An organization looking to help with world peace wants to recruit some special people. The Nonviolent Peace Force was co-founded by a Minnesota man in the early 1990’s. There are peace keepers in Sri Lanka, the South Philippines and the Sudan. The peace keepers are unarmed and only go to places where they are invited.<\/p>\n
The Sudan is expected to possibly have violent outbreaks before a January vote to for independence between Northern and Southern Sudan.<\/p>\n
Just the presence of an international non violent peace keeper can stop violence. The peace keepers go through 3 weeks of training to learn cross-cultural communication, team building and self care.<\/p>\n
They do have an interpreter, but don’t have weapons. Then they train over seas and can help mothers get back their kidnapped children, or help villages under seige.<\/p>\n
Mel Duncan, the co-founder of the Nonviolent Peace Force says “they will be working in dangerous areas and there is the likelihood they will face violence. Having said that, we’re meticulous about our security because we’re not doing this to create martyrs, we’re doing it because its an effective way to deal with violent conflict.”<\/p>\n
Peace keepers commit to at least two years and all expenses are paid, plus they get a $1500 monthly stipend and insurance. It cost the peace force 65 thousand dollars a per person per year to train and have a peace keeper work.<\/p>\n
No one has died while working with the group, but one person was injured with shrapnel from a grenade and another jailed for more than 100 days. If you’d like to learn more visit www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org<\/a><\/p>\n