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August 16, 2021<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 In recent weeks, WPDI has successfully recruited\u00a0339<\/strong>\u00a0local youths from communities across Cape Town\u2019s Cape Flats neighborhood to expand the youth-led, grassroots peace force that we are building there to foster a culture of peace and non-violence. Representing a great stride towards the goals of our flagship program, the Youth Peacemaker Network, our cohort of\u00a042<\/strong>\u00a0Youth Peacemakers in Cape Flats has already started training the local youths in Conflict Resolution Education and Business & Entrepreneurship. Once their training is complete later this year, the Youth Peacemakers and local youths will work to bring positive transformation to their communities.<\/p>\n

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As one of South Africa\u2019s most vulnerable communities, Cape Flats has long suffered from a variety of issues, many of which can be traced back to the Apartheid era. Today, top challenges include high rates of unemployment, rising crime, educational disparities, and few opportunities for young people, just to name a few. For decades, the totality of these problems has created a seemingly endless cycle of marginalization and exclusion, with residents having little to no hope for change to occur.<\/p>\n

This is what WPDI\u2019s youth-led, grassroots peace force aims to address in their community. As a first step, WPDI intensively trained 42 Youth Peacemakers in Conflict Resolution Education, Information & Communications Technology, Business & Entrepreneurship, and Life Skills over a one-year period. With their training now complete, the cohort is now replicating their training \u2013 with WPDI\u2019s support \u2013 to other, motivated local youths.<\/p>\n

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To start this process, WPDI conducted a recruitment strategy across\u00a011<\/strong>\u00a0townships in Cape Flats in partnership with local government officials, community organizations, and other key stakeholders, whose endorsement will contribute to the strengthening of the implementation of our program in the area. After only a few short weeks,\u00a0870<\/strong>\u00a0local youths had sent in applications, which were reviewed by a committee composed of WPDI staff, government and community officials, and our Youth Peacemakers. Ultimately,\u00a0500<\/strong>\u00a0candidates were shortlisted for interviews, with\u00a0339<\/strong>\u00a0eventually chosen to participate in the trainings. Throughout the process, WPDI and the review committee ensured that the group of local youths selected reflected a healthy gender and geographic balance.<\/p>\n

With the selection process complete, WPDI\u2019s Youth Peacemakers recently began the next stage by holding the first workshops in Business & Entrepreneurship for the local youths, a first step in the\u00a0180<\/strong>\u00a0hours of training they will receive in the remaining months of 2021. If the initial trainings are any indicator of what is to come, the local youths are already well on their way to becoming effective peacemakers themselves, and their graduation ceremony \u2013 scheduled in December \u2013 will surely serve as a key inflection point for the Cape Flats community.<\/p>\n

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