Local residents from Lugari at a Turning The Tide training session Photo: Photo: Jez Smith / Britain Yearly Meeting

While he was in Kenya for the World Conference of Friends, Jez Smith met Kenyans involved in QPSW’s nonviolence training work

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

by Jez Smith 7th September 2012

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.