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Victor Maphosa Herald Correspondent
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) yesterday started training Provincial Peace Committees (PPC) as part of its constitutional mandate to promote peace and reconciliation.
The committees were set up last year and every commissioner superintends over a committee.
The committees comprises between 25 to 30 members representatively, selected from key stakeholders within the broader peace-building ecosystem in the provinces.
The training was supposed to start after the setting up of the committees, but it was deferred due to limited resources.
However, this year, Government partnering with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)provided resources for the training.
A delegation led by chairperson for Conflict Prevention and Non-Recurrence Commissioner Patience Chiradza was in Mutare yesterday.
Comm Chiradza told The Herald before her departure for Mutare that all was in place.
She commended the Government and other stakeholders for availing resources for the programmes.
“The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission is starting the training of Provincial Peace Committees. We are starting the training in Mutare, Manicaland Province,” she said.
“We are set to complete training all the provinces by the first week of April,” she said.
Comm Chiradza, said the training of Provincial Peace Committees will be followed by that of district committees.
“After this training, district committees will follow. These trainings are very important in the sense that these committee members are the ones who have the people in communities. They know and understand all the situations, and it helps the commission in tackling them.
“They facilitate spaces for dialogue between groups and communities and for the exchange of ideas on issues that may threaten peace and stability within the community,” Comm Chiradza said.
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