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MASIANDAY PEACE FOUNDATION Participation in International Day of Peace September 21, 2006

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MANAGEMENT

Executive Director:
Joseph Babadi JOHNS

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS


	UNITED RELIGIONS INITIATIVE
	SHAVE PEACE (AUSTRALIA )
	AMAZONIAN INITIATIVE MOVEMENT
	YEARN FOR PEACE
	CHRISTIAN CHILD CHARITY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
	COMMUNITY INITIATIVE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (C
	INICIATIVA COMUNITARIA PARA PAZ E DISEVOLVIMENTO (

MASIANDAY PEACE FOUNDATION

Welcome to MASIANDAY PEACE FOUNDATION A 501 (C) (3) Charity Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT

Masianday Peace Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organisation established in 1996, with the firm commitment to help initiate, promote and encourage the process of peace building, community reconciliation and human development through awareness-building and local self-help efforts. These include leadership training, greater participation of women in decision-making and in community development activities, emphasising the importance of ecology and the use of appropriate technology in conserving and preserving the environment. We strive to help create a socio economic environment conducive to the promotion of peace, the well-being of rural communities and total human development. On the other hand, we also offer quality products and services to our costumers in our bid to develop and promote the African culture through arts, Crafts, artefacts, carvings, cuisines,african embroidered clothings field for the benefit of our culture and tradition.
STATUS OF MASIANDAY FOUNDATION
Masianday Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organisation, Non-religious, Non-Political organisation registered with the respective Sierra Leone,Guinea and Gambia Governments.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
To identify and / or encourage the establishment of appropriate community groups in order to promote institution and capacity building, necessary for community participation in the identification and implementation of development and in the political process of their country; skills building and civic educational awareness.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1.To implement and participate in relief, rehabilitation, resettlement and development programmes with particular reference to emergency situations and areas of economic needs. 2.To promote food security, income generation and skills development among returnees, refugees and the local population. 3.To promote social integration, trauma healing , conflict resolution and reconciliation at family, village and community levels.

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International Peace Day

Children at International Peace Day

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BACKGROUND For the better Part of the last decade of the last century of the second millennium, a violent, savage and barbaric civil conflict: war has been raging in once one of the most peaceful nation and country in Africa, Sierra Leone. Ostensibly, the war erupted due to the discontentment over the plundering of the country's rich mineral resources. But the heart of the matter is the general disenchantment with the socio-economic and political malaise of three decades of bad governance, which resulted in slow infrastructural development, decline in production and incomes, with the subsequent poverty and consequent mass exodus to the urban and mining areas; poor health and educational facilities; the decline in employment opportunities, systematic corruption, nepotism, mal administration of justice etc. The civil war, lasting nearly a decade has been characterised by a bewildering degree of cruelty and inhumanity committed largely against the civilian population; including an unprecedented degree of human rights abuses. The death toll and the displacement of the population have been considerably high. There has been massive destruction of the economic and social infrastructure and of towns and villages without any exception for schools, hospital, health centres, sacred historic, cultural sites, churches and mosques, farms, mining installations and water supply systems, the environment. Another aspect of the war is the prevalence of child and adolescent fighters. In addition to that, children have suffered immeasurably as persons uprooted from their immediate families, communities and as victims of hardship: they have been abducted, sexually abused, trained for combat and denied education . The consequence is that, the social fabrics of society, including the traditional family structures have been either destroyed or drastically weakened . The magnitude of the task of material reconstruction and resettlement of refugees and Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) is monumental. But as difficult as this task may be, social reintegration of communities torn by war is the essential challenge facing Sierra Leoneans in the transition from war to peace. We hereby refer to this as the process of community resettlement that aims at the creation of adequate economic and social conditions, the promotion of prejudice reduction and basic acceptance, identification of areas of common needs and co-operation allowing us to work as community again. It is against this background and in support of that process that Masianday Peace Foundation was established. OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM We have well experienced and professionals in our office and field management that are ready to work round the clock for your interest to be a satisfactory without delay. THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE The Annual General Meeting of Members. Advisory Board Management Committee, headed by the Executive Director. Project Staff. CURRENT PROGRAMMES 1.Community Action for self-reliance and Reintegration (CASAR). 2.Programme for Community Reintegration and Development(CREAD). 3.Promotion of Quick-Impact food security and income Generation Skills(FOSIG). 4.Promotion of sports, music and theatre as instruments of Social Reintegration.(STIR). 5.Literacy Training and Conflict Resolution (LICREP). 6.MASIANDAY FOUNDATION also organises training for other NGOs, Civil Society groups and grass roots organisation in: a).Participatory methods of project identification, Monitoring and Evaluation. b).Enterprise Development. c).Literacy, conflict Resolution. Guidance and counselling. 7.Gender : Children, Youth and WomenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s promotional Affairs Desk PROJECT AREA The projects are implemented in the refugee camps of Kaliah, Dianeya and Laya in the Forecariah Prefecture in the Republic of Guinea, and in the Kambia and Port Loko districts in Sierra Leone. PROJECT BENEFICIARIES Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea and members of the host communities who have suffered from the negative impact of the presence of thousands of refugees. IDPs, ex-combatants and the local population in Sierra Leone. MISSION STATEMENT MASIANDAY PEACE FOUNDATION: To help create a socio economic environment conducive to the promotion of peace, the well-being of rural communities and total human development. On the other hand, we also offer quality products and services to our costumers in our bid to develop the African arts and Crafts field for the benefit of our culture and tradition. STATUS OF MASIANDAY FOUNDATION Masianday Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organisation, Non-religious, Non-Political organisation registered with the Guinea and Sierra Leone Governments. GENERAL OBJECTIVES To identify and / or encourage the establishment of appropriate community groups in order to promote institution and capacity building, necessary for community participation in the identification and implementation of development and in the political process of their country; skills building and civic educational awareness. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 1.To implement and participate in relief, rehabilitation, resettlement and development programmes with particular reference to emergency situations and areas of economic needs. 2.To promote food security, income generation and skills development among returnees, refugees and the local population. 3.To promote social integration, trauma healing , conflict resolution and reconciliation at family, village and community levels. 4.To start and /or encourage initiatives leading to environmental damage control and device remedial programmes. STRATEGY MASIANDAY FOUNDATION adheres to Participatory Approach to development. It operates at community level in the villages and refugee camps on the basis of direct participation of beneficiary groups in the identification, planning, implementation and monitoring of project activities. In order to stimulate and sustain the active participation of beneficiary groups and communities, project staff work in close co-operation with community animators, self-help association and co-operatives based on clusters of interest. In order to encourage beneficiary groups and communities to participate in analysing and solving their problems, project communities are established to function as partners in development.

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PROJECT CRITERIA MASIANDAY FOUNDATION projects adhere to the following criteria. 1.To initiate, promote and encourage a process of total human development, community empowerment, awareness-building and local self-help efforts; including concern for leadership training, emancipation of women, ecology and appropriate technology. 2.Be of priority to local communities. 3.Provide for a response to situation of need, which cannot be met totally within existing structures or capacities of related (local) institutions. 4.Serve people in need irrespective of creed, race, age, sex, religious or political orientation or conviction. 5.Have a reasonable assurance of economic viability, responsible planning, implementation, appraising, management and monitoring. CURRENT PROGRAMMES 1.Community Action for self-reliance and Reintegration ( CASAR ). 2.Programme for Community Reintegration and Development ( CREAD ) 3.Promotion of Quick-Impact food security and income Generation Skills. ( FOSIG ). 4.Promotion of sports, music and theatre as instruments of Social Reintegration. ( STIR ) 5.Literacy Training and Conflict Resolution ( LICREP ) 6.MASIANDAY FOUNDATION also organises training for other NGOs, Civil Society groups and grass roots organisation in: a).Participatory methods of project identification, Monitoring and Evaluation . b).Enterprise Development. c).Literacy, conflict Resolution. Guidance and counselling. 7.Gender : Children, Youth and WomenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s promotional Affairs Desk PROJECT AREA The projects are implemented in the refugee camps of Kaliah, Dianeya and Laya in the Forecariah Prefecture in the Republic of Guinea, and in the Kambia and Port Loko districts in Sierra Leone. PROJECT BENEFICIARIES Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea and members of the host communities who have suffered from the negative impact of the presence of thousands of refugees. IDPs, ex-combatants and the local population in Sierra Leone. FUNDING AGENCIES 1. JOMAST ENTERPRISES 2. ChildrenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Call 3. Refugee Foundation, Holland PARTNER ORGANISATIONS 1. Amazonian Initiative Movement 2. SHAVE Peace (Australia ) 3.United Religions Initiative (URI) 4.Development Initiative, Sierra Leone (DI) . 5.Yearn For Peace 6.Christian Child Charity and Community Development Project ( C C dep)

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