DPDO News
Update on DPDO Peace Program
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011For the past eight months, DPDO President Suliman Giddo has been working in Darfur, Sudan on a community dialogue initiative sponsored by a grant from the US Department of State. Omer Ismail headed up the Chad team.
During this process, Suliman and Omer conducted over 30 workshops with internally-displaced people (IDPs) in Darfur and refugees in Eastern Chad on how to engage them in the Darfur Peace Process. They discussed the difficulties that the IDPs and refugees face in the camps on a day-to-day basis. They also addressed what both the IDPs and refugees see as their vision for achieving the sustainable peace that will facilitate their return to their homelands.
The workshops presented a venue for the IDPs and refugees to voice their concerns over returning to their lands. They raised security and protection issues as the major constraints that need to be seriously addressed. It was emphasized that no one can return to their lands unless the new settlers are asked to leave. They also brought up issues of compensation, justice, reconciliation, reconstruction, and humanitarian services.
Suliman and Omer have now returned to the US to present their findings to the Department of State.
We thank you for your ongoing support for the people of Darfur.
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