Peace Direct is an international NGO which supports local people in some of the most challenging conflict environments worldwide. We support local people to stop violence by providing them with the support, skills, resources and voice needed to make peace a practical option.
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Our Local Correspondent Mirjana Kosic assesses the impact of refugee flows across the fragile Balkans
We announce the shortlist for this year's Tomorow's Peacebuilders prizes, our annual awards that celebrate the world's top locally-led peacebuilders.
You may have recently seen our appeal sharing the impact of our peacebuilding partner in Sudan. We’d like to share...
On Saturday the United Nations will mark its seventieth anniversary. Created from the ashes of World War Two, its founding...
In war-torn eastern Congo an area almost the size of Ireland has virtually no access to justice, because the police...
BBC Radio 4 will this week retell the personal tale of a schoolboy tempted to join an extremist jihadi group,...
This week local peacebuilders from around the world are together in Rwanda as part of Peace Direct's annual Peace Exchange....
Grassroots peacebuilding, that is rooted in a community and specific to a cause, is essential for creating lasting peace. It...
As the government of Pakistan sanctions its first drone strike on home territory, we ask if there is a better...
This International Day of Non-Violence on Friday, commemorates 146 years since the birth of India’s pre-eminent peacemaker, Mahatma Gandhi, who...
