By Razak Baba
The Ashanti Region Peace Council with support from the Commonwealth Secretariat is establishing Youth Peace Ambassadors Club in Senior High Schools in the region. The initiative aims at educating and equipping the youth with knowledge and skills on non-violent approaches and mechanisms in resolving their differences. At the launch of one of such Clubs at the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi, a Board Member of the Ashanti Region Peace Council, Dr. Ustaz Ahmed Seidu said any meaningful attempt to sustain peace and prevent the occurrence of conflict and any form of violence in the society should “focus on empowering the youth as major a stakeholder.
Razak Baba reports conflicts remain an inevitable phenomenon in every society and the outcome is destructive. The most important thing therefore is to put in place mechanisms and peace infrastructure to manage such conflicts when they arise to prevent them from escalating into violence. Therefore, the essence of the collaboration between the Ashanti Region Peace Council and Commonwealth Secretariat is to train the youth on these mechanisms to become agents of peace in their communities. It is in light of this the Youth Peace Ambassadors Club initiative is being introduced in Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Region. One of the beneficiary Schools in the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. The Executive Secretary of the Ashanti Region Peace Council, Reverend Emmanuel Badu Amoah explained the objectives of the Youth Peace Ambassadors Club and called for maximum support.
A Board Member of the Ashanti Region Peace Council, Dr. Ustaz Ahmed Seidu said any “meaningful attempt to sustain peace and prevent the occurrence of conflict and any form of violence in the society should focus on empowering the youth as major stakeholders”.
A Patron of the School, Mr. Alhassan Abubakari Baako also advised the students to eschew violence and spread the word of Peace.
