African Child Peace Initiative
| Address | Box 867, Coffee Farm, Caldwell, Montserrado County |
| Postcode | 00231 |
| Country | Liberia |
| Phone number | +2316605658 / +2316495905 |
| Facebook group | African Child Peace Initiative (ACPI) Inc |
| Date of foundation | 2005 |
| Name Contact person | Grace W. Biah / Thomas J. Barlue |
| Email contact person | email hidden; JavaScript is required |
| Number of Staff | 5 |
| Number of Volunteers | 6 |
| Vision and aims of organization | The African Child Peace Initiative (ACPI) is a youth-led secular, non-tribal, non-political, non-governmental peace and community development organization dedicated to creating a better future for the children and young people in post-war Liberia through our youth friendly community development and peacebuilding programmes. Our goal is to educate young Liberians, their immediate concern and their communities in order to nurture the development of responsible, peaceful, healthy and productive citizens, helping to alleviate poverty at the grass-root. We are working with Liberian youth affected by the civil war – especially the children – and young women working with children. ACPI recognizes African youth as an important resource that can contribute their energy, idealism, and insight to the community’s stability, growth and progress. ACPI focuses on the provision of skills training programs to young people and their caregivers with a view to developing sustainable livelihoods. |
| Organisation’s core areas of expertise | Peacebuilding, Community Development and Empowerment, ICT, Entrepreneurship and Leadership programs, HIV/Aids and Literacy |
| Activities main focus | ACPI’s programmes encourage and work with youth for active participation in peace building and community development. Specifically, the programmes aim to promote the visibility of youth in peace building and policy formation by supporting and facilitating the empowerment of youth in the communities. Leading peer-to-peer education, computer training, vocational skills building, literacy programmes, youth led community development projects, HIV/AIDS awareness and general health education as well as youth advocacy and capacity building are among the various activities carried out by young people. All activities are intended to directly respond to the the need for involvement of local people as actors in community development, peace building and conflict transformation while creating values for themselves and their respective communities. |
| International Activities 2010-2011 | Collaborating with European Platwrite associate on a Traingle project. Represented at the www.oneyoungworld.com innaugural meeting in London and currently member of the resulting African Network and a convening Ambassador of its local programs for Liberia. Represented at and contributed to the Global NGO Meeting at the World Youth Forum in Mexico 2010, etc. |
| International Day of Peace |
Planning to hold a focus discussion with young students at the Multi-Pupurpose Youth Peacebuilding Center on the need and importance of peace in every society and the role of young people in building community peacebuilding. |
