News
Please see below our latest news from the field.
- Preventing extremism in PakistanApr 2013
- In the last decade, almost 5,000 people have died from suicide attacks in Northwest Pakistan. Violent extremism and terrorist attacks have become widespread in this area and militant Read more
- Peacebuilding Through Photography in Sri LankaApr 2013
- Our partners at home and abroad are harnessing the power of art to inspire greater understanding of ourselves and those around us. Just as the LOVE program encourages local NYC Read more
- Peace Direct Partners with LOVE (Leave Out Violence) to Present Workshop for NYC YouthApr 2013
- Aware Girls educates and inspires young Pakistani men and women to find peaceful and fulfilling alternatives to joining militant organizations. Leave Out Violence (LOVE) challenges Read more
- Witchcraft in DR Congo the good, bad and the persecutionApr 2013
- The community is the most important tool in conflict management, which is why the barazas, community-run ‘Clubs of Peace’ in the South Kivu province of DR Congo, play such a vital role Read more
- Sri Lanka: a peacebuilding workshop like no other…Feb 2013
- A photograph can speak a thousand words. In a mission to mend the tensions and broken communications between Sri Lanka’s different religious and ethnic communities, our Read more
- DR Congo: Magic spells, chicken’s blood and making peace Dec 2012
- Sophie Tholstrup, DFID's DR Congo Humanitarian and Development Coordinator, shares her reflections of a workshop which brought together local peacebuilding organisations to discuss how best to encourage Read more
- Launch of Local FirstNov 2012
- A new campaign for locally led development, Local First, launches this month at the House of Commons in London, UK. Local First is an approach to international development that prioritises the views Read more
- “Malala we are with you in your struggle” pledges Pakistani PeacebuilderNov 2012
- On 9 October, the world reeled in horror at news from Pakistan. A Taliban gunman boarded the school bus that was carrying 15 year old Malala Yousafzai and her friends Read more
- Building bridges for peace in Rubkona, South SudanNov 2012
- Revenge killings are common place in Rubkona, South Sudan. Corruption is rife. When violent perpetrators escape justice, too often members of the community take justice into their own hands. These Read more
- Disarming the LRA in DR CongoOct 2012
- “We say no to war and yes to peace” was daubed on a community “wall of hope” in the town of Beni in DR Congo as the town Mayor released 11 doves Read more
- Victim of suicide bombing given a new startOct 2012
- When a suicide bomber targeted a community in Swat, Pakistan, Maria Bibi’s life was torn apart. Her husband was killed in the horrific explosion. A few days later militants from the same Read more
- Global views on the Day of PeaceSep 2012
- To mark the International Day of Peace on 21 September, we asked our peacebuilders to share their wish for world peace. Here’s what they said. We, the women of the world, Read more
- Rebuilding lives in NepalSep 2012
- During the civil war in Nepal, many people lost almost everything they owned. In addition to the emotional trauma of war, there was an enormous financial cost. Homes and possessions were stolen Read more
- Defusing religious tensions in Sri LankaAug 2012
- The latest report from the Centre for Peacebuilding and Reconciliation (CPBR), our partner in Sri Lanka, reveals that religious-based conflicts have become both more frequent and more intense Read more
- Somalia on Insight on ConflictAug 2012
- With the international community increasingly concerned by piracy, extremism and instability in Somalia, our online resource Insight on Conflict has launched a new Somalia section to Read more
- A child soldier rebuilds his lifeAug 2012
- Muhindo was just 13 years old when the Mai-Mai pillaged his village, stealing goats, chickens and other valuable items from his home in Eastern DR Congo. When the Mai-Mai returned several days Read more
- Looking for the localAug 2012
- September 10, 6.15pm for 6.30 start Busboys and Poets: 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 Wherever there is conflict, there are local people building peace. That’s Read more
- Olympic momentsJun 2012
- We’re playing our part in London’s hosting of the 2012 Olympics. Peace Direct ambassador Gill Hicks will be carrying the Olympic torch through the London borough of Camden on 26 July, Read more
- A conversation with Robert WilkinsonJun 2012
- On June 7th, Peace Direct held a successful event in New York City. The evening was entitled: A conversation with with Robert Wilkinson: "What makes a local Read more
- In Pakistan, two boys turn away from warMay 2012
- In north-west Pakistan, almost 5000 people have been killed in suicide attacks over the last ten years, and young people in particular are vulnerable to recruitment by the extremists. Read more
