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Development and Peace… building a world of justice
Development and Peace has projects in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, and supports local initiatives in agriculture, education, community action, peace and human rights.
For 42 years, Development and Peace has supported more than 15 200 local initiatives in 70 countries.
In Canada, Development and Peace educates Canadians on international issues through national education campaigns.
Our movement of international solidarity invites Canadians to participate in actions to bring about change.
Education and awareness-raising, Advocacy, and Fundraising are what you and I can get going on here in Canada. As a membership-based, democratic movement YOU play a huge part in leading Development and Peace, and YOU and I together TAKE ACTION to make a difference.
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International Programs in Africa Asia Latin-America and the Middle East.
HOW WE WORK
Development and Peace works in partnership with grassroots organizations and social movements in the Global South to find solutions to injustice and poverty.
PARTNERSHIPS
Our partnerships are characterised by a shared vision of social justice, mutual respect and mutual benefit.
NETWORKING & ADVOCACY
We promote networking and coalition-building between our partners at all levels, giving a voice to grassroots social movements and building synergy among our partners.
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I was just wondering if Development and Peace does anything like building schools in the Global South. Please contact me back with information.
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for your question. We support close to 200 Partner organizations in more than 30 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. The majority of our partners involve young people in their work – with youth groups and training for young people. Our programming does not focus on building physical schools.
But check this out — here is an example of one of our Partners working with youth and education: The Forum for Development, Culture and Dialogue, an organization based in Beirut but working in several countries in the Middle East. They work with youth on peacebuilding and non violent communication – bringing together young people from various Middle eastern countries. They organized a week-long workshop for 16 young men and 16 young women from Iraq and Lebanon on peacebuilding and collaboration across borders. They also trained 25 Lebanese, Iraqi and Palestinian young journalists on pro-peace communications.
Here is a link to one of their newsletters: http://www.devp.org/devpme/documents/eng/pdf/IrakBulletin3.pdf
I hope this info helps. You can email me anytime if you have any other questions!
Genevieve
hi i would like to ask how i can help raise awareness with the education campaign of bottled water free zone. Please contact me back.
Hi Mae,
Thanks for your post and your offer to support our campaign. Please let us know, where you live and I will get you in touch with your regional animator. You can find their contact info here as well:
http://www.devp.org/devpme/eng/contactus/address-eng.html
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Thanks
Raphael