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This initiative works to bring together members of gang communities and inform and discuss with them ways out of the violence. Talks are hosted and young people are actively encouraged to take part in the different workshops and programmes, leading them down the path to peace.
The initiative aims to work towards resolution of the conflict in Nepal by influencing the major political parties.
This initiative aims to strengthen the multi-cultural life of Kosovo's next generation, by teaching contemporary acting to creative youths from varied national and ethnic backgrounds.
This self-help group for IDPs helps young men (who form the majority of combatants) to address issues of poverty and idleness in their lives, which in turn discourages them from engaging in violence in the community.
The Dalit Welfare Organisation Sindhuli (DWO-S) runs this initiative to help children who have become victims of the conflict in Nepal by providing emergency assistance and rebuilding the social and cultural infrastructure on which their rights depend.
By promoting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Sri Lanka, this initiative hopes to see - and indeed has seen - more children in education in the target areas, less child labour, and a focus on bringing children up in a non-violent environment. When the children of today become the decision-makers of tomorrow, they will take with them a doctrine of peace.
A series of seminars and workshops run in order to train local communities and individuals in conflict transformation. It operates in rural Sri Lanka and works hard to bring together different ethnicities in the same training.
This initiative brought youth together in the deeply divided municipality of Vitez, central Bosnia, to meet and have fun with each other in a neutral space, and to show themselves in a peaceful, creative and positive light.
The initiative aims to document human rights abuses and disappearences and to distribute the information to relevant parties within Nepal and internationally.
A programme of workshops, interactions and legal services provided for Nepal's conflict victims.
This Nepali initiative aims to improve the ability of conflict victims to fulfil their basic needs, as well as raising awareness on human rights issues and lobbying conflicting parties.
An initiative to bring together a wide range of ethnic and religious groups in Sri Lanka to celebrate religious festivals in unison.
Promoting inter-religious understanding and dialogue, Samadeepa have established the CIRPC in the Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka. The centre provides a forum for inter-religious discussion, and conducts programmes to unite people of different ethnicities under the common goals of peace and understanding.
Promoting inter-ethnic understanding and co-operation, Samadeepa has united children from Sri Lanka's East and North Central provinces through the formation of the Children's Congress. The congress, run by the children themselves, conducts activites that teach tolerance and cultural sensitivity in the children's clubs of the areas.
A programme to mitigate the effects of Nepal's armed conflict on children by providing them with access to basic services.
An analytic record of human rights violations against all sectors of Colombian society.
A series of workshops, lectures and other activities designed to encourage the emergence of a responsible leadership for Sudan.
In January 2007, the Forum for Human Rights, Environment and People's Awareness (HUREP) brought together local people, government and non-governmental officials, journalists and other stakeholders to discuss the impact of the conflict in Sankhuwa Sabha district. The participants of the conference produced and published a Peace Declaration on how to promote peace and democracy in the area.
This initiative provides multilingual teachings in pre-schools to ensure fair and equal representation within communities. This serves to educate young children about other ethnicities present in their communities and creates respect and tolerance. All generations are seen to benefit from this schooling project as families come together to raise money and restore the buildings.
An initiative aiming to contribute an alternative narrative to discussions of the conflict in Colombia, emphasising the potential of civil society as a force for peace.
By organising and co-ordinating contributive and fun activities, PHPO has helped build understanding and respect amongst young people of different ethnicities in the Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka.
Youth activists in the Nuba Mountains region spread knowledge of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) at the village level, including in Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) areas.
A programme to strengthen Nepali communities against engaging in conflict, with the aim of minimising the spread of fighting.
Young people taking part in the programme are taught basic software applications and are also introduced to the use of the internet and its importance in a global world. This provides them with employment opportunities, or the chance to start a business. The project staff also provide counselling to steer the youths away from conflict and towards peace.
This initiative works to reduce conflict within communities by educating their leadership figures in methods for obtaining peace through awareness, negociation and reconcilliation. The community leaders are taken on a field tour and take part in a training and workshop programme to educate them on methods they could employ to keep conflict at bay within their own villages.
This initiative supports local community involvement in the ongoing peace process in Nepal, at the same as attempting to build local capacities and redevelop village infrastructure.
This locally-run initiative gathered together community leaders and the tribal leaders of both sides to reach an agreement, in order to avoid a cycle of revenge killings.
This initiative involved women from the two tribes collaborating on fundraising to resolve a dispute before a cycle of revenge killings started.
This initiative involved the Paralegal and Human Rights Centre facilitating a series of emergency meetings between a government representative and the leadership of the two tribes in order to end their recurring conflict over land use.
A Nepali initiative seeking to bridge the gap between the Maoists and the state, and to assist the move away from human rights violations towards non-violent resolution.
Contact is a coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations created with the purpose of accumulating and disseminating knowledge on conflict and conflict transformation.
A Colombian television programme working to show different perspectives on the conflict in the country. Contravía has received several awards for its efforts to uncover human rights violations, give a voice to the formerly-invisible victims, and to present an alternative to the mainstream view of Colombia.
Corporación Nuevo Arco Iris has a direct presence in 12 departments in Colombia, working towards Peace and Civility. Their programmes include the rehabilitation of ex-combatants into civil society, political visibility for victims of violence and a school for democracy, peace and tolerance.
A project aiming to increase people's understanding of and participation in Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
A group of young people from different ethnicities who write, perform, and record music about peace. Their aim is to popularise the Sri Lankan peace process and bring different ethnicities together.
This Nepali initiative by the Children's Welfare Society - Khotang (CWS) equips local people with the skills needed to handle conflict without resorting to violence.
A programme to help young Nepali conflict victims reintegrate into society by providing them with the skills needed to sustain themselves economically in the peace and conflict prevention sectors.
A Sri Lankan initiative facilitating Sinhalese visits to Tamil areas, and vice versa. The aim is to create acceptance, understanding and a feeling of unity between the two ethnic groups.
These schools taught the concepts of human rights and means of their effective advocacy to over 100 high school and university students from Kosovo.
PHPO offers free Tamil language classes to the Sinhala community. This increases the potential for communication and understanding between these neighbouring communities in northern Sri Lanka; so reducing the possibility of conflict arising through linguistic misunderstandings.
A project of awareness raising and legal assistance designed to increase participation in and effectiveness of local human rights groups in Colombia's Caribbean region.
A systematic record of CINEP's peacebuilding activities in Colombia, which serves as a research tool for other organisations seeking to effect change.
Election violence has been one of the main threats to community peace for many years. The Good Governance initiative deals with this head on by bringing community leaders and politicians together to put a stop to outbreaks of violence, giving the individual communities a political voice during the election process.
Construction of the "Green Road" in the Eastern Region of Nepal draws youths out of unemployment and away from violence and involvement in the conflict. The construction is a strictly local affair: local committees are in charge of the ongoing construction and everyone involved comes from the local community.
A project designed to encourage influential elder women (Hakamat) in Sudan's Nuba Mountains to use their status as a force for peace.
This Sudanese initiative brings together women from different conflicting tribes (often IDPs from the war-torn Darfur region) and helps them work together on handmade items and craftwork. The women thus realise the benefits of working together, of peace, and of overcoming tribal conflict.
An initiative aimed at raising awareness of human rights violations in Nepal, acting as a mouthpiece for the abused and vulnerable.
This Nepali initiative sought to raise awareness of human rights at the community level as a vital component of peace-building. It incorporated a range of different activities, but all with an emphasis on mobilising the victims of conflict and the disadvantaged members of society.
The initiative was set up to promote human rights and to raise awareness of peaceful means of conflict resolution in Nepal.
A cross-party workshop to raise awareness and discuss the roles of various sectors of the community in building peace. Participants discussed collaboration between community and religous leaders as a key element of peace building in Sudan, amongst other issues.
This Nepali initiative consists of training workshops and classes which are designed to raise people's awareness of human rights and their capacity to protest against violations.
This initiative is concerned with training peace activists in various methods of peaceful conflict resolution, and mobilising them to work in rural areas of Nepal.
An initiative of research into the effects of the conflict in Nepal on the women and children who are forced to lead their lives in such an unstable environment.
The initiative aims to re-integrate Nepali conflict victims into society by helping them progress economically.
Victims of violence are widespread across Colombia and it is the work of this initiative that ensures their voices are heard. Action is taken to publicise their experiences and represent them in obtaining truth and justice.
An initiative to bring together the various religious groups of Sri Lanka, and help them understand how their religions share core beliefs about the importance of building peace together.
A programme at the University of Colombo designed to increase inter-ethnic contact and understanding by providing simultaneously-translated lectures in Tamil, Sinhala and English.
An initiative undertaken with the backing of a Japanese agency to unite the Muslims and Tamils of Sri Lanka and to push the reconciliation programme forward.
The Kosovo School for European Integration provides specialist teaching on the idea and historical, political and economic characteristics of the EU, as well as the prospects of Kosovo and the surrounding region for European Integration.
This initiative focuses on empowering peasant families in Colombia by integrating them into the modern economy through entrepreneurial partnerships with the private sector.
The initiative aims to keep young people out of the conflict in Nepal by providing them with the necessary skills and training to support themselves economically.
The initiative works with local people in Nepal to promote a just and corruption-free society.
Series of workshops, seminars and qualifications designed to encourage responsible reporting on conflicts by journalists from Colombia and around the world.
Sithumina have been using multi-ethnic pre-schools to teach Sri Lankan children the value of mutual respect and friendship between different ethnicities.
A series of workshops training various Sudanese groups in the principles and practice of non-violence.
Young people living in Kakanj ended the dark post-war atmosphere created by the burnt out buildings and dirty walls of their city, working across ethnic divides to paint bright murals and messages of hope.
A programme to raise awareness on peace and human rights in Nepal, and to support conflict victims through education and training.
A project to support families moving back to rural areas, as a means of reducing the number of people available for membership in Colombia's armed groups.
The initiative aims to enable a future generation to grow up co-operating and respecting one another by creating Sinhala-Tamil bilingual children. It is hoped this will improve trust between ethnicities, so reducing conflict that arises from miscommunication and misconceptions.
The initiative aims to ensure the security of children affected by the Nepalese conflict. It does this by campaigning to make schools safer, and by equipping the children with the skills and support needed to participate in the peaceful resolution of conflict.
Tailored workshops for both men and women in Sudan, working to strengthen women's roles in peacebuilding.
This initiative has moved into areas previously inaccessible due to the Maoist conflict, to work with those women most affected by the conflict. It focuses on mobilising them to raise awareness in their community about the rights of women, children and untouchables, to avoid future conflict.
A series of conferences aiming to find peaceful solutions to inter-tribal conflicts and to promote awareness of basic human rights.
This initiative acknowledges children as the future of Nepal and works towards instilling in them a respect and commitment towards peace. The initiative has successfully run a peace folk song competition in schools throughout the district and published the resulting collection.
This initiative in Damazin provided training in how to be effective at resolving conflicts. This included practicalities such as setting up projects, proposal writing, and fundraising.
The initiative aims to influence the policies of the parties to Nepal's conflict, and to mould public opinion into accepting a culture of peace.
ASAD has launched this centre in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province with the intention of providing a number of services to directly benefit the local community; it targets local youth in particular and works across ethnic divisions.
A programme to introduce the Buddhist religous clergy to non-violent conflict transformation processes through providing training in English language, ICT and peace building skills.
This initiative uses drama to highlight the role of local NGOs in conflict resolution and encourage peaceful living in the Nuba Mountains.
A series of training workshops, seminars, exhibitions and youth camps aimed at promoting peace, conservation and trust between communities.
A university-based programme focusing on the study of violence and conflict in all its forms, with an eye towards producing valuable research and training peace-workers, and eventually contributing to the political negotiation of peace in Colombia.
This programme brings Muslim Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka together with other communities in their area to bring about a better settlement and develop a sustainable peace.
This Kosovan initiative brings young people together, destroying any previous ethnic boundaries, to talk about the high costs of drug abuse. Through this project the institute both raises awareness of the usually taboo topic and promotes a multi-ethnic future for Kosovo.
The initiative aims to moderate the effects of the conflict in Nepal by raising awareness of the viability of peace, supporting conflict victims and influencing political parties.
Combatting inter-ethnic mistrust, and setting an example of good governance, Samadeepa's PASL have utilised a variety of strategies in their organisation of volunteers and NGO's in Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura district.
The initiative aims to raise awareness of the Nepalese conflict by facilitating communication between various organisations and by putting pressure on conflicting parties through the use of peace agendas.
People-to-People conferences have taken place thoughout Southern Sudan, bringing together communities to draw up, implement and sustain steps towards peace.
Based in Cali in Colombia, the School aims to teach and empower women to engage in the political process.
Community Building Mitrovica (CBM) successfully mediated between IDPs and the receiving village community, organising meetings and building trust in order to facilitate return and re-integration.
A rapid response to the death of the SPLM leader, seeking to mitigate the risk of a violent reaction in Sudan.
Fungamma, through extensive research and publication, have been raising awareness of Colombian civil society regarding the issues surrounding the widespread transport, possession, and use of firearms in Colombia.
This research programme aims to take the lessons learned about post-conflict peace-building in other conflict areas and apply them to Colombia whilst the Colombian conflict is still active.
This initiative involves members acting as mediators between the parties involved in the armed conflict and agreeing on solutions for both sides. They also find locations to set up their humanitarian missions, lobby the government and seek approvals to further develop their social work.
An education and awareness campaign to discourage political violence and mobilise communities to vote for peace during the Sri Lankan elections.
The initiative aims to unite the Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims living in the border villages in the Polonnaruwa District and promote ethnic harmony among them. They are one of the most vulnerable groups created as a result of the ethnic conflict and harmony among them would provide a powerful foundation for peace.
A project to link universities across Sri Lanka's ethno-linguistic divisions and create a core of sensitised, well-informed intellectuals as a tool for peaceful resolution of the conflict.
This initiative provides counsellors to the camps of Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka. By doing so they are able to provide psychological assistance and support to the victims of sexual violence.
The initiative aims to protect human rights and to pressurise Nepal's political parties into respecting them.
The library initiative aims to educate local people about the conflict in Nepal by providing an easily accessible wealth of relevant information.
Facilitating the return of Serbian refugees to their former homes is an important part of transitional justice in Kosovo, and provides a strong example of peaceful inter-ethnic living for the region. It sends the message to other refugees that it is safe enough for them to return as well.
Doboj Castle is a symbol of the shared Serbian and Bosniak cultural heritage. The common work on its reconstruction unites a town that straddles the Serbian and Federation entities, and will also improve the tourist potential of the region.
This research-based initiative builds a better understanding of conflict and democracy in Nepal, and uses the results of its studies to influence policy makers and other key players. The initiative's researchers also monitor conflict to develop early warning systems and intervention strategies.
The aim of this initiative is to prevent conflict breaking out over livestock issues in Samburu district. It runs restocking meetings to help those who lost livestock through drought, and uses these events to increase the pastoralist's commitment to peaceful living.
A programme of training and funding to allow families to gain financial stability and useful vocations caused by war. The programme also encourages community-building by supporting different ethnicities working along side each other.
This initiative brought together the two different ethnic communities within a village to unite them on a single project. By working together to achieve a new road and access to drinking water the two seperate groups were able to realise they both want and need the same things; regardless of different ethnic backgrounds. This understanding is fundamental to achieving peace.
A safe house in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, for the protection of women and children. The safe house not only takes people in but also uses its experience to address the causes of abuse and violence in the community.
A project to raise the voices of victims of Nepal's armed conflict, through counselling, advocacy and capacity building.
For this initiative a group of Serbian and Albanian children were taken on holiday, far from the fragile conflict-scarred region of Mitrovica. The idea was to connect youngsters from two ethnic groups who live close to each other but not with each other, in a city with lasting geographical and psychological divides created by the war.
Through the establishment of socially responsible business ventures, Samadeepa have been able to create a stable source of funding for community service actions, as well as offering improved financial stability for the individuals and communities involved in Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura and Trincolmalee districts.
Since 2005 this Nepali initiative has focused on the development and training of Self Help Groups (SHGs). These groups run awareness raising campaigns to oppose discrimination and domestic violence, and to support non-violence and conflict mediation.
This initiative had a very successful outcome in reducing election violence and encouraging voters to behave in a peaceful and respectful manner towards one another. Staging drama performances in the areas that had previously been dangerous, at election time, enabled them to educate the communities of the need for responsible actions, from both the political parties and the voters themselves.
This initiative aims to re-establish business connections between Sinhalese, Muslims and Tamils, thereby reducing fears each ethnicity has of the other and building trust. Participants are selected from interested young farmers, fishermen and small-business people in different areas. They receive training on how to strengthen a multi ethnic society through commerce.
A programme of regular consultations between key stakeholders in the conflict, designed to facilitate agreement on points of difference and to explore informally the basis of a negotiated settlement.
A series of initiatives to coordinate a number of organisations and cross-sections of civil society, working collectively towards the common goal of sustainable peace in Nepal.
This initiative aims to promote better knowledge of the EU and raise public awareness of European Integration and the need to meet EU membership conditions. It does this through strengthening the capacities of Kosovo Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) through encouraging sectoral partnerships, sustainable advocacy actions and EU/regional network involvement.
Through collaboration with governmental organisations, Fungamma have been successful in identifying the key issues surrounding firearms in Colombia, and have established a plan of action to help eradicate their transport, possession, and use.
Gammar Idear supported Colombia's National Inter-Sectoral Commission in producing their report on the country's small arms situation for the UN Biennial Meeting of States.
The Dalit Welfare Organisation Sindhuli (DWO-S) created this series of street dramas to reach out to the masses and educate them about peaceful conflict resolution.
A research project seeking to add subtlety and complexity to polarised thinking on the conflict in Colombia.
The Music Bus tours villages, refugee settlements, and schools of eastern Bosnia, running music and dance activities for children who live there. This provides an oasis of creativity and inclusive community building for a generation still deeply divided along ethnic and national lines.
A comprehensive programme of action to enhance the capability of Colombian civil society to engage positively and proactively with key issues facing the country.
This group responds quickly to conflict escalation in the Isiolo district, either through community liaison or non-violent direct action. It also advocates for the role of women in community peace-building.
A programme to protect women, children, Dalits and other vulnerable groups in Nepali society against social discrimination.
The initiative aims to improve the economic and social status of Nepali women through training, with the goal of involving them more actively in the peace process.
This Niger Delta intiative brings women together to champion women's rights within their communities, and to give members assistance with their livlihoods. The women also endeavour to harmonise community relations in general.
This workshop dealt with human security issues in Sudan. Unusually, it involved the police as well as diverse members of Sudanese society, and culminated in an agreement to build a new Peace Centre.
This initiative hopes to transform the conflict in Sri Lanka by providing training for women from a large, but marginalised, Tamil community in the hope that they will take an active part in politics, the government of their country, and the resolution of the conflict.
In a municipality which was devastated during the war and is still deeply divided, this annual festival brings local youth together through their shared love of music.
AZZA is running this initiative in the Sudan to educate the youth of Internally Displaced Persons' (IDPs) camps in non-violence and peaceful conflict resolution. By involving themselves in youth groups and presenting an alternative to violence, AZZA is also disseminating a culture of non-violence through the IDP community.
Through training and funding, YPBI aims to increase the influence of youths in the peace process.
A community radio station to serve, empower, and inform the predominantly Tamil tea plantation workers' communities in central Sri Lanka.
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