EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 1 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 2 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) Building peace EED (Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst – German Church Development Service) AGEH Association for Development Cooperation DED (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst / German Development Service) EIRENE International WFD International Peace Service Financé par le BMZ (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit – German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 3 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) Civil Peace Service in the Great Lakes Region Challenges and achievements EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 4 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) EED (Church Development Service, an Association of the Protestant Churches of Germany) Financed by BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit) All rights reserved in all countries English edition, December 2010 First edition (French) December 2010 English translation: Linda Herbertson Copyright © 2010 by CPS-Great Lakes / EED, Kinshasa, Bafoussam, Berlin Edited by Christiane Kayser Photos copyrights: Lydia Bayer, Pierre Fichter (CRAFOD), Katharina Grosswendt, Nina Harder, Lyn Lusi, Mme Muliri (HEAL Africa), Jérôme Njabou, Karin Roth, Frank Wiegand Production and design: Eberhard Delius, Berlin Layout: Reihs Satzstudio, Lohmar Printing: Format Druck, Berlin Printed in Germany Contact: Flaubert Djateng: [email protected] www.peaceworkafrica.org EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 5 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) Contents Introduction . 7 Christiane Kayser, Christian Kuijstermans, Wim de Louw, Marie José Mavinga, Jérôme Njabou, Gerd Scheuerpflug, Andreas Wagner DR Congo CRAFOD: a Congolese NGO learns how to approach conflict and promote peace . 9 Willy Bongolo, Pierre Fichter and Angèle Mazimi Inset: The Civil Peace Service, EED support and coordination approach (Flaubert Djateng) . 15 Meeting with armed groups in Fizi territory . 21 François Mionda Lucelu Mama Muliri and the rapist from Lubutu . 23 Lyn Lusi, Desirée Zwanck-Lwambo and Christiane Kayser Congolese women prove their dynamism . 30 Edouard Madirisha EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 6 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) Burundi Mi Parec and the cattle horns . 37 Frank Wiegand,Théogène Habyarimana and Jérôme Njabou Chiro and the peace caravan . 46 Katharina Werlen Supporting reintegration and rehabilitation through psychosocial assistance . 49 Roland Rugero CDJP Muyinga serving peace . 55 Edouard Madirisha Rwanda Umuseke: “A new dawn” . 63 Filip Weidenbach and the Umuseke organisation, Kigali VJN: Young people contribute to transborder Peace . 68 Nina Harder and Emmanuel Dsubimana Annexes CPS partners in the Great Lakes Region . 73 The Civil Peace Service in the DR Congo Strategic paper authorized by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) . 77 EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 7 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) Introduction The Civil Peace Service (CPS – in German: Ziviler Friedensdienst, ZFD) was set up in 1999 by the German government among others in response to requests from civil society. It serves as an instrument for making human resources available to the partners in countries in con- flict, post-conflict or destabilised situations in order to boost their capacity to contribute to sustainable peace. The German CPS operators work with their local partners in the countries and regions concerned. In the Great Lakes Region (DRC, Rwanda and Burundi) the pro- gramme has been in existence since 2001 and the following German operators are involved there: AGEH, Association for Development Cooperation DED, German Development Service EED, German Church Development Service EIRENE International WFD, International Peace Service The operators and their partners in the three countries work with vari- ous approaches to achieve a common goal: stability and peace in the sub-region. This peace work: is civilian and not military involves grassroots organisations and population groups facilitates dialogue between the different stakeholders (population groups, State representatives, decision-makers, Churches, the private sector, civilians, armed groups, soldiers, the police, etc.) builds the capacity of local, national and sub-regional players Introduction 7 EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 8 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) strengthens advocacy at all levels promotes exchanges and synergies between African countries, sub- regions and beyond. In the past few years, CPS operators and their partners in the Great Lakes Region have together started to intensify their exchanges and promote their synergies to make an even more significant contribution to stability in a region which has suffered greatly from divisions and fragmentation. The articles in this publication paint an interesting, vibrant picture of our activities and the various effects of our work. These articles are however only a small part of a rich tapestry we invite you to explore. For a more complete view we refer you to the list of partner organisations on page 73. We will be delighted if this publi- cation can facilitate contact with and between peace activists and stake- holders on the ground in the region and the different countries. Any feedback from you will be most welcome. Christiane Kayser (CPS/EED) Christian Kuijstermans (CPS/AGEH) Wim de Louw (CPS/EIRENE) Marie José Mavinga (CPS/EED) Jérôme Njabou (CPS/WFD) Gerd Scheuerpflug (CPS/DED) Andreas Wagner (CPS/DED) 8 Introduction EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 9 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) CRAFOD: a Congolese NGO learns how to approach conflict and promote peace Willy Bongolo, Pierre Fichter and Angèle Mazimi CRAFOD (Centre Regional d’Appui pour la Formation et le Déve loppe - ment—Regional Support Centre for Training and Development) has beeninvolvedinthework of the CPS network in the Great Lakes Region for 4 years. Alongside 6 other network member organisations and the mobile support team, this church NGO from Bas Congo in the DRC, which focuses on agricultural development, environmental protection, community health and vocational training, has considerably expanded and has developed an intervention strategy incorporating more promo- tional activities in terms of good governance and peace. From ideas and experience exchanged with the other Congolese NGOs in the network during workshops, added to the strategic assis- tance from the mobile team facilitators, at the end of 2008 CRAFOD was able to set up an intervention section devoted to local governance and the promotion of peace. It is involved in multiple activities, from peace education for young people to the reinforcing of popular advocacy, including the study of conflicts and action-research on good governance practices. The main goal of this section is to revitalise local civil society and implement exchange networks to offer the population areas for reflection and a force of opposition as part of a constructive and peaceful approach. CRAFOD: a Congolese NGO learns how to approach conflict and promote peace 9 EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 10 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) These activities are today beginning to be implemented with the help of a CPS/EED peace worker who came to CRAFOD in 2009. CRAFOD’s work with local populations in promoting good gover- nance and sustainable peace is based mainly on tools for context analy- sis and conflict monitoring. This is no doubt one of the major lessons to be drawn from the work of the CPS network in the Great Lakes region. Through the systematic use of this exercise, initially, in its monitor- ingsystemandwhenteam members prepare field activities, these analy- sis tools have now been gradually also assimilated by CRAFOD’s part- ner organisations. The youth of Kimpese consider their problems… The one-day event organised by CRAFOD last March called “La Parole aux Jeunes/Let young people speak up” allowed the young people of Analysing context with the group of teenagers. “La Parole aux Jeunes” (Let Youth Speak Up). 10 CRAFOD: a Congolese NGO learns how to approach conflict and promote peace EED Heft 5 engl Inhalt_Endf.qx7 21.12.2010 19:44 Uhr Seite 11 (Schwarz/Black Auszug) Kimpese to arrive at their own analysis of the context in their town, when introduced to identification and analysis tools such as brain- storming and conflict mapping. This work enabled the young people to express themselves better on the deep causes of their troubles, that is to say the tension between Angolan and Congolese communities, inter-clan or inter-generational conflicts and to resituate the area they live in in relation to the country as a whole and the sub-region, as war and fragmentation are alas not the exclusive business of the Eastern provinces of theDRC but also threaten other parts of the country. Hence an action plan was drawn up with the CRAFOD team to determine how each stakeholder (youth groups, groups of students, artists, athletes and professional organisations, etc.) could best con- tribute to enhancing the well-being of youth in its environment by con- veying a message of peace. Concrete activities involving these young people are today in progress, from the cleaning up of the streets by the youth group Kimpese Propre to awareness raising on the problems of HIV