Peacebuilding Organisations

West African Network for Peacebuilding – Cote d’Ivoire (WANEP-CI)

WANEP-CI was established in 2003 to help facilitate cooperation among the organisations and institutions of civil society in the Ivory Coast and West Africa by promoting the regular sharing of information, experiences and resources on the problems of democracy, good governance, human rights, social justice, humanitarian action as well as prevention and conflict transformation. WANEP-CI [...] Read more >>>

Search For Common Ground (SFCG) – Ivory Coast

Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is an international peacebuilding organisation that entered the Ivory Coast in 2005 with the primary goal of reducing tensions among communities and groups, to facilitate reconciliation, strengthen social cohesion and empower Ivoirians to be in charge of mediation in their own conflicts. Working with a two-pronged approach aimed primarily at [...] Read more >>>

Organization of Active Women in Ivory Coast (OFACI)

Organisation of Active Women in Ivory Coast (OFACI) formed in 1999 when a group of young women who share a love of liberty, equality, justice and welfare in general and women in particular found themselves in a think tank working towards creating programmes that would uphold these values. The organisation focuses on: Promoting and protecting the [...] Read more >>>

Centre for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP)

The African Institute for Economic and Social Development (INADES) was established in 1962 at the request of the Bishops of West Africa to work on issues of economic and social development, specifically agricultural training programsme. In 2002, INADES expanded to develop into the Centre for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP) that consists of four [...] Read more >>>

African Union Club – Ivory Coast (UACI)

The African Union Club was established in June 1998 with the intention of bringing African civil society together to appropriate the values of the pan-African organisation such as democracy, human rights, promotion of gender and youth, the fight against poverty, economic and political unity of Africa. The African Union Club runs campaigns for civic education [...] Read more >>>

Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE)

The Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE) is a Lahore-based organisation working to promote the awareness of human rights through education and training. In addition, under capacity building programmes, CHRE aims at religious tolerance and harmony in Pakistan. The centre has encouraged and promoted inter-faith harmony through awareness and dialogue. In this regard, CHRE initiated [...] Read more >>>

Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP)

The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP) is an initiative of a renowned Pakistani journalist, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. The organisation is dedicated to cultural and historic preservation, and to educate the community to foster an awareness of Pakistan’s history. In the area of peacebuilding, or rather a sustainable approach to promote peace in South Asia, the [...] Read more >>>

Lok Vehar Development Organisation

Lok Vehar Development Organisation is a development and  peacebuilding organisation based in the district of Faisalabad, Punjab in Pakistan. Since its inception in 2007, the organisation has been engaged in various activities focusing on the welfare of women and children; however, peacebuilding at the grassroots level is a key goal of Lok Vehar. With the [...] Read more >>>

National Ethnic Unity Foundation (NEUF)

National Ethnic Unity Foundation (NEUF) stated working in the early 1990’s and registered as a non-governmental organisation in 1996. They have 6 members of staff based in the office in Batticaloa and organised groups at the villages where they work. In their early years, NEUF had worked to raise awareness about the need for a [...] Read more >>>

Centre for East Lanka Social Services (CELSS)

The Centre for East Lanka Social Services (CELSS) started its work in 1994 to promote peace and understanding in the Ampara district and to support the rehabilitation of children, women and young people affected by the war. It is jointly formed by Tamil and Muslim youth who have directly experienced the conflict and have realised [...] Read more >>>