Our Club's longtime partnership with the Bukavu-Mumosho Rotary Club of Eastern Democratic Republic Congo continues to pay dividends. Amani Matabaro's latest update on the Congo Peace School explains the importance of the school's curriculum in the face of continuing violence.
“The east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the world’s most complex and forgotten crises. Around 2.8 million children are bearing the brunt of violent conflict, being recruited by armed groups, losing their families and homes, and being exposed to ever-growing levels of sexual- and gender-based violence.”
In this space where so many use violence to control innocent civilians, Founding Director Amani Matabaro’s vision for active peace is revolutionary. Each week at the Congo Peace School, the students and staff focus on a principle of peace and nonviolence as taught by Martin Luther King, Jr.