Peace Agents

12/12/2013

...the war against the terrorists came to our area. It cost over 10.000 individuals their lives. Many times I had to witness the killing with my own eyes. Transportation and infrastructure, food, education and health facilities, all were replaced with bomb blasts firing guns...

“If there is no peace, there can be no education, development, prosperity, mental rest and happiness. Peace is the sole of every functional community, without it there is only death.” My name is Ka...

11/12/2013

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Nelson Mandela

11/12/2013

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
Benjamin Franklin

11/12/2013

Unfortunately, very many of my fellow Pakistani friends are still in this mindset; they are attracted by the simplified fundamentalists views of the extremists in our country. They are ignorant towards other viewpoints and do not consider the position others. I would like to help them see the light…

"To stand up and speak out is not an easy task and therefore we need to build capacity amongst the next generation, so that we can transform our society." I am Momin Khan from Charsadda in Pakistan...

10/12/2013

A people free to choose will always choose peace.
Ronald Reagan

10/12/2013

Hundreds of youths have been empowered to make objective decisions in regard to their sexual and reproductive health, parents and communities have been sensitized on the dangers of child marriage and the legal implications of such an act. School children have been provided with simple scholastic materials such as books, pens and school uniforms to keep them in school. A lot of advocacy involving schools, church leaders, police, government officials, district leaders to consider them prioritizing sexual abuse as a danger to national security since it directly affects the country’s peace and development.

Millions of young women around the world are married off before they turn 18, many against their will and in violation of international laws and conventions on women’s rights. These young brides ha...

09/12/2013

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Mahatma Gandhi

09/12/2013

I want to change my community and it has always been my wish to work with youth to generate positive change. I personally believe that if you have the courage of taking one step, you can go for thousands of miles with lots of followers.

I further know that if you are fighting for a good cause, there will be many hands supporting you. This is what keeps me going. Some years back Taliban militants attacked the city of Peshawar in No...

08/12/2013

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
Lyndon B. Johnson

08/12/2013

Building on the storytelling component, we have a subsidiary wing called the Travelling School of Peace (TSoP); it seeks to build peace through storytelling. Through workshops on storytelling, diversity and inter-faith tolerance, and celebration of differences, we meet with people of all kinds, guiding them towards telling their stories, cultivating empathy and evolving peaceful ways of coexistence.

"When the listener receives the story, they deconstruct stereotypes, judgmental proclivities and even fear." My name is Kirthi, and I’m writing in from Chennai, India. I run the Red Elephant Founda...