COMPLETED PROJECT
Brief Discription:
This project is implemented by a network known as the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Provincial Prison Apostolate Network (BEPPAN) made up of the Justice and Peace Commissions of the Archdiocese of Bamenda, the Dioceses of Kumbo, Mamfe and Buea.
It has five specific objectives;
1) To enhance Knowledge and respect for human rights in prisons by facilitating access to justice and observance of the standard minimum care for inmates,
2) To render excellent services and become a reference point to stakeholders at all levels.
3) To reconcile 200 inmates with their families in 13 prisons within the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province by the end of the second year of project implementation,
4) To constitute a referral data bank of inmates in the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda which will further be used to lobby for wider systematic change?
5) To facilitate the reintegration of inmates through skills development programmes leading to income generation potentials for inmates.
Celebration Of International Human Rights Day: 10th December 2015
“I was in Prison and You Visited Me”(Matt:25:9)
The Justice and Peace Service (JPS) of the Archdiocese of Bamenda joined the international community to celebrate the International Human Rights Day 2015 with inmates and staff of some prisons within the Archdiocese under the theme; “Our Rights, Our Freedoms Always”.
Training Of Inmates In Skills Development
Specific objective 5 of the above mentioned project states; ‘reintegration of inmates is improved through acquisition of skills development leading to income generating activities.’ The main activity under this objective is to engage inmates in skills development, thereby preparing them for successful reintegration into the society after serving their prison terms.
3-Day Workshop On Measuring Change/Results
The Justice and Peace Service of the Archdiocese of Bamenda; general coordinator of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province Prison Apostolate Network (BEPPAN) organized a 3-day training on MEASURING CHANGE/RESULTS.
Training on the Prison Apostolate
This training, organized by St. Jacqueline Atabong under the Victim Offender Prison Care Support (VOPS), a program of the Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Douala took place from the 20th – 21st November 2014.
Celebration of the International Human Rights Day 2014
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Bamenda joined the Prison Administration and inmates of the Bamenda Central Prison to celebrate the International human Rights Day 2014.