It is now 20 years since the Balkan wars began in 1991. Vukovar was almost completely destroyed in that year. There were atrocities on all sides. When Charles Tauber came in 1995, there were almost no buildings that were not at least partially destroyed. Vukovar’s history dates back 6000 years. The first calendar in Europe […]
Doing Peacebuilding Differently: The Nonviolent Communication Approach with Youth Groups in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
November 8, 2011 by
SINCE 2001, September 7th precisely and barely 4 days before the tragic 9/11 episode, the city of Jos, the capital of Plateau State, has unfortunately had routine presence in the global news. The reoccurrence of the crisis in January 2010 changed the colour of attacks and sophistication employed by all the groups involved in the […]
InterChange Uganda lauded over peace
November 1, 2011 by
InterChange Uganda has been hailed for its role in incorporating peace into its programmes of activities. Speaking during a function to bid farewell to a Canadian student, Shannon Davis, the Chairman of Lutengo Local Council, Kasasira Moses Matovu, thanked the InterChange Uganda chapter members for including peace in their list of programmes because there is […]
Tor Iorappu, InterChange Board Member featured in Canadian newspaper
May 1, 2011 by
On April 14, 2011, the Globe & Mail, a Canadian newspaper, featured an article about the situation in Jos, Nigeria, and the work being done by InterChange board member Tor Iorappu. Titled “An island of sanity in Nigeria’s city of hate”, Tor is quoted in the article as saying: “the politicians here are not interested in […]
Launch of InterChange 4 Peace in Western Uganda
November 16, 2010 by
InterChange 4 Peace, a non governmental organization was launched on November 16th, 2010 in South Western Uganda at a function in Kabale town that was attended by hundreds of people that included civil servants, farmers, businessman and student. Muslim District Khadi south Western Uganda, Sheikh Ahmed Bujura, blessed and commissioned the, Interchange 4 Peace Chapter, […]
The InterChange Logo: Telling Our Story
September 12, 2010 by
Many of you will remember when, at the end of 2009, we revealed our logo. The day was a milestone; it had been two years in the making since we had held our initial logo brainstorming session at a meeting in Toronto, Canada. After that meeting, words to inform the logo were clarified; draft designs […]
Peace at a Glance
September 1, 2010 by
Every Sunday from 10:00pm to 11:00pm, peace lovers in Uganda tune in to 94.1 Bilal FM, to listen to Peace at a Glance, a radio program dedicated to peacebuilding. Founded by Mr. Issa Kirarira, an InterChange Board member, and hosted by Umar Weswala, a member of InterChange, Peace at a Glance has gone a long […]
A Web of Connections Across the Ocean
August 30, 2010 by
Haney Mussa, a Somali-Canadian living in Toronto and a former student of mine, spoke in class one day, describing the importance of storytelling in the traditional culture of her homeland. Haney’s grandmother, a revered storyteller in the community, used a simple but effective way of revealing the connections between people. Everyone would gather around the […]
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