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  “How is COVID-19 impacting peacebuilding activities and peacebuilding organisations and what adaptations and solutions are you seeing?” In the eighth post of our “Ask the Experts” blog series, Generations For Peace is joined by experts from the world’s leading...

By Somasundararajan (Rajan) Kilinochchi, Generations For Peace Pioneer – Sri Lanka When COVID-19 first broke out in Sri Lanka, the country reacted quickly to prevent its spread by creating border control expert teams, tracing the movement of tourists visiting the...

By Levani Kopaliani, Generations For Peace Pioneer in Georgia Being involved in youth-led initiatives in Georgia and abroad, I believe that young generations are the leaders of forging structural change and creating more responsible societies. In light of COVID-19 and...

By Abdul Rahman Mariam, Generations For Peace Pioneer in Ghana It has been almost a month that we have been in partial lockdown in Ghana.[1] When the outbreak first started, I found myself panicking. I was very overwhelmed by the amount of rumors and false information...

By Clint Robert Niehus, Fundraising Specialist A few months ago, GFP highlighted the ability of individuals to support peacebuilding through their own work. One innovative way that Salesforce team members Clément, Hidde, Judith, Kathrin and Hélène have been doing this...

Generations For Peace is joining UN Women’s intergenerational series for Generation Equality, where young people take the lead to shape the conversation. In this series, young people, conduct interviews with prominent women who were able to create real change and...

Generations For Peace is joining UN Women’s intergenerational series for Generation Equality, where young people take the lead to shape the conversation, conducting interviews with prominent women who were able to create real change and leave a lasting positive impact...

By Valentine Chauchereau, Communications Intern at Generations For Peace.  For most of his life, Victor, a 23-year old volunteer, saw the use of violence as the only answer to conflict and division. As a teenager, Victor attended LOMA Secondary School (LSS) in Kabala,...

Gail Steward, Communications Intern at Generations For Peace Eyeing the players one-by-one, Nafisa is already judging each based on their ethnicity. As their football coach, she has already chosen her favourite players – those that are of the same ethnicity as herself...

By Amelia O’Brien, Communications Intern at Generations For Peace Living and working in Ain Al Baidha area in the far south of Jordan, Lina Al-Maabra’s goals and achievements in her volunteer work all align under one belief: ‘when the teaching profession transcends...