AFAS through its ADR Connect Program introduces arbitration and alternative dispute resolution processes to high school and university students with the purpose of engendering interest in learning more about these processes in these students who may proceed into careers in dispute resolution.

 

In 2024 AFAS delivered its training to 400 students and set up ADR Connect clubs in the following schools:

 

Legacy Girls College located in Akuse, Ghana.

GIMPA School of Law, Accra, Ghana.

 

Our Lady of Good Counsel, Gayaza, Uganda.

School of Law at Makerere University, Uganda.

 

Makumira Secondary School, Mount Meru, Arusha, Tanzania.

Tumaini University, Makumira, Arusha, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.

 

Saint Ignatius High School 2 Kigali, Rwanda.

IFAK High School located at Kimihurura, Kigali, Rwanda.

University of Kigali School of Law, Kigali, Rwanda.

 

AFAS is grateful to Arbitral Women (https://www.arbitralwomen.org/) and Onyema Arbitration Services Limited (https://onyema-arbitration.co.uk/) for funding to enable this training. AFAS is also grateful to the administrators of each school and university, Ghana Arbitration Centre, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Uganda branch, Tanzania International Arbitration Centre, and Kigali International Arbitration Centre for their support in the delivery of the trainings.