{"id":61,"date":"2023-08-06T23:39:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manasseh.nfshost.com\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2025-07-11T18:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:53:18","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"61\" class=\"elementor elementor-61\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dbdbd9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4dbdbd9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3dadb1\" data-id=\"e3dadb1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-447d52c elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"447d52c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b616db\" data-id=\"5b616db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04f8d8d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-fixed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"04f8d8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1035\" height=\"1035\" src=\"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-65\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey.jpg 1035w, https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-193724d\" data-id=\"193724d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e5eb03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e5eb03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Geoffrey Manasseh<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63ccd39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63ccd39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">African Peace Ambassador<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">URI Interfaith Champion<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">Director of African Peacemaking Database<\/span><\/h2><h3>Geoffrey Manasseh is a peace builder, interfaith youth educator and environmental activist. Geoffrey completed his academic education at Mkope secondary school and further graduate advance diploma in construction engineering from Combon Technical College in 2007. Geoffrey went through intensive peace building and conflict transformation trainings under United Religions Initiative before joining 2020 KAICIID fellowship African cohort.<\/h3><h3>After saving different positions in URI including position of \u201cinterfaith youth development officer\u201d, Geoffrey is now Malawi Country Coordinator of United Religions Initiative (URI), Technical advisor of <strong>Wildlife and Natural Resources Conservation and Rehabilitation Trust<\/strong> (WNRCRT), Co-founder of <strong>Nkhudzi Bay Utale Club<\/strong> (NBUC), and Director of African Communities of African Peacemaking Database (APD).<\/h3><h3>Geoffrey is responsible for mentoring and guiding youth to achieve their goals, operate and coordinating cultural preservation, leadership, interfaith dialogue, and peacekeeping, and he holds capacity building training for youth as students on personal development and youth empowerment.<\/h3><h3>He is currently working for the African Peacemaking Database &#8211; the world&#8217;s first grassroots peace index that catalogues and shares indigenous wisdom with the wider world &#8211; an international NGO with hubs in Malawi and Ethiopia.<\/h3><h3>He can be contacted at malawi@africanpeacemaking.org. Geoffrey is based in Lilongwe, Malawi.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-106e80a elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"106e80a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b928e1a\" data-id=\"b928e1a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ded5c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ded5c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1035\" height=\"1035\" src=\"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-65\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey.jpg 1035w, https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Geoffrey-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c54e0a\" data-id=\"1c54e0a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f749fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f749fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Geoffrey Manasseh<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e53d07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e53d07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">African Peace Ambassador<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">URI Interfaith Champion<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">Director of African Peacemaking Database<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Geoffrey Manasseh is a peace builder, interfaith youth educator and environmental activist. Geoffrey completed his academic education at Mkope secondary school and further graduate advance diploma in construction engineering from Combon Technical College in 2007. Geoffrey went through intensive peace building and conflict transformation trainings under United Religions Initiative before joining 2020 KAICIID fellowship African cohort. &nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>After saving different positions in URI including position of \u201cinterfaith youth development officer\u201d, Geoffrey is now Malawi Country Coordinator of United Religions Initiative (URI), Technical advisor of <strong>Wildlife and Natural Resources Conservation and Rehabilitation Trust<\/strong> (WNRCRT), Co-founder of <strong>Nkhudzi Bay Utale Club<\/strong> (NBUC), and Director of African Communities of African Peacemaking Database (APD).<\/h3>\n<h3>Geoffrey is responsible for mentoring and guiding youth to achieve their goals, operate and coordinating cultural preservation, leadership, interfaith dialogue, and peacekeeping, and he holds capacity building training for youth as students on personal development and youth empowerment.<\/h3>\n<h3>He is currently working for the African Peacemaking Database &#8211; the world&#8217;s first grassroots peace index that catalogues and shares indigenous wisdom with the wider world &#8211; an international NGO with hubs in Malawi and Ethiopia.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>He can be contacted at malawi@africanpeacemaking.org. Geoffrey is based in Lilongwe, Malawi.&nbsp;<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ebffd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ebffd4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f00bd8\" data-id=\"7f00bd8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08bbe1d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"08bbe1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GEOFFREY_CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Geoffrey's CV<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5962965\" data-id=\"5962965\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26dd70e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"26dd70e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/jes.pennpress.org\/about\/current-issue-abstracts\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-pen-nib\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Publication at Journal of Ecumenical Studies (U Penn)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-597eb04\" data-id=\"597eb04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15af36d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"15af36d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/africanpeacemaking.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-globe-africa\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">African Peacemaking Database Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-93b65bb\" data-id=\"93b65bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3457c76 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3457c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-peace\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">United Religions Initiative<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geoffrey Manasseh African Peace AmbassadorURI Interfaith ChampionDirector of African Peacemaking Database Geoffrey Manasseh is a peace builder, interfaith youth educator and environmental activist. Geoffrey completed his academic education at Mkope secondary school and further graduate advance diploma in construction engineering from Combon Technical College in 2007. Geoffrey went through intensive peace building and conflict transformation &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Home&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":89,"href":"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geoffreymanasseh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}