Local residents from Lugari at a Turning The Tide training session Photo: Photo: Jez Smith / Britain Yearly Meeting
Peacework in Kenya
While he was in Kenya for the World Conference of Friends, Jez Smith met Kenyans involved in QPSW’s nonviolence training work
On a grey day in Lugari, twenty people have gathered to refresh their skills in campaigning using nonviolent principles. When they learned last year about plans for a dam downstream they were outraged to discover that it would flood the land and homes of about 50,000 people.