Aegis Trust 2021-2025 Aegis Trust 2021-2025 Aegis Trust har i samarbete med Radio La Benevolencija (RLB) ansökt om finansiering till insatsen Aegis Trust 2021-2025 'Action for Sustainable Peace, Inclusion, Rights & Equality (ASPIRE)'. Varaktigheten för programmet löper från 29 november 2021 till 29 november 2025 med en budget på 70 miljoner SEK.

Insatsens syftar till att förbättra förutsättningarna för en hållbar fred i Rwanda genom Freds och Värderingsutbildning (hädanefter refererad till som PVE, vilket står för Peace and Value Education) och samhällsdialog för att öka förståelsen för de grundläggande orsakerna och händelserna som ledde fram till folkmordet mot tutsierna 1994 samt bygga empati, motståndskraft och mod att motverka etniska splittringar, våld och hat. Det föreslagna programmet bygger vidare på en tidigare insats, Education for Sustainable Peace Rwanda (ESPR), 2016-2021, finansierad av ambassaden, som implementerades tillsammans med RLB. Med den föreslagna insatsen vill Aegis Trust och RLB utöka och förbättra kvaliteten på och implementeringen av Peace and Values Education (PVE). En starkare tonvikt läggs på behovet av PVE i samhällsutrymmen för att även nå ut till ungdomar som inte går i skolan men även för att föra dialog och stärka förmågan och viljan att diskutera dessa frågor i hemmiljön såväl som inom samhället. Insatsen har ett fortsatt starkt fokus på att stärka kapaciteten och resurserna bland lärare att implementera PVE som en övergripande del av den nationella läroplanen. Aegis Trust, in partnership with Radio La Benevolencija (RLB) has
submitted to the Embassy a proposal for a four-year programme titled,
’Action for Sustainable Peace, Inclusion, Rights & Equality (ASPIRE)’. The
proposed duration of the programme is 29 November 2021 to 29 November 2025, and
the budget is 70 million SEK.
The proposed programme aims to build positive peace through Peace and
Value Education (PVE) and community dialogue to increase an
understanding of the root causes and events that lead up to the Genocide
against the Tutsi in 1994 while simultaneously building empathy,
resilience, and courage to counteract ethnic divisions, violence and hatred.
The proposed programme expands on previous work by Aegis Trust and its cooperation
partner Radio La Benevolencija (RLB) conducted as part of the Education for
Sustainable Peace Rwanda (ESPR), 2016-2021, funded by the Embassy, but the
proposed programme has an increased focus on community dialogue, out-of-schoolyouth, and better resourced teachers able to fully implement PVE as a cross-cutting issue
part of the national curriculum.
The programme will be solely funded by the Embassy of Sweden but
complemented by the “Ubumuntu” digital platform funded by the
Embassy of Belgium. Ubumuntu is an online gateway for teachers, parents, students,
youth, and decision makers to access educational resources for PVE. It complements this
programme by enabling a digital resource that can be used by teachers, village leaders
and both programme and non-programme participants to refresh knowledge learn about
PVE from scratch. During the latter half of 2021, the Embassy of Belgium has issued new
project for this , which will cover funding for the next three years to a total of one million
EURO. This resource can help strengthen activities at the community level and within
schools depending on access to digital devices and internet connection.

The proposed contribution’s overarching objective is to OContribute to building the
conditions for a peaceful, cohesive and inclusive society’ through working directly with
teachers, parents, youth, and decision makers. Through PVE, Aegis Trust and its
cooperation partner RLB seeking to achieve the following outcomes:
Outcome 1: Teachers and School leaders understand, recognize and can teach about
processes that lead to identify-based violence; they have developed positive social and
emotional skills and are able to incorporate teaching these into their educative practice.
Outcome 2: Youth develop their critical thinking, social and emotional skills, and positive
values. This leads to them understanding, identifying and counteracting processes that
lead to social divisions and identity-based violence, taking personal responsibility for the
impact of their thoughts, speech and behaviour on themselves and others, better
managing their own mental health and wellbeing, and better resolving conflicts with
peers, family and others.
Outcome 3: Parents experience positive personal change and greater inner peace and
social trust, and develop a personal commitment to principles on non-violence, inclusion,
and being active by-standers.
Outcome 4: Decision-makers engage with research based-evidence informing their
policies and practice.
The underlying assumptions are that critical thinking, empathy, trust and conflict
resolution skills are powerful tools to prevent and counteract Osocial and psychosocial
processes’ identity-based hatred and violence. The proposed contributions overarching objective is to 'Contribute to building the
conditions for a peaceful, cohesive and inclusive society through working directly with
teachers, parents, youth, and decision makers'. Through Peace Value Education (PVE), Aegis Trust and its cooperation partner Radio La Benevolencija (RLB) is seeking to achieve the following outcomes:

Outcome 1: Teachers and School leaders understand, recognize and can teach about
processes that lead to identify-based violence; they have developed positive social and
emotional skills and are able to incorporate teaching these into their educative practice.

Outcome 2: Youth develop their critical thinking, social and emotional skills, and positive
values. This leads to them understanding, identifying and counteracting processes that
lead to social divisions and identity-based violence, taking personal responsibility for the
impact of their thoughts, speech and behavior on themselves and others, better
managing their own mental health and well-being, and better resolving conflicts with
peers, family and others.

Outcome 3: Parents experience positive personal change and greater inner peace and
social trust, and develop a personal commitment to principles on non-violence, inclusion,
and being active by-standers.

Outcome 4: Decision-makers engage with research based-evidence informing their
policies and practice.