News
Please see below our latest news from the field.
- Fundraising InternJan 2012
- International Development Charity Peace Direct is looking for an intern to join their dynamic fundraising team.About the organisation: Peace Direct is an innovative British NGO Read more
- Peace network in PakistanJan 2012
- In the turbulent mountain region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a 23-year-old peacebuilder has founded a network of peace activists – a brave band of young people whose mission is to halt the Read more
- DR Congo: Taking the law in their own handsNov 2011
- Eastern Congo is one of the most fragile areas on earth. In the wars that have raged since 1996, over two million people have become refugees. Now as they return, many find their Read more
- Video interview with Congolese peacebuilder HenriOct 2011
- UK newspaper, The Guardian has interviewed Congolese peacebuilder Henri Bura Ladyi. Henri is director of the Céntre Resolution Conflits, the local organisation Peace Direct supports in DR Congo. Find Read more
- Nobel Peace Prize 2011Oct 2011
- Peace Direct offers heartfelt congratulations to all three new winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee from Liberia, and Tawakul Karman of Yemen. The Read more
- DR Congo: Militia fighters tune in to peaceSep 2011
- In DR Congo radio is one of the few reliable forms of mass communication – and perhaps the only way to reach people deep in the bush. Yet those people -- the Read more
- International Day of Peace 2011Sep 2011
- This Wednesday marks the International Day of Peace. For the past 30 years, this global day of ceasefire and non-violence has called on people to put aside their differences, and join together Read more
- Thank you to Art@TreberfyddSep 2011
- A huge thank you to Carla Rapoport and Art@Treberfydd who raised over £3,000 for Peace Direct through an art exhibition and auction.More than 400 visitors attended the exibition at Read more
- Ashima Kaul at the SKGR SymposiumAug 2011
- Peace Direct supported peacebuilder Ashima Kaul from Kashmir is a keynote speaker at the third annual Self Knowledge Global Responsibility Symposium taking place in September in the Scottish Borders. Read more
- London riots and young peopleAug 2011
- In London’s east End, our Truce 20/20 youth project aims to give young people the skills to handle and defuse conflict in their own communities. Here the project organisers reflect Read more
- Sri Lanka: Community-led peace initiativesAug 2011
- Sri Lanka's civil war may be over, but 30 years of violence have left a society devided along ethnic and religious lines. Peace Direct supports the Centre for Peacebuilding and Reconciliation’s Read more
- DR Congo: 4,532 militia fighters lay down their gunsAug 2011
- In the last two years in eastern DR Congo, local hero Henri Ladyi and the Centre Resolution Conflits (CRC) have convinced 4,532 militia fighters to put down their weapons and leave the Read more
- World Peace Festival, BerlinJul 2011
- The programme for the World Peace Festival is out, with an eclectic range of top class speakers, from Major General Tim Cross to Deepak Chopra. Several of Peace Direct’s partners will be speaking, Read more
- The tragic loss of peacebuilder Dekha Ibrahim AbdiJul 2011
- .With enormous sorrow, we report the death of Peace Direct’s Patron, Dekha Ibrahim Abdi. Dekha and Peace Direct worked closely together in our early years, pioneering with Dekha a Rapid Response Fund Read more
- Crisis in South KordofanJul 2011
- As Sudan divides into two and the oil-rich border state of South Kordofan erupts in violence, Peace Direct urges the international community to support local peacebuilders who are active and effective Read more
- A safe space for women in KashmirJun 2011
- Last year saw renewed trouble in Kashmir, as protests broke out. Yet amidst the violence and disruption, local organisation Athwaas steadfastly continued their critical peacebuilding work.
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- Congolese Government halts cash-for-weapons programmesJun 2011
- Disarming rebel soldiers and stopping them from returning to war is one of the biggest challenges facing Congo today.When Paluku was 20, war came to his village. Unable to sit Read more
- Nepal: a public outcry for peaceMay 2011
- Nepal is struggling towards peace after ten years of civil war. Political riots and manipulation are still commonplace, and as people begin to rebuild their lives there is a need for adequate Read more
- Cassava field becomes a symbol of justice in eastern CongoMay 2011
- Eastern Congo is one of the most unstable places on earth. In the war that has raged since 1996, over two million people have been forced to flee their homes. As people Read more
