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CAP Programs: Examples of Our Work

Possibilities for Change: Combating Gender Violence
Public Education and & Advocacy Work
Community Work
Promotion and Protection of Young People’s Rights
Reconciliation

Our Work: Overview

Objectives
CAP’s programs are dedicated to the rights of young people in conflict/post-conflict countries and their contributions to peacebuilding to restore themselves, their families, communities, and countries.

Overall Approach
Our methods emphasize human rights, cultural approaches and techniques, youth involvement; respect for youth voice and the development of youth leadership.

Many of our projects combine contributions to community life with peer support and public education. We maintain that peacebuilding must involve all aspects of community life.

Who CAP Works With
CAP works with young people living in conflict and post-conflict organizations. CAP works with refugees, internally displaced children and youth, students, migrant workers, former child soldiers, human rights educators and religious workers.

Where CAP Works
CAP has programs in Colombia, northern Uganda, Cambodia, Burma-Thailand and links with organizations in Angola and the Philippines. We are in the process of developing new programs in Central America and South Asia.

CAP works with a variety of organizations: youth only groups, international organizations, national agencies and community groups. A main requirement is that a group must support strong involvement of young people in the defining of issues, the development of strategies to address these problems and the implementation of activities.

CAP is organized regionally with programs in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. Local/country organizations are part of a regional structure. This regional structure has been designed so that groups in the same region can share information; learn about the regional dynamics influencing today’s civil wars; participate in joint skills training activities and exchange perspectives on peacebuilding issues.

CAP’s Work at the Community, Regional and International Level

Community Level: This focuses on youth initiatives that respond to priorities identified by children and youth living in conflict situations. In keeping with CAP’s commitment to equality, all youth groups receive the same amount for their community projects.

Regional Level: This component focuses on leadership training and information sharing amongst the CAP groups in a particular region. This includes human rights training, comparative research projects, exchanges and regional meetings. All CAP groups are members of a regional structure.

International Level: At the international level CAP organizes research, public education and advocacy based on the priorities set by the community level work. This includes a quarterly publication, presentations at international conferences, special projects, learning circles and seminars.

 

 

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