The year 2019 was a special one as the Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace celebrated her Founder and President John Cardinal Olorunfemi Onaiyekan who celebrated his 75th Birthday in January and his 50th Priestly Anniversary in August 2019.
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Success Stories from the YOLDA Beneficiaries
Youths Living Above Drug and Substance Addiction (YOLDA)program was initiated by the COFP Foundation in April 2018 as an avenue to support, help and assist reach out to the young people whose lives have been affected negatively through drug/substance abuse and addiction. Thirty-five (35) Youth benefited from this program which lasted one year – April 2018-April 2019.
COFP Fellows Building Peace in their Communities
Persistent conflict between Herders and Farmers in Nigeria have become a thing of great concern in the recent years due to its disastrous nature in terms of loss of life, property and its negative impact on rural livelihoods. With the conflict transformation and dialogue skills acquired by the COFP Fellows who are also members of these warring communities during the Fellowship program, a lot of mediation and peacebuilding activities are already going on in some of these communities.