FOR ANY DURABLE SOLUTIONS TO BE ACHIEVED DURING ARMED CONFLICT? POWER MUST BE GIVEN TO LOCAL PEOPLE WHO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE WAR; FRIDAY 16TH FEB WAS A BRIGHT DAY TO COMMUNITIES SHATTERED BY WARS IN BDA 1,11, &111; BIHAPH WITH SUPPORT FROM CANADA FUND FOR LOCAL INITIATIVE TRAINED WOMEN  GROUPS IN SOAP LAUNDRY, DETERGENT, PASTERIES AND DONATED START UP KITS FOR THE WOMEN TO CONTNUE RESTITUTION AND BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OTHER MEMBERS; SOME IDPS IRECEIVED SEWING MACHINES AND TAILORING ASSECESORIES TO EMPOWER THEM TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD; THIS WAS IN ACCORDANCE TO BIHAPH MODUS OPERADI: MAINSTREAM ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN PEACE BUILDING, INCREASE LIVELIHOODS, POVERTY REDUCTION TOWARDS VIOLENCE MITIGATION, COMMUNITY REHABILITATION, RE-STABILISATION, AND BUILD SOCIAL COHESION IN SHATTERED COMMUNITIES IN MEZAM DIVISION.  1,11 AND 111;

THE BENEFICIARIES EXPRESSED DEEP GRATITUDE TO CANADA AND BIHAPH AND PROMISED TO USE THE EMPOWERMENT KITS JUDICIOUSLY TO BUILD A MORE HARMONIOUS AND PEACEFUL COMMUNITY;