AM IN 4 PEACE CAMPAIGN

A CANPAIGN BY:

Why am in for peace.

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Dec 2007-Kenyans go to the poles

A Maasai woman votes at a school acting as a polling station outside the village of Bissil, 100kms

outside Kenya's capital Nairobi, 27 December 2007..

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The elections are disputed

Tension start growing with people taking to the streets.

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Suddenly we have a face of conflict in Kenya.

An angry mob of “youth” shout as they block a road during a demonstration.

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the cost of violence and negative ethnicity.

More than 1,327 people killed due to the violence

Residents of the Kibera slum salvage the gate of a house that was set on fire.

Over 300,000 internally displaced

Women prepare food outside their tent in a camp in the Kenyan town of Naivasha. The camp is for people who were

displaced from their homes during the post-election violence. .

GDP fell to about 1% and thousands of jobs lost

A woman ponders what next after the factory she was working in was burnt down , most streets were

empty with no transport.

People are stripped of their basic human rights.

These people in kibera slums have been stripped of everything they own by violence. ‘The devastation is

absolute. The area is unrecognisable.’

Kenyans scramble for food as the Kenyan Red Cross distribute supplies in the Mathare slum, in

Nairobi.

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No one was sparedme and you.

Violence affects everyone.

Some facts

-More than 1327 people killed due to the violence.-More than 550 private motor vehicles and more than 280 Public Service vehicles burned.-More than 1,850 women and girls raped and many forcefully circumcised.

-More than 5,685 houses, shops and increasing number of schools, public buildings and churches burnt down-More than 80,000 school children, who had to flee, have to be allocated to other schools,-More than 600,000 people fled from their homes

but this are just figures and pictures, while the human suffering can not be described and can not be imagined by those who haven't seen it.

- but this are just figures and pictures, while the human suffering can not be described and can not be imagined by those who

haven't seen it.

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yet we still....

Forget our lessons and live in cosmetic peace.

Maasai warriors approach a group of Kalenjin warriors during a bow and arrow battle in the Kapune hill.

Tana clashes

But wait ,where we fail we rise

……and we made some progress.

‘A new constitution.’

Kenyan women who lost almost everything(husbands and sons) in the drought &

tribal clashes are working their way out of poverty by joining hands and speaking up for themselves.

Now we have a chance…

To keep this flag flying high.

The elections are coming….

We all have a duty..

To swear,to commit,

To pledge peace.

I pledge…

Your pledge..

Lets make them pledge..

We pledge…

Join us today….•Extensive Media Campaigns •Institution Based Campaigns•Social Media and Online Campaigns •Pledge Cards, Stickers and Signatures•Making Righteous Noise for Peace; Grassroots’ I Swear, I Commit, I Pledge Recitations •Concerned Kenyans Volunteers’ door-to-door Campaigns

Pledge with usI/We

………………………………………………………………………………………………………Do Swear, Commit and Pledge that:-

I/we will respect and uphold the Constitution of Kenya;I/we will live in harmony as / a Kenyan (s);

I/we will strive to live non-violently in all aspects of life;I/we will attack problems, not people;

I/we will respect fellow Kenyans regardless of their tribe, gender, religious or political affiliations;

I/We will not preach hatred, rather will lead by example and let peacefulness shine a light for Kenya Because Peace Begins with Me/Us.

© Faces of Peace Kenya and Hatua Youth Power, 2012

Change is happening. Lives are being transformed. We are filled with hope.We have reached over 4,000 Kenyans.

PARTNER WITH US.•Swear, Commit, Pledge individually or as a Group/Community •Corporate Support /Partnership•Contact us and organize ‘I Swear, I Commit, I Pledge’ grassroots Sessions•Print ‘I Swear, I Commit, I Pledge’ Document and give your leaders to endorse•Spread the Word

AM IN 4 PEACE CAMPAIGN.

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CONTACTS: Faces of Peace Kenya,P.O Box 52506, Kahawa Wendani, Nairobifopakenya@gmail.com&Hatua Youth Power P.O Box 19394-00100Dagoretti- Market,Nairobi.hatuayouthpower@gmail.com