As a follow-up to the recommendations made from research on the root causes of conflict in Africa, ABANTU for Development, Kenya, hosted training for peace workers. The training enabled peace workers to: develop an understanding of the participative learner centred approach, establish an understanding of policies and policy making process for peace building; develop skills of training needs analysis; and enhance effective participation in conflict resolution and peace building. The training was held in the last week of July 2003, in Ethiopia, with participants from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.