeavors, commitment and loyalty to FDCD’s mission. Rev. Riad Jarjour President 1 FDCD NEWSLETTER Advocacy Workshop for Iraqi one of the main objectives of this training was a joint NGOs project to be designed and implemented by the par- ticipants, creating a community and team spirit was Between 24 and 31 of May 2009, FDCD hosted a necessary for this goal to be reached. capacity building training for Iraqi NGOs at Garden hotel in Brummana. This workshop was part of a The participants came from different parts of Iraq series of trainings, which started in 2006 and aim at and represented NGOs working on such topics as building up the capacities of the Iraqi civil society education, women’s and children’s rights, conflict on topics such as NGO management, conflict resolu- resolution and nonviolence. tion through nonviolent alternatives like mediation, negotiation and dialogue. 2009’s topic was advocacy for peace in Iraq. During this workshop, the participating NGOs learned about conflict resolution, cooperative planning and advo- cacy and they even put together their initial ideas for an advocacy campaign that was implemented in Iraq during the last 5 months of 2009 and funded by FDCD. The participants were getting to know each other and breaking ice through fun and interactive cooperative games facilitated by the trainers. Since Two trainings in at night to finish them. The gen- sions under the advocacy for peace Sulaymaniyah-Iraq eral atmosphere prevailing during campaigns which are run by their the workshop was positive. This respective organizations. This work- Between the 20th and the 25th of workshop was facilitated by Mr. shop was facilitated by Ms. Roaa El November 2009 FDCD, in collabora- Ali Chahine who shared his rich Medeni and Mr. Jean-Paul Chami tion with the Iraqi INSAN associa- experience and provided tools and who helped the participants develop tion, organized two workshops. The solutions to the participants in or- their communication skills, public first one aimed at developing the der for them to better develop their speaking and facilitation of group capacities of Iraqi NGOs on com- skills and their processes within work. According to the participants, munication, reporting and network- their respective NGOs. there was an overall increase in ing skills. The participants showed their self - confidence, and in their great interest in the topics and The second workshop hosted the ability to face an audience. They took the assignments and exercises youth of FDCD’s Iraqi partner NGOs also requested hosting additional very seriously and spent consider- who received a training on mod- activities in the future and to do so able time in preparing their pre- eration skills in order to be able them closer to the center and the sentations even some stayed late to conduct several dialogue ses- south region. 2 FDCD NEWSLETTER 4th Lebanese-Iraqi support them in passing on the tives through peer to peer inter- Youth torch. The workshop empowered cultural exchange of information. Exchange Iraqi and Lebanese youth to tran- The evenings witnessed the Advocacy for Conflict scend boundaries set by prejudice transformation of heated debates Resolution and conflict and learn from each of the day into poetic, musical others’ experiences and perspec- and cultural gatherings. “Reaching a goal requires tak- ing baby steps,” is what one of the participants concluded from the high ropes walking activity in the 4th Lebanese-Iraqi Youth Exchange workshop on Advocacy for Conflict Resolution organized by FDCD, Forum for Develop- ment, Culture and Dialogue. The 6-day residential workshop was held at MFDCL Eco-Lodge & Youth Hostel in Ramlieh, Aley for 27 participants, 15 of which were Iraqis and 12 of which were Lebanese, from 14-19 August, 2009. The participants from Iraq were youth representing NGOs that have been working with FDCD throughout the 4-year Iraq Project. The participants from Lebanon were mostly students ac- tive in civil society. The aim was for the Iraqi participants to take these tools, skills, and knowledge back to their organizations and play an active role in advocacy campaigns in Iraq; on the other hand, the Lebanese participants were to transfer some of their acquired knowledge and skills to groups in their close communi- ties of family, friends, colleagues, co-workers, NGO members and volunteers, etc. FDCD plans to follow-up with the participants after the workshop as a constant encouragement and backbone to Monitoring trip to Iraq Between the 10th and the 14th of October 2009, been facing. They shared some of the fears and FDCD’s Iraq Project Coordinator, Mr. Jean-Paul concerns they had along with suggestions in order Chami, carried out a monitoring trip to Sulay- to have better involvement of their volunteers and maniyah in north Iraq in order to meet with FDCD’s youth in their advocacy-related activities. This was partner NGOs and help them monitor the progress the first trip to Iraq carried by one of FDCD’s local of their respective advocacy for peace campaigns. Lebanese staff and it surely helped the staff mem- The discussions and presentations revolved around ber understand the Iraqi context better as well as to the progress of the advocacy project, what has been build more ties with friends and partners in Iraq. achieved and some of the difficulties that they have 3 FDCD NEWSLETTER ... to be continued with the Palestinian guy who was with them in Sabra and Shatila refugee camp during the first workshop, Peace Journalism… and how they became friends despite the black history 1 & 2.. FDCD achieved the goal between Christians and Palestinians in Lebanon. The event was vastly covered in newspapers, maga- On the other hand, there was a high level of harmony be- zines, radio stations and TV shows. tween the participants who ended up becoming friends from the first workshop, and very close ones after the After the first workshop, FDCD gathered the partici- second. pants again in another workshop within the period of This was the first step towards spreading the concept October 19 till October 23, 2009. of Peace Journalism. Although it was very important to start this step in countries full of conflict, it would have In that workshop, 20 participants had the chance to little significance if we do not continue on this path learn how to implement “Peace Journalism” by benefit- through sustainability and follow-up.
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