The nine-day Non Violent Communication Training (NVC) kicked off in Arusha with 78 participants from 13 countries focusing on learning how to create a peaceful and stable society.
Speaking at the opening of the symposium, Bishop Joseph Laizer of Christian Life Church in Tanzania, said the values have plummeted due to the number of reasons but the only solution to promote good norms is through learning the inner being who created in likeness of God.
"The inner being of a human can make other people feel uncomfortable so it is important to have training like this to teach how to recognize oneself and welfare of society," said Bishop Laizer.
Bishop Laizer added that inner being has many challenges that need God's grace to find a solution.
"The book of Ecclesiastes 9:3 speaks of the anxiety of man, but all of it requires God's grace in order to find a solution," he added.
In addition, Bishop Laizer said parents have a great responsibility to make the peaceful community, if they have better foundation for upbringing.
"Proverbs 22: 6 places great emphasis on the good upbringing of a child which is the responsibility of the parent, if the parent is not brought up in a good upbringing how will his child have a good norms in this global age?" asked Bishop Laizer.
Yet the emphasis has been placed on each individual to fulfill the purpose during their lifetime.
"No one was born accidentally, in order to save our society it is important for everyone to do their part including good parenting to our children," said Bishop Laizer.
Chairperson of the symposium Martha Patrick Dello said within nine days of the participants will be able to realize how important they are, in building their personal lives and the community around them.
"The first time I had a NVC seminar, my heart was opened and when I returned to Tanzania I wanted everyone to know what I had, luckly every home, every school I passed I realized something good to them...nowdays it is my passion and you will realize at the end of this training," said Martha. Dello.
The participants came from Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Belgium, Germany, Zimbabwe, the Philippines, the United States, Tanzania, Austria, Italy, Hungary and India.
The conference is organized by Intensive International Training (IIT) Tanzania and is expected to end on July 3, 2022.
CNVC motto this year, "Together we can explore a language and a way of life that support living a life, of compassion, where we would learn to hear our deeper needs and those of others, increase our ability to live with choice, meaning and connection."
Foundation of Non Violent Communication
The Canton, Ohio native died at the age of 80 on February 7, 2015 in Alburque, New Mexico in the United States but his philosophy still useful to the society.
Dr. Marshall Bertram Rosenberg (1934-2015) is the founder of Non Violent Communication (NVC).
The American psychologist in his impoverished and miserable upbringing wanted to know the source and how to find a solution to suffering that human beings have been experiencing.
Through his famous book, "Non Violent Communication: A language of Life" Dr. Marshall has so far trained many followers around the world in building stable society
The main purpose of Dr. Marshall did not completely to end the disagreements among the people but to improve the lives of individuals and society as a whole.
The 1934 incident in Detroit, Michigan that left 34 people dead and 433 injured sparked Dr. Marshall to build a stable society when he asked himself, "Why people do this, and why does this also happen to me?"
During his lifetime Dr. Marshall grew up visiting about 35 countries a year to teach them how to build a better, more peaceful and stable society.
Dr. Marshall was very pleased with the success of his career.
"Such incredible things happen when I leave groups, so that when I go back, I can hardly believe what they've accomplished in the time since I was last there. I see this everywhere I go," one of Dr. Marshall words in his lifetime.
Dr. Marshall has been awarded various awards including the Hero and Champion of Forgiveness Award that he received one year before his death.
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