EXCLUSIVE: UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Forest Whitaker on peace in South Sudan
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UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation, Forest Whitaker is appealing to the youth of South Sudan to remain focused on a moral path to finding peace.
Whitaker is visiting South Sudan to follow upon a youth development program he launched in 2014 under the ‘Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI)’
The ‘Youth Peacemaker Network’ training-of-trainers programme aims to enable selected youth participants to teach other young people skills in peacebuilding, conflict resolution and mediation, as well as entrepreneurship and computer literacy.
Whitaker, has also inaugurated a sports center in the Protection of Civilians camp managed by the United Nations in Juba.
He is back to the country and in this interview he told Sebit William what he is here to do.