The Aegis Trust, in collaboration with local authorities and partners, officially launched the Peace Ambassadors Network (PAN) at the Nyagatare Community Peace Centre on 13 June. This milestone event marked a significant step toward strengthening grassroots peacebuilding and promoting inclusive community development in Eastern Rwanda. The Peace Ambassadors Network is an initiative under the Aegis-led [...]
Around 50 youth leaders from across Rwanda came together for a multi-day capacity-building workshop in the Kigali Community Peace Centre at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, 1-4 May. Organized by Aegis Trust in partnership with Creative Visions, the training marked the first phase of the “Expanding Peace through Community-Based Intergenerational Dialogue” project, which aims to empower [...]
The Aegis Trust today concluded a Peace and Values Education workshop for parents at the Kigali Community Peace Centre, which is located at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. The two-day training focused on equipping parents with essential skills to discuss the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi with their children and build peaceful family environments. The workshop [...]
The Aegis Trust conducted Peace and Values Education Training, 3-5 March, for 25 young participants from various parts of Kigali, focusing on developing their peacebuilding capabilities. Held in the Kigali Community Peace Centre at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, the training forms part of ASPIRE (Actions for Sustainable Peace, Inclusion, Rights & Equality), a four-year programme [...]
Responsible for developing Peace and Values Education at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, the Aegis Trust has worked closely with the Rwanda Education Board to help educators teach this cross-cutting subject effectively since its incorporation in Rwanda’s national schools curriculum a decade ago. Equipping educators with the skills needed to foster social cohesion and promote a [...]
From July 26th to 28th, the Aegis Trust hosted an international conference titled "Listening and Leading: The Art and Science of Peace, Resilience and Transformational Justice" in Kigali. Co-hosted by the University of Rwanda, Tufts University, and the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement (MINUBUMWE), the event brought together over 500 distinguished experts, internationally [...]
In partnership with the Embassy of Belgium in Rwanda, the Aegis Trust has dedicated significant efforts to foster sustainable peace through gender equality in a joint initiative called ‘Promoting Positive Masculinities: Changing Attitudes and Behaviour through Education and Dialogue’. This programme aimed to embed peace education within schools, with a particular emphasis on advancing gender [...]
https://vimeo.com/888207393 In response to the explosion of hate and identity-based violence around the World, the Aegis Trust and Million Peacemakers have come together to launch the Global Partnership for Peace and Humanity. Leveraging the expertise and networks of both organisations, the partnership will establish peace institutes, train a million peace-builders and provide immediate [...]
Over 30 teachers from schools around Kigali gathered on 18-19 October at the Kigali Genocide Memorial’s Community Peace Centre in a Peace Ambassadors follow-up workshop evaluating their progress following training designed to help them integrate Peace and Values Education across the curriculum. “Using the lessons we were given in the Peace and Values Education training, [...]
What is it like to be a peace educator? For World Teachers Day 2023, we sat down with Appolon Gahongayire, Education Manager at the Aegis Trust in Kigali, to find out. What is Peace Education to you? Peace education, to me, is the process of imparting knowledge and skills to foster understanding, empathy, conflict resolution, and a commitment [...]
