Peacebuilding, Governance

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Master's Degree Student, Stanley Nderitu, wins Davis Peace Prize

In 2007, Kuresoi was the site of major post-electoral violence in Kenya.  As we look towards national elections in 2013, a new institution is springing up on the landscape, one determined to beat the violence by building peace. 

Graduate School partners with the United States Institute of Peace

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) highlighted the Future Generations Graduate School's MA program in its recent newsletter. Pending upcoming authorization, the Future Generations Graduate School is offering a Master's Degree in Applied Community Change with a concentration in peacebuilding in collaboration with USIP.

Haiti Fact Sheet

Authors: 
Future Generations
Date: 
January, 2012

This fact sheet highlights Future Generations Haiti's main activities and the core sucessess that the powerful social movement known as Konbit Soley Leve works to build from.

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Future Generations Afghanistan Fact Sheet

Authors: 
Future Generations
Publisher: 
Future Generations
Date: 
April, 2011

This two-page fact sheet introduces the major activities of Future Generations Afghanistan.

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Three Afghan Schools Open Horticultural Training Centers

Students in Malikyar Hotak High School in Khogyani District, Afghanistan, gleefully praying for the success of bore-well being dug in this school.Students in Malikyar Hotak High School in Khogyani District, Afghanistan, gleefully praying for the success of bore-well being dug in this school.

Three High Schools in Khogyani District of Nangarhar Province are opening new horticultural training centers to stimulate economic options for youth. Youth will learn skills in planning, planting, and managing tree orchards and will also study the benefits of horticulture for the region’s environment and economy.

Annual Report 2010: Global Lessons Coming Home

Authors: 
Future Generations
Authors: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
February, 2011

This 2010 Annual Report features five core lessons that Future Generations and the Future Generations Graduate School advanced during the last year:

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Future Generations Enables Afghan Communities to Meet the Long-Term Needs of Displaced Persons and Returnees

Kabul, Afghanistan: Communities across Afghanistan are increasingly involved in planning their own development projects to meet basic needs.[1] However, a rapidly growing segment of the population—the more than 6.8 million people who are either displaced or who have returned to Afghanistan from such countries as Pakistan and Iran—are generally left out of development planning.

Afghanistan: Community Development Councils in Nangarhar Complete 31 Projects Based on Local Priorities

On June 15, 2010, the Afghanistan National Solidarity Programme (NSP) issued a press release recognizing the achievements of Community Development Councils (CDCs) in Khogyani District of Nangarhar Province. Since 2007, Future Generations Afghanistan has been working to build the capacity of these CDCs in local governance.

31 Uplift Projects Completed in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan 

U.S. Institute for Peace funds action-research to learn from Afghanistan's successful communities

Kabul – With a recent grant from the United States Institute of Peace, Future Generations will identify and learn from communities across Afghanistan that have successfully managed their security and development needs in the midst of conflict.  Using an action-research approach centered on the concept of Positive Deviance, the findings will be applied with communities, policymakers, and international actors in order to improve peacebuilding policy and practice.