Turath Organisation for Human Development .

Turath Organisation for Human Development directly helps to resolve local tribal conflicts around resources and conducts capacity building training and education, focussing on young people and women. Turath aims to promote rights and development at the community level, improving the position of women by giving them the skills to help themselves.

Activities include workshops on capacity building and conflict resolution; seminars on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), looking at its principles and how people will benefit from this agreement; and education programmes.

Conflict Resolution Between the Golfan and Hawazma Tribes

The Golfan and Hawazma tribes have a reoccurring conflict over water resources and rearing areas. Generally receiving little attention from government, disagreements have periodically led to violence. For just over 2 weeks in 2007 Turath was involved in direct conflict resolution between the two tribes. A group of volunteers that had participated in similar conflict resolution activities were chosen to form a problem-solving group and mediate between the two sides. They went into each community, talking to and, crucially, listening to grievances and looking for areas of potential cooperation. Meetings, workshops and discussions are held with each group individually to elaborate on the points of cooperation, before the two groups were brought together in a series of workshops on peace and coexistence, ending in the signing of a written agreement.