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TOOLS OF PEACE
How peacebuilders use local knowledge and everyday items to build peace and develop understanding.
MESSAGES OF PEACE
We asked peacebuilders to mark International Day of Peace by sharing messages of peace
Insight on Conflict
Providing information on local peacebuilding organisations in areas of conflict. Send an organisation an email of support this September.
COOK FOR PEACE
Food has always brought people together, we asked peacebuilders to share recipes from their countries.
Peacebuilders
CFPS
Sudan
Dishani
Sri Lanka
YAPE
Nepal
Envision
Zimbabwe
Ashima
Kashmir
CPAU
Afghanistan
Henri
D.R. Congo
Asha
Somalia
RRF
Kenya
Truce 2020
London
Escuela
Colombia
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Asha, Somalia
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At great personal risk, Asha Hagi Elmi has fought for women in Somalia to have a voice and has dedicated her life to gaining a more peaceful future for her war torn country.
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Dishani, Sri Lanka
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“Sri Lanka is our country. We have to be here to protect the seeds of respect, dignity and justice otherwise there may be nobody left to plant those seeds.”
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Henri, D.R. Congo
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“DR Congo is a terrifying and dangerous place to live. Africa’s ‘World War’ has claimed at least 5 million lives.”
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Ashima, Kashmir
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It’s so easy to be a Muslim or a Hindu in Kashmir but it’s so hard to be Kashmiri.
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CPAU, Afghanistan
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Just outside Kabul, Farza was declared the most peaceful district in Afghanistan in 2005.
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Escuela, Colombia
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“Want to know what a gram of cocaine really costs? Rape, torture, kidnapping and violence. So not much of a future for many girls in Colombia but the Women’s Escuela in Cali is changing that future – for good.”
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Truce 2020, London
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“The ancient Olympic truce was only temporary. Our Truce 2020 project in London’s East End brings alive that tradition but we intend to make it permanent”
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RRF, Kenya
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“She set out to make her local market place safe. She ended up stopping a war.”
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Envision, Zimbabwe
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“Life in Zimbabwe is still grim. But there are signs of hope – schools reopening, women having the courage to take their abusers to the courts.”
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