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| Volunteers Preparing to deliver Books |
Peace workers across South Sudan have been given a “Book of forgiving” written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter, to read in order to enhance their skills on the promoting peace and reconciliation in the country
South Sudan Women United, a US based organization that gathers South Sudanese women across the world, leads the initiative and counts on a group of volunteers to deliver 2000 copies of the book to key peace promoters such as religious leaders from different Christian denominations, members of religious congregations, pastoral agents and members of local civil society organizations.
The initiative was planned after the leadership of the organization realized the positive effects the book had in other parts of the world and is inspired at Tutu’s Global Forgiveness Challenge, a worldwide campaign to promote forgiveness as a means to reach peace.
South Sudan Women United volunteers are reaching key people in the country with the book and showing them how to use the book for their peace, healing and reconciliation work.
Leaders and community members are invited to read the book as individuals and as groups, and to use the book as a starting point for discussion and ignite healing processes.
The book explains the path people shall follow to reconcile with themselves and the others and comes with a vivid encouragement to put its teaching into practice and to share and avail the book for reading to any interested person.
One of the volunteers shares her experience as a reader and explains how the book changed her life. She says reading the book helped her start a journey towards internal healing that allowed her to overcome the anger for the past and present conflicts in the country and to be open to help others to heal and forgive.
The distribution started on May 6th and is expected to be concluded in a couple of weeks.
Copies of the book are also being delivered to the office of South Sudan president, vice president and other local authorities.
Source: Courtesy of Enrica Valentini, Director CRN