Community Peace Museums Heritage Foundation Kenya
Journeys of Peace aims to empower and transform communities through the use of cultural heritage in the realization and respect of human rights, peaceful co-existence and sustainable human development through a travelling exhibition. This will occur at two levels. Firstly, there will be specific sessions for school children, which will focus on strengthening a long-standing commitment to peace-education. Secondly, there will be dialogue sessions within communities at specific sites or museums associated with historical events. These sessions will foster listening, empathy and understanding of multiple perspectives and experiences with a clear purpose of reclaiming the peaceful co-existence at the root of Kenyan society. As the exhibition visits different communities it will acquire new knowledge and understanding about Kenyan peace cultures.
The objectives of the exhibition are:
1. Promote peaceful co-existence in the family and community through promoting conflict resolution skills, inter-generational dialogue and human rights;
2. To provide a forum for active participation and dialogue geared towards realization of sustainable peace and human development;
3. To promote understanding, appreciation and use of cultural heritage in peace building in Kenya.
For more information, or to support this travelling exhibition in Kenya, please contact Timothy Gachanga, Director of the CPMHF, at director@cpmhf.org
