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Conflict

Below is our One World, One Family resource, a community cohesion unit for post-16 general RE. It is suitable for use with NOCN framework and Extended Project. It is designed to be run over ten weeks, but does not strictly have to be used in that timescale.

Our Conflict unit is also listed below and is thorough, thought-provoking and engaging.


Conflict unit for KS3 - This unit is expected to take about five hours, and uses pupils' own experiences plus stories from CAFOD’s partners in DRC and other countries including Sudan, Rwanda, the Philippines and Eastern Europe. Rss Feed
Natural resources, instead of bringing wealth to DRC, have fuelled conflict all over the country [Richard Wainwright]

Conflict - Scheme of Work (160.34 kB)

Objectives and outcomes, five separate lesson plans, and resources list

Step into the gap

A year out experience with CAFOD that takes you places the guidebooks don’t.

In a transit centre for children affected by conflict run by Caritas Bukavu, Balemba, a former child soldier, enjoys a laugh with the other boys. He had been part of different military units since 1997, forced to walk across half the country by foot in order to fight [CAFOD]

Classroom resources for Scheme of Work (1.25 MB)

Peace Charter template; Forgiveness quotes from different faiths; Story of a mother in Rwanda; Story of former child soldier in the DRC; Multiple choice quiz; Teachers' notes on key themes; Reflections from Mindanao; Pope Paul VI quotes

Also see the resources below

The Halindirwari's. (LtoR): Patrick Nsengiyumva, 12; Bienfait Nzabrindia, 14; Justin Mutimutuje, 12 months [Richard Wainwright]

Bienfait and Patrick's story (powerpoint) (664.50 kB)

Two brothers who live in an area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that many people fled because of the conflict between warring ethnic groups

The Halindirwari's. (LtoR): Patrick Nsengiyumva, 12; Bienfait Nzabrindia, 14; Justin Mutimutuje, 12 months [Richard Wainwright]

Bienfait and Patrick (photostory) (4.46 MB)

Two brothers who live in an area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that many people fled because of the conflict between warring ethnic groups
(you need Windows Media Player 10 to view this file - download here )

Odette (photostory) (3.24 MB)

Find out more about the life and family of 11-year-old Odette in the DRC
(you need Windows Media Player 10 to view this file - download here )

Odette (powerpoint) (429.00 kB)

Find out about the life of Odette, an 11-year old girl who lives in Lushebere in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her community is rebuilding itself after the recent violent conflict

Building peace in the Philippines (481.50 kB)

Downloadable 16-slide powerpoint with photos

Liberate Muhagihana, widowed in the genocide, counsels Colette Nusaburasoni who lost all of her children [Annie Bungeroth]

Resolving conflict around the world (478.50 kB)

KS3 Powerpoint: Photogallery depicting key issues from focus countries for conflict - Sudan, Rwanda, Philippines, and Democratic Republic of Congo

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Published on 08/08/2008, last updated on 13/07/2011
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