The Independent Christmas Appeal
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Journalists from The Independent have visited our projects in recent weeks and over the next month stories and photos from the peacebuilders we fund will be featured in the paper.
Donations made during the appeal will help fund peacebuilders like Henri Ladyi working to bring peace to communities ravaged by war and violence. More than this, the stories will raise people’s awareness of the potential of local people, those who have most at stake, to settle conflict without the use of force.
The people we fund want the families and children in their community to live without violence. We picture a world where communities are not shattered by fear and hate, where families live in their homes not in camps, and where children carry schoolbooks not guns. This is how we picture peace, you can help to make it happen.
STORIES FROM THE INDEPENDENT.
Rescuing Zimbabwe’s lost generation
Thur 7 January
They are trained to be the stormtroopers of political violence – but now a veteran of Zimbabwe’s freedom struggle is working to redeem them.
Find out about the project in Zimbabwe
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Different worlds, same solutions
Tue 5 January
A former child soldier from Mozambique is showing young Londoners how to overcome conflict.
Find out more about the project in London
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Sri Lanka’s bitter enemies learn to live in harmony
Wed 30 December
After years of conflict, young people divided by a lifetime of civil war now come together in search of solutions.
Find out more about the project in Sri Lanka
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Safe haven for women beaten and abused in Kashmir
Mon 28 December
For the past two decades, domestic violence has been a low priority in one of India’s most troubled regions. But a bold initiative is now addressing the issue – bringing Hindus and Muslims together.
Find out more about the project in Kashmir
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Where Unity is divided by oil
Wed 23 December
Peace Direct is working hard to ensure the riches underneath Sudanese soil do not reignite civil war.
Find out more about the project in Sudan
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Rappers who speak their minds in the name of peace.
Fri 18 December
Hip-hop music is helping heal the wounds in post-conflict Lebanon
Find out more about the project in Lebanon
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Meeting with the enemy.
Wednesday 16 December
An innovative group in Northern Ireland is attempting to heal old wounds by
bringing former foes together
Find out more about Healing through Remembering
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The Afghan Peace Mission
Thursday 10 December
Kim Sengupta reports from Farzah, Afghanistan, on a group of rural elders trying to break the cycle of tribal violence.
Find out more about the project in Farzah
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Africa’s Schindler
Mon 7 December
In one of the continent’s bloodiest battlegrounds, one man, Henri Bura Ladyi, has saved thousands from the clutches of lethal militias.
Find out more about Henri’s work in D.R.Congo
