GPBF announces new grantee

BREAKING GROUND

The Global Peace Building Foundation (GPBF) has expanded its global grant portfolio into Cameroon, Africa. GPBF recently issued a $1,000.00 Precision Micro-Grant℠ to its newest grantee, Breaking Ground. Through facilitated intercommunity dialogues in what are called Peace Clubs, Breaking Ground creates a positive space for youth and children of conflicting groups in Cameroon to begin to transform the negative stereotyping, prejudice, hatred and fear of “the other” through constructive dialogue and discussion.

Dating back to the independence period (1958-1960), Anglophone (English-speaking) Cameroonians have felt marginalized and excluded from the economic, political, and cultural spheres in their country. The disruption and instability driven by this conflict has created tens of thousands of Internally Displaced People (IDPs).

One of Breaking Ground’s primary programmatic goals is engaging in intercommunity dialogues and facilitating Peace Clubs to allow IDPs to better integrate into their host communities. These Peace Clubs offer a safe space to facilitate dialogue, particularly between children and youth, about how each member of the community is affected by the ongoing conflicts. Through these discussions, Breaking Ground and their partners help to educate children and youth around non-violence, restorative justice, and peaceful conflict resolution through constructive dialogue. GPBF is excited and honored to support the work of Breaking Ground to bring sustainable peace to the people of Cameroon.