Robin GERBAUX, Grenoble, June 2014
Peace Direct
Peace Direct is an international NGO that supports local peacebuilding in conflict zones worldwide. It has affiliates in the UK, USA and Germany, and programmes in 11 countries.
Peace Direct is an international NGO that supports local peacebuilding in conflict zones worldwide. It has affiliates in the UK, USA and Germany, and programmes in 11 countries.
Peace Direct believes that local people have the power to find their own solutions to conflict. Its mission is to help them to make this happen.
Local people are the key to preventing, resolving and healing conflicts. They are the best way to break recurrent cycles of violence and make peace last. And increasingly they want to move away from depending on outside help, towards building their own futures.
Peace Direct helps this strategic shift, and adds value to their efforts on the ground. Firstly, It raises funds for their programmes and offers management support and advice. Secondly, It builds recognition for their work, to put them in touch with those in the wider world who can assist with funds and influence. And thirdly, It promotes the concept of locally led peacebuilding to the international community, so that others will adopt its approach too.
City | London |
Country / Region | Great Britain |
Working language | English |
Website | |
Objective(s) | To find, fund and promote. |
Means of action | Peace Direct find, fund and promote local peacebuilding organisations. It directly support a number of peacebuilding organisations with long-term funding. It also publish an information website on local peacebuilding called Insight on Conflict. |
Place(s) of action | Peace Direct currently supports peacebuilding organisations in: DRC, Burundi, Sudan, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines. |
Approach of peace | Prevention, resolution and healing of conflicts. |
Journal / Newsletter | Newsletter. |
Keywords of the actor | Peacebuilding , local organisations, funding, promotion. |
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Peace Direct a pour mission d’aider les populations locales à trouver leurs propres solutions aux conflits.
Katia Bruneau, Paris, June 2013