Since the beginning of the Anglophone Crisis, the armed conflict has degenerated into a community war between the Mbororo and the natives in many communities around the North West Region as a result of a farmer grazier long outstanding dispute.

Wum is one of those places that have been badly hurt and has experience worsening devastation Since 2019 and in 2020. The muslims and native communities were pinned against each other resulting to alot of killings, infrastructural and animal destruction, displacements, damages and human loss.

BIHAPH and its partners saw the need to come to salvage the fragile population and put an end to impending human tragedy. This laudable initiative aimed to set up and manage a peace and Dialogue Committee. It has been a four month long, thorny, stormy and extremely
Perilous journey yet impactful and fulfilling.

In an ecumenical service to mark the close of the four months project. The service that brought together Imams and Pastors of different denomination was aimed at strengthening social cohesion between the farmers and graziers through sporting and cultural activities. One of the high points was the presentation of the Peace Committee and the handing over of certificates done by the SDO and other Leaders. They were all impressed by the massive turnout and the impact the project has created in Wum Community.

BIHAPH's CEO, Madam Mih Bibiana Mbei Dighambong in her warm words appreciated all who came to witness this great and life changing event, noting she is a living testimony of the Ketcha and Upkwa bloody incident of 2019.

She decry that the peace committee might not be able to solve all the farmers/Grazier Conflict which has become intractable but, they will hold all perpetrators, stakeholders accountable for the unimaginable suffering of poor women/Men whose entire livelihood depends on farming and grazing and because of greed has used God’s ordained natural resources against a people.

She noted that zones of peace will be creaed to ensure peace returns while women should continue farming since Farmers and Graziers now better understand the need to coexist and build social and harmonious communities.
All testified it was the beginning of a journey towards a return of normalcy and sustainable peace in the shattered snd deserted communities. It should be noted that thanks to BIHAPH partners, a few houses will be rehabilitated as zones of peace each tree in the compound called Tree of peace to reunite and rebuild the spirit of sharing, resilience and living together as a community with a common good.