THE VALUE OF AMANI CLUBS

The establishment of Amani clubs is expected to enhance good character and self discipline among the young people. The clubs will actively provide opportunities for engagement and dialogue amongst students from diverse backgrounds. This will create a forum for honest and open debate on diverse issues so that trust can be built and stereotypes dispelled. Club members are expected to influence other youth, their communities and their parents thereby causing ripple effect in the promotion of national cohesion and integration.

Amani Clubs are expected to provide young people with avenues to address ethnicity, in a targeted way, and plant seeds of appreciation of diversity and tolerance by enabling students to learn to co-exist harmoniously despite their ethnic, racial or religious differences. The clubs will guide character formation, specifically guiding young people to respect diversity in a pluralistic society. The clubs will also empower their members to, among other things, promote peace in their day to day lives through words and actions; deal with life’s challenges peacefully; and become responsible citizens