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The Local Initiative for Needy Communities Resource Centre (LINC) works on peace, reconciliation and social justice projects in Northern Ireland. They provide education resources and mentoring services for community based social justice and conflict transformation initiatives. LINC focuses on supporting individuals and groups engaged in crisis intervention, conflict transformation and community relations as a means [...]
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Mediation NI
Since 1985 Mediation Northern Ireland has been working on projects promoting non-violence, justice and the promotion of respect. Mediation NI works with individuals, communities, and other organisations to build relations & manage conflicts. Seeing mediation as the core of their work, they provide training for individuals in managing aggression & conflict, and promoting negotiation to [...]
Co-operation Ireland
Co-operation Ireland is a highly experienced peacebuilding organisation that has been working in Ireland, as well as across Europe, since 1979. Its mission is to “advance mutual understanding and respect by promoting practical co-operation between the people of Northern Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland.” The organisation works with a number of organisations, networks, [...]
Jeewa Shakthi Foundation
Jeewa Shakthi started as a group effort to find a solution to the extremely high suicide rate in the Thanamalvila area, they concluded that the root causes were not only conflicts on a personal level, but those that existed on a community level across Sri Lanka. As a result they began to work on achieving [...]
Human Resource and Environmental Protection Organisation (HREPO)
HREPO aims to improve peace and security through environmental sustainability and the fostering of inter-ethnic relationships. They perceive poverty as one of the main causes for conflict in Sri Lanka, and believe therefore the poverty alleviation is a vital component of peacebuilding. They also act for environmental protection and, in relation to this and poverty [...]
Rural Development Foundation (RDF)
RDF aims to improve the social and economic situation of people in underdeveloped areas of rural Sri Lanka. Their organisational objectives focus on instilling mutual understanding among different ethnic groups and promoting the ethics necessary for a harmonious life in a multi-cultural environment. They try to achieve this through educational programs, involvement in reconciliation activities, [...]
Sithumina
Sithumina aims for the promotion of peace and development in the family, community, and the country. They work in the region of Kahatagasdigiliya, a mulit-ethnic region that has for generations been home to Tamils, Muslims, & Sinhalese, to counteract the destructive ideologies that come out of the conflict and threaten to destabilise the community. Multi-ethnic [...]
Universal Human Development Foundation (UDHF)
UHDF aims to strengthen and empower civil society, especially at village level, to enable them to facilitate non-violent conflict transformation. UHDF also conducts activities to encourage co-existence and to reduce domestic violence against women and children. Inter-ethnic Commercial Networks This project aims to re-establish business connections between Sinhalese, Muslims and Tamils, thereby reducing fears each [...]
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, [...]
Bujumbura Diocese Development Organisation (ODDBU)
ODDBU is a branch of the Catholic diocese of Bujumbura focusing on development issues. Their mission is to promote peace through socio-economic growth by involving communities in their own development. By providing stable livelihoods ODDBU hope to reduce the number of factors that lead to violent conflict. Conflict Resolution through Farming Burundi faces a crisis [...]
