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Milcah Lalam

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Milcah Lalam is a peace building development specialist with special expertise in trauma healing, drama as therapy and story-telling. Living in countries experiencing the trauma of war, poverty and violence, she works closely with women, children, youth, victims of rape and abuse, displaced persons, development and human rights workers in post-war contexts.

She has worked for five years in various capacities in the peace building field with RECONCILE in Sudan. She has facilitated peace building interventions with women and childrena and led reconciliation and trauma recovery processes initiated by women for women between communities experiencing inter-ethnic violence. As a psychosocial rehabilitation coordinator for RECONCILE, she developed the trauma recovery manuals and pioneered the use of drama for trauma awareness and healing.

FEATURED VIDEO: The Healing Power of Storytelling
In Southern Sudan, "after 21 years of war, many people had given up hope of ever being able to live one day without bombardment, without having to run away from their homes to hide in the swamps," says Milcah Lalam, programs manager, RECONCILE Peace Institute. While many organizations are now involved in peace building, RECONCILE also uses storytelling as a means of healing the deep wounds of war that resulted in so much emotional trauma in Sudan.

Tue, 04/26/2011 - 00:00
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In Southern Sudan, "after 21 years of war, many people had given up hope of ever being able to live one day without bombardment, without having to run away from their homes to hide in the swamps," says Milcah Lalam, programs manager, RECONCILE Peace Institute. While many organizations are now involved in peace building, RECONCILE also uses storytelling as a means of healing the deep wounds of war that resulted in so much emotional trauma in Sudan. Learn more about Milcah Lalam here. Watch related video, "On the Role of Women in South Sudan," here.

Milcah facilitates strategic projects related to peace building, gender based violence awareness creation, trauma awareness and healing, conflict transformation and capacity building for small and large-scale interventions in corporate, community and international settings to promote relationship building and social change.Currently, she is RECONCILE’s programs manager and acting principal for RECONCILE Peace Institute.

Milcah holds an MA in Theatre and Development Studies emphasis on post conflict development and trauma healing from University of Leeds (UK), a BA in Drama from Makerere University (Uganda), and specialized certificates in Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Transformation, Theatre and Peace building from Eastern Mennonite University (USA).