John Battersby of Tutu Foundation UK publishes new article 'Resolving Conflict the Tutu Way' in UK Mediation Journal

With the practice of Ubuntu Archbishop Desmond Tutu left the world a precious gift: a virtuous circle of spiritual generosity and inclusivity to resolve conflict in a troubled world.

In the African nguni languages umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu means literally: we are people because of other people. I am because you are.

Based on our common humanity, the starting point of Ubuntu is to reach out to others - often across seemingly impenetrable barriers of alienation – to discover our interdependence.

In the process, we learn the power of empathy, dignity, and respect.

The theory is disarmingly simple, the practice requires experienced mediation, patience, and resilience.

Tutu Foundation UK in partnership with Youth Futures launched a successful pilot project in 10 London boroughs in 2017/2018 known as Ubuntu Round Tables.

They mediate between the Metropolitan Police and disenfranchised youth in deprived neighbourhoods where a toxic combination of knife-crime, gangs and drugs and often inappropriate policing and inadequate social services have contributed to an atmosphere of fear and hopelessness in some communities.

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