Once more, the Creators of Peace team conducted a heart warming training in the remote village of Baringo County where the woman went home with powerful lessons learned such as 'Attitude is Everything' among the other turning points in their life.

The Creators of Peace team brough together 21 women from Mpejot Village, some took the step of stopping the bleeding of anger from the emotional wound by forgiving and reconciling.

The training began on a high note with the ladies ready and eager to learn more about peace, starting with themselves. Session after session the women got to become freer, more comfortable and at home with the discussion topics.

After four years of peace talks, and a lot of criticism from every side, official negotiators and FARC leaders have finally been able to reach a detailed agreement, which will allow FARC to abandon their armed fight and become a political party. However a democratic consultation has to be voted next October, to legalise the agreement... What makes this deal special, and perhaps hopeful, is that none of the previous attempts implied such a lengthy and detailed analysis and political and social debate, nor did they include such a wide array of influence from international guests from countries with similar armed conflicts and peace deals such as Ireland and South-Africa, plus the intervention of the UN both during the talks and during the post-conflict and disarmament period.

Barbarchun is a name of a game that was played by men a long time ago. This was the central meeting point for the men from all the communities living in the vicinity to bring news from their specific areas of residence and discuss how to find solutions. They did this as they played the holes and stones game under a tree, hence the name of the area. This no longer happens as all the communities have become rivals. However Barbarchun has now been turned from a centre of dialogue and reconciliation into a refugee camp for warring communities.

Living Peace Day 5 - Living Peace through Forgiveness

Living Peace Day 4 - Living Peace through the telling of a New Story
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Living Peace Day 3 - Living Peace in Leadership
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Living Peace Day 2 - Living Peace with Head, Heart and Hands
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Living Peace Day 1 - Living Peace across the world's divides
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