The Vision and Leadership
The vision of Canadian Peacemakers International is to develop and demonstrate a model of peacemaking and peacebuilding that can be emulated by others to address the structural causes of conflict in Central America (CA). The ultimate goal is to reduce the likelihood of more war in CA.
One of the historic causes of conflict in CA is the inability of the peasants and other poor people to become land owners and/or to find some way to gain access to production that will help give them some control over their lives and provide hope for their children. The hopelessness created by the resulting poverty has led to repeated attempts to change the status quo by armed revolution. These revolutions have produced much bloodshed and destruction, but have led to further impoverishment of the masses and retrenchment of the status quo. Other approaches are needed, both at the local or micro, and at the national and regional, or macro, levels.
By making it possible for peasants to buy their own land and providing the education and opportunity for poor to get into production will change the conditions for those who benefit from our programs. If this can be replicated for enough people it will begin to have a macro impact. Thus the hope to develop a model that can be replicated.
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