Comment

CHIPS recently collaborated with the University of Birmingham to produce a paper entitled:

Climate change impacts on groundwater recharge in northeastern Uganda and the potential role of groundwater development in livelihood adaptation and peace building.

This was a contribution to an international conference in Kampala in June 2008 which brought together more than 300 water scientists, managers and policy makers from 23 countries in Africa and 14 countries from the rest of the world to discuss the challenges facing Africa in terms of the impacts of climate change on groundwater resources.

Mark Cuthbert, CHIPS Director, has just returned from 3 weeks in Uganda. A report of his trip can be downloaded here.

Teso-Karamoja cross border meeting of village elders (February 2007)

The first study weekend for the CHIPS Fellowship took place at Mark and Tamsin Cuthbert’s home in Birmingham on 18-19 November 2006.

We followed a loose timetable, beginning on Saturday morning with a time to introduce ourselves to each other. We then made shared agreements about our time together and had a short time of prayer. Those present were Mark and Tamsin Cuthbert, Tom Baker, Jane Gibbs, Jamie Bird, Ken Gichu, Andrew and Rebecca Cuthbert, and Georges and Lydia Kisombola.

Reflecting on the weekend

Seventeen of those of us interested in being part of the CHIPS Fellowship of Peacemakers met up last Saturday at Greenbelt. Although cut short by a downpour, we had a good time of introducing ourselves and talking about the way ahead for the group.

You're never too young to be a peacemaker - Grace Cuthbert in the Peace Zone at Greenbelt

We decided to meet on a weekend in the next few months and to begin with an overview of a biblical understanding of peace and the experience/approach of CHIPS. The idea is that we mix up theology/bible study with practical examples, methodologies and case studies, aswell as some worship, each time we meet and that people from the group contribute as they feel they want to in terms of leading as well as participating in sessions.