Established in Sierra Leone in 1992 by Dr. Thomas Mark
Turay and Mrs.
Mary Hawa Turay with operations disrupted during the war,
cdpeace is facilitating twinning relationships between communities
in Canada and Sierra Leone in health and peace education. Read more about cdpeace.
Mary Hawa Turay
& Dr. Thomas Turay
cdpeace Co-Founders
Updates:
cdpeaceAdministrativeBuilding Construction is in Progress
The construction of the cdpeace AdministrativeBuilding has
started in January 2009.We thank CIDA for giving the initial support
through PSI and we also thank all those that have contributed
to this project.We
are still seeking for more support and we continue to look for
your ongoing contribution to help build the cdpeace training
complex.
The cdpeace Founders have been resources
people and participants at the Tatamagouche Centre since in 2000.As of November 2008, the two organizations
are working as partners to create a culture of peace in Canada and Sierra Leone. In
November 2009, the organizations will be sending the first Sierra
Leone Canada Peace Network (SLCPN), Delegation to Sierra Leone, West Africa.Read
more and
In
February 2008, 10-year-old Logan McGillivray now 11 was moved
and desired to do something after seeing pictures of children
in Sierra Leone that had been affected by the 11 years of war.In
May 2008, with the guidance of cdpeace, he worked with many volunteers
to send a 40-foot shipping container filled with building and
school supplies.Logan depicts this journey in a short documentary/music
video and he is now raising funds to build a multi-purpose Center
for children at the cdpeace head quarter in Mayagba, Sierra
Leone.Read more
The
centre will be called Listen to the Children Multi-purpose Centre.