Promoting peace-building
At COWACDI, we believe that Peace in our communities can only be achieved collaboratively, at local, national, regional, and international levels. Individuals, communities, civil society organizations, government, regional bodies, and the private sector all play a role in building peace. To sustain positive change, everyone affected by a violent conflict must be involved in the process of building peace. We believe that peace is more than just the absence of violence. Peacebuilding organizations such as COWACDI ultimately strive to promote what is described as ‘positive peace.




Gender Equity
At COWACDI, we promote inclusive participation by ensuring gender equity and the participation of women and girls in development activities, by challenging harmful socio-cultural norms that make women and girls in our communities suffer systematic disadvantages, and respond to humanitarian emergencies to alleviate the suffering of people affected by conflict and disaster.




Youth Engagement/Involvement
At, COWACDI, we believe the choices that young people make today and, in the future,influenced by the people and events around them will contribute to the possibility of peace, stability, and progress in their communities at large. Hence the need for proper orientation about their right and privileges in life as regards humanitarian responses in their communities.


Empowerment
Young people must have the opportunity to lead change within their communities. When girls, boys, women, and men are empowered with the skills they need for working life, they thrive. They can support themselves, their families, and their communities.
Awareness and sensitization
We are proving that we can come together as a united human family to holistically tackle sexual exploitation and abuse, let us apply an equally comprehensive, vigorous, and unrelenting focus to eradicating gender-based violence as well.