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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At Peace Direct, we believe that in any conflict, there will always be groups of ordinary people, working to prevent...
This week we launch our new themes section on the Peace Direct website. For the past two months I’ve been...
Join us in the Dragon’s Den of peacebuilding, as guests compete in teams to pitch a project for peace –...
When religious tensions in her city sparked and flared to breaking point, local peacebuilder Maziyya Hilmi knew she had to...
“The people who killed my father still live in my neighbourhood,” said 17-year-old schoolboy Michael. “I see that I am...
Earlier this year, Lord Jack McConnell spent a week living on £1 a day to raise money for our partners...
Malala Yousafzai knows what it means to be a peacebuilder. Addressing the United Nations in New York on July 12...
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give,” said Winston Churchill. Here’s...
Lasting peace is built by local people determined to see it come to pass. This summer, we at Peace Direct...
Four years on from Sri Lanka’s civil war, tensions remain between ethnic and religious groups and threaten to prevent a...
