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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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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, [...]
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 [...]
Jaffna Social Action Centre (JASC)
Working mainly women and children, often in displaced communities, JASC provide vocational training, housing, and assistance. JASC recognise the importance of joint programmes between displaced and host communities in preventing conflict, and focus on developing cross community links that reach across ethnic stereotypes and divisions. Vocational Training for Women Affected by War Working in collaboration [...]
Widaloka Cultural Foundation (WCF)
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 [...]
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 [...]
Centre Resolution Conflits (CRC)
Based in Eastern DR Congo, the part of the country most vulnerable to violence, the ‘Centre Résolution Conflit’ (CRC) has, for the last 10 years, been tireless in its work rescuing child soldiers, keeping communities together, building relationships and training people from different tribes to live together peacefully. Henri and Albino from Insight on Conflict [...]
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 [...]
