BUNDIBUGYO YOUTH MARATHON BUILT ANOTHER BLOCK FOR PEACE.

RIC-NET together with Bundibugyo students association (BUSA) organized a peace Marathon under the theme Youth building peace. The peace marathon was part of the youth week activities organized and support by RIC-NET under the code supporting youth organize youth caravan. This action was building block on the role of the youth in the peace process by designing community driven mechanism to management and prevent conflicts and human right violations. We had assumption that if the youth from different tribes can ran and play together they can as well plan together for development.

The youth marathon was attended by the LCV, RDC, DPC, CAO, DISO, many other district officials, and ministers from the Obudingiya bwa Bwamba and Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu, Youth leaders at national and District level and many more youth. Members from other CSOs like save the children,REDCROSS,KALI,RIDEAfrica.

Over 200 youth participated in the event and area MP Hon Richard Mujungera and OBB PM Mubulya Wilson

At the marathon, awareness on the role of youth and peace process in Bundibugyo District, the youth demonstrated to the leaders that the they can co-existence and work together for the common goal and engage the leaders in support youth activities for peaceful co-existence such as youth support to children affected by the post election conflicts. A fund was launched by Hon Richard to support children that was affected by the post election conflicts at community level. Participants agreed to contribute towards this fund.1m was raised as cash on that day. Leaders and youth leaders who had never met were able to do so.

 The message of peace was equally shared inform of drama and poem to the members who gathered for the event. The event was marked as District Youth day event for peace. Thus youth must preserve the generation to come, take use of the available natural resources for development, develop goals and planning that yield income and youth divergent skills should be enhanced for economic transformation. The youth must resist bad advice of hatred from the elders. This was a call from the PM OBB. Thus CSOs presents agreed to market the day and ensure resources are available for the Running for Peace. Members from the Batwa Minority group were able to share and laugh with other participants.