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Widaloka Cultural Foundation (WCF) was established under the guidance of the chief monk of the Buddhist Boddiyagama temple to improve the living standards of people on low incomes. They aim to help people improve their quality of life without having to resort to violence to resolve day-to-day conflicts. WCF also works with Sinhalese, Tamil and [...]
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Widaloka Cultural Foundation (WCF)
Power Foundation
Power Foundation mainly works at a grassroots level amongst the tea plantation workers in central Sri Lanka. It acts to promote awareness of gender equality, to ease ethnic conflict, and to conduct peace building-building activities between the plantation workers and neighbouring villages. They conduct ‘cultural sharing’ programs and educational programs to promote ethnic cooperation between Sinhalese, [...]
Nepal Rapid Response Fund (RRF)
The Rapid Response Fund (RRF) concept recognises that in a conflict situation you need to act quickly and that people on the ground have the best knowledge of how and where money needs to be spent. With this in mind, the RRF was set-up to provide local committees with money which they could spend without [...]
Permanent Peace Movement (PPM)
Rappers who speak their minds in the name of peace As part of The Independent’s 2010 Christmas Appeal, Katherine Butler reports on how the Permanent Peace Movement is using Hip-hop music is helping heal the wounds in post-conflict Lebanon The mission of the Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) is to nurture and spread a culture of [...]
Collaborative for Peace in Sudan (CfPS)
The Collaborative for Peace in Sudan was formed at an event organised by Peace Direct and PACT in Khartoum in September 2006, at which 17 Sudanese peacebuilding organisations met to learn about each others’ work. Participants quickly realised how much they had in common, drew up a nine-point action plan and founded the Collaborative for [...]
South Tyrone Empowerment Programme (STEP)
STEP provides community development and training services to individuals and groups in the South Tyrone community and across Northern Ireland. They have made a significant contribution to developing a participative, rights-based community infrastructure in South Tyrone. STEP provides training, community development, and interpretation services. They also offer community groups and individuals: Mentoring and advice on [...]
Community Animation Friend Association (CAFA)
Community Animation Friend Association (CAFA) works in development and peace building in Sudan. It focuses on peace building and human rights, youth capacity building and training and education. At present a lot of the work CAFA is undertaking in is providing information about Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in order to give all members of [...]
Turath Organisation for Human Development
Turath Organisation for Human Development directly helps to resolve local tribal conflicts around resources and conducts capacity building training and education, focussing on young people and women. Turath aims to promote rights and development at the community level, improving the position of women by giving them the skills to help themselves. Activities include workshops on [...]
Women in Good Governance
The objective of Women in Good Governance (WIGG) is to strengthen the democratic peace process, particularly through activities aimed at women. They use a rights-based approach which is inclusive in nature and fits into Nepal’s new constitutional framework. Through extensive programmes spanning 75 districts in Nepal, WIGG have been able to enhance the knowledge and [...]
Council of Bosnian Intellectuals (VKBIK)
Established in 2002, with a team of four permanent employees, the Council of Bosnian Intellectuals of Kosovo (VKBIK) – a branch of an international association known as the Congress of Intellectual Bosniaks – supports the development of science and culture in Kosovo whilst promoting cooperation to break down barriers between the different ethnic and national [...]
