14 July 2021
In July 2021, seventy young ‘peace brokers’ from Muyinga, Burundi learnt how to use pedagogical tools to advance constructive discussions about past violence, transmission of memories and dealing with the past, using the ‘I MOSO’ book.
‘I MOSO’ is a compilation of community histories, researched by 140 youth peer researchers from Muyinga, Bujumbura Rural and Cibitoke. The youth underwent extensive trainings by Impunity Watch on the basics of research including different ethics and methods. They conducted interviews and focus group discussions among their peers about the history of violence in their community.
Stories were compiled in the memory book and used to initiate intergenerational dialogues about the past at the community level.
This training falls within the “Kuvuga Akahise” project funded by The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). The project title means “Let’s talk about our history” and it aims to reinforce social cohesion through dealing with the past.
The workshop will be delivered to youth in Bujumbura Rural and Cibitoke as well, covering all three target provinces.