Juba, 20th May 2026-Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) is pleased to inform the public that it has initiated a program that aims at empowering youth to drive the peace agenda in the face of the country’s political instability and the continued military confrontation among the armed opposition groups. This program is within the framework of Citizens Talk for Peace. The initiative will be a nationwide youth engagement for fostering peace and mitigating all forms of violence in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security. The program will be bringing the youth to the center of the agendas on peace and security for securing political stability. Placing youth at the center of the decision-making is a key aspect of this initiative
Mr. Edmund Yakani, Executive Director of CEPO, says the initiative will be administered by youth themselves as peace ambassadors across the country through the established secretariat for Youth Action for Peace. The leaders bringing this initiative will be youth aged 15 to 35 across the county. The secretariat for the Youth Action for Peace will embrace inclusivity and diversity, consultative dialogue, and local solutions for durable peace and stability. Among the key activities of the Youth Action for Peace (YAP) will be knowledge and skills transfer and sharing, organization of National Youth Peace Camps, holding sessions with lawmakers, regaining trust and confidence, healing, reconciliation, trauma healing, truth-telling and facilitation of consultative dialogues. The non-violent approach shape all interventions of the YAP.
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