I hope 2010 is shaping up to be a good year for you. It’s going to be a very exciting year at Peace Direct. Our supporters have enabled the peacebuilders we fund to make real achievements in 2009 and to build on these for the coming year. I wanted to share with you just some of their amazing [...]
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Archive: January, 2010
A look back on 2009
A look back on 2009 – Nepal
The situation in Nepal is still very fragile, only last month a general strike called by the Maoists brought a part of the country to a halt. At the beginning of the peace process in 2006 the UN estimated there were 32,000 rebel fighters still armed, to date only 19,000 have given up their weapons. [...]
Tune in to Truce
Our peacebuilders were live on air this Sunday 10 January 8-10pm. You can listen to the programme here BBC London interviewed peacebuilder Albino Forquilha from Mozambique and three young people, Sohail, Isha and Arnaud, from our Truce programme in Newham. Listeners phoned in with questions and encouragement and you can access the programme online. Albino visited the [...]
Brighton Marathon
18 APRIL 2010 Imagine running the streets of Brighton, amazing coastal views, a fabulous town with a fabulous atmosphere and live bands along the route, all as part of the Peace Direct running team. April 18 2010 will be the first ever Brighton Marathon, and it promises to be an incredible day. The fast and [...]
A Look Back on 2009 – Kashmir
2009 was an extraordinary year for Athwaas in Kashmir. The samanbals are going from strength to strength – with another 3 being setup around Kashmir – and Athwaas is beginning to be recognised as a legitimate voice in the Kashmiri peace process. Samanbals provide a safe place for Kashmiri women of all backgrounds to meet, learn [...]
A new year message
Let us call for Peace this new year for people who are living through extraodinary trials here in Eastern Congo. It’s a black hole where no-one is safe and where no outsider goes… Every night there is another village attacked, burned and emptied. It could be the Mai Mai-the traditional local militia , or the regular [...]
a look back on 2009 – D.R.Congo
It has been an incredible year for Henri and his organisation Centre Resolution Conflit (CRC). Henri has set up 3 task forces across North Kivu, creating a network of police, militia, army, civic and community leaders, all of whom are united in their struggle for peace. The task forces have mediated in disputes across the [...]
a look back on 2009 – Sri Lanka
2009 has been an historic year in Sri Lanka with the military victory over the last of the rebels in May. As the country embarks on a fragile peace for the first time in 3 decades, peacebuilder Dishani Jayaweera and her organisation CPBR have been working with young people to overcome the considerable barriers between [...]
a look back on 2009 – Zimbabwe
Envision Zimbabwe is Peace Direct’s newest partner and in 2009 they have made impressive inroads towards their objective of creating a culture of peace for young people. Their peace education project will work with teachers, youth group leaders and young people, both in and out of school. They are developing a syllabus to be integrated [...]
a look back on 2009 – Sudan
2009 has seen the Collaborative for Peace in Sudan grow from strength to strength. Whilst the year has not been without its challenges, the Collaborative has made great progress – It has extended its network to Blue Nile, South Kordofan and Jonglei States to target election related violence Five new organisations have joined the Collaborative across [...]
