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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 [...]
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Jaffna Social Action Centre (JASC)
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 [...]
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 [...]
Paralegal and Human Rights Centre
The Paralegal and Human Rights Centre provides legal services, facilitates conflict resolution and spreads knowledge of human rights law and the benefits of the Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The centre conducts seminars on the CPA which cut through the legal jargon and gives communities a chance to know the legal points the CPA refers [...]
Human Security Initiative Organisation (MAMAN)
The overall objective of MAMAN is the protection and promotion of human security in Sudan. This is achieved through supporting and directing programs, project research and developing organisational capacity in areas such as small arms proliferation, the creation of a culture of peace and conflict resolution and the protection of human rights including an end [...]
Babiker Badri (Scientific Association for Women’s Studies)
Babiker Badri works to empower Sudanese women, promoting greater equality and participation in community life. It also challenges the practice of female genital mutilation, encourages women to act as advocates for gender equality and helps women pursue income-generating activities. Enjoying a particularly good reputation as the oldest women’s training association in Sudan, Babiker Badari operates [...]
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 [...]
UMAM Documentation & Research (UMAM D&R)
UMAM D&R is a Lebanese organisation working towards raising awareness of civil violence and war memories in Lebanon, as a platform for debate and a means to break cycles of blame and conflict. UMAM D&R argue that the increasing number of voices calling for truth-seeking in Lebanon, the ongoing cycles of blame and counter blame [...]
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 [...]
Teachers First for Training and Research (ALAM)
ALAM is a teachers’ association committed to educating the next generation about the importance of peacebuilding. By promoting the values of peace, democracy, justice, gender equality, human rights and development in schools, they seek to improve the quality of education for all Sudanese children. School CPA Workshops ALAM realised that secondary school pupils had a [...]
