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Search For Common Ground (SFCG) have just launched a new peacebuilding initiative in Pakistan. Through Radio for Peacebuilding (R4PB), SFCG is helping to develop the skills of radio broadcasters from almost 50 percent of FM radio channels in Pakistan so as to facilitate constructive and culturally sensitive dialogue on critical issues facing the country. The [...]
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Radio for Peacebuilding (R4PB): Search for Common Ground (SFCG) in Pakistan
Facebook and YouTube Blocked in Pakistan
On the morning of 19 May 2010, internet users in Pakistan found themselves unable to access either the Facebook or Youtube websites. This turned out to be as a result of a government crackdown on websites publishing un-Islamic content. Even though some young people are unhappy over the decision of a High Court to block [...]
Sri Lankan interpretation of R&B
The R&B star Akon was planning to hold a concert in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on the 24th of April and around 12,000 of Akon’s fans were hoping to enjoy the sound of R&B music. But the video, ‘Sexy (Bitch) Chick”, which included a visual of a Buddha Statue as background to a scene, was disturbing [...]
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 [...]
Samasevaya
Samasevaya works for peace, democracy, and human rights through development. It helps to strengthen the peace process in the country and aims to further the acceptance of peoples’ right to peace and development, and to strengthen civil society’s contribution to conflict transformation. Through their programmes they have been able to unite people to work for [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
National Olympic Committee
The National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a local branch of the International Olympic Committee. Their mission is to promote the Olympic Charter, to develop training facilities for athletes, and to encourage participation in competitive sports at different levels. Through this they aim to promote a culture of peace, and the associated values of social development, [...]
Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC)
KIRDARC aims to promote peace, human rights, development and good governance in the Karnali zone of Nepal. They see development as one of the key components of peace and therefore focus on developing economic capacity and infrastructure through activities like road construction. KIRDARC believes that the lack of access to economically viable alternatives can push [...]
Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
The Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation is devoted to peacebuilding and reconciliation in Ireland, North and South, Great Britain and beyond. The organisation’s programmes build peace and foster reconciliation by facilitating dialogues, creating peace education resources, and much more. Glencree offer a safe and neutral space, extensive facilities and the support of its membership, [...]
