24/08/2025
Personalities Behind the Peacebuilding in NBeGS/ Aweil
Joseph Aduong Lual
Joseph Aduong is a distinguished South Sudanes peacebuilder and Trainer of Trainers of the peace committees in NBeG and Warrap States
He's aslo a ToTs Team leader of PCVC , currently serving as Volunteer Trainer of Psychosocial Support for Community Volunteer Counselors in NBeGS and also a member of peace committee ( NBeGS PC) since 2016 to present .
He previously held a position of state director for administration in defunct Aweil East State and a founder of Press unit in the office of state Governor of defunct Aweil East State from 2016_ 2019 .
Aduong holds B.Sc degree in Leadership, Biblical Studies and Community Development Outreach, specialised in Community development from N2NCU_Texas USA 2024 .
He also holds Advanced Diploma in Theology from crossroads Training Center , specialized in Biblical Theology and pastoral Theology as trainer and planter of the churches 2019 Aweil South Sudan .
Holds Advanced certificate of training in Transformational leadership and Peacebuilding from NTLI __University of Juba, South Sudan 2019 .
Advanced Certificate in Agribusiness : from seed to market from University of the Fraser Valley__ Canada 2021.
Holds advanced certificate of training as certified Trainer on Trauma Healing and Psychosocial Support for the war affected communities in South Sudan 2021 , South Sudan/ Juba, the program designed , facilitated and taught by University of Juba and EMU University USA .
Holds advanced certificate of training as Certified Trainer of Trainers in Natural Resources Management , supported and trained by UNFAO Aweil South Sudan 2020 .
Holds Two Advanced certificates of training in Negotiation and Mediation from Clingandael __ Netherlands Institute of Foreign Relations 2023 , the program supported by UNDP South Sudan.
■ Services , contributions & Achievements:
▪︎Trained the peace committees in NBeG and Warrap states from 2021----2022, to keep communities safe and help communities to live in peace and peaceful co-existence within and outside their communities.
Offering them the skills of peace building and conflict management, conflict resolution based on the matrix of early warning and early response.
▪︎ Served as youth peace Ambassador trained by UNMISS C.A. D in Aweil from 2014 to 2021.
▪︎Trained Community Volunteer Psychosocial Counselors in NBeGS Aweil under UNDP PaCC Project .
This program helped hundreds of thousands of the people get aware of trauma impacts in human beings and the process of healing.
Many community members healed and also reconciled during the trainings , awareness and stories sharing .
This program was designed to heal through reconciliation and reconcile by healing our wounds by accepting to forgive ourselves .
▪︎He Carried out Trauma awareness for the government leaders in NBeGS/ Aweil from 2022 to 2023 .
And many leaders understand their own problems derailed them of good performance in their leaderships .
▪︎Founded press unit in the office of the governor of defunct Aweil East state and helped in establishment of Secretariat General, council of ministers' administration in defunct state 2017 __2019 .
During his work as press unit founder he created good relationships between the government of the state and the people whom are governed .
▪︎Founder and Editor in chief of South Sudan News Corner SSNC _ Online daily newspaper, South Sudan .
▪︎Founder of Grassroots Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation Organization GIPRO .
▪︎Trained South Sudanese young women on the skills of negotiation and mediation in NBeGS/Aweil 2024 .
Served as consultant to CIPAD organisation on Trauma healing and Psychosocial support 2023 and 2024 .
MEMBERSHIP
▪︎ Former member of press unit, office of the governor defunct Aweil East state.
• He is a member of Joint Border peace committee between South Sudan and Sudan .
Member of Psychosocial facilitators Forum, South Sudan.
• Member of Natural Resources management Committee NBGS/Aweil.
▪︎ Member of Community Transformational leadership Facilitators under peace Commission, supported by UNDP South Sudan and supervised by NTLI-- University of Juba.
▪︎ Member of the Insider Mediators under overseer of UNDP---
South Sudan.
▪︎ Former Member of Youth Peace Ambassadors team .
▪︎ Contributed in research and development and publishing of Community Training manual on trauma healing and Psychosocial support for the war affected communities in South Sudan.
▪︎ Current member of Youth for SDG goals Organization.
He is the visionary peace builder behind the peaceful co-existence in Aweil Society.
He initiated, mediated facilitated and participated in many reconciliations, community peace dialogues and peace dessiminations in NBeGS.
There are numerous positive contributions that Aduong has made to the nation worth mentioning as an honor for a man's sacrifices and contributions he has made and still doing it towards peace building in our societies to keep our communities safe for the sake of national unity and social cohesion Repair after being damaged by multiple wars .
Source: Your Voice Media South Sudan