Peace seminar successfully ends in Wau town

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Peace seminar successfully ends in Wau town

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August 17, 2017 (WAU) – A seminar seeking to restore lasting peace in
South Sudan’s Wau state successfully ended on Wednesday.

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The one-day event, held in Wau town, brought together more than 60
participants, including civil society activists, army officials,
religious and faith groups as well as officials from the state
government.

Change Maker South Sudan, a civil society organization, organized the
one-day seminar with a support from Democratic International.

Participants at the one-day seminar explored peace roadmaps and
discussed ground solutions that are key in ending the ongoing war.

During the seminar, civil society organizations and the faith groups
were urged help citizens shun inefficiency, nepotism and corruption.

John Mabior Malek, the director Change Maker South Sudan, said the
seminar was important since it covered things to do with the role of
youth in peace building in Wau state and South Sudan as whole,
experiences that affected women during the conflict in Wau state and
how they needed to be supported by the government.

“We shared the women’s experiences during Wau’s conflict and how they
can be supported by the security, they have given out their
experiences so that they are protected from the gender base violence
and conflict related violence,” said Malek.

Formed in 2010, Change Maker South Sudan is a non profitable
indigenous organization operating in the country’s states of Wau,
Warrap and Northern Bahr el Ghazal. It supports humanitarian needs in
peace building, advocacy and strengthens civil society entities.

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