About the Global Peace Partners

The Global Peace Partnership grew out of Director Steve Fryburg’s trip to Tehran to help establish the Tehran Peace Museum in the spring of 2005.  After his experiences in Iran, Steve developed the idea that there are people around the world involved in peacemaking just like those working in the Peace Museum here in Dayton.  Peacemakers in the world may in fact outnumber the proponents of violence, but it is the violent who receive all the publicity.  The Global Peace Partnership developed as a way for these peacemakers around the world to connect to one another and become aware that they are not alone in their desire to create a more peaceful world. 

Welcome our newest Global Peace Partner, the National Peace Club from Karachi, Pakistan!

For more information on each Global Peace Partner, click on their name.

	National Peace Club - Karachi, Pakistan We believe that peace is achievable through good relationships and negotiations. Peace may be an idea but we can turn an idea into an accomplishment through the power of each other. (more here)
	The Lok Vehar Development Organization- Faisalabad, Pakistan The Lok Vehar Organization works for peace in Pakistan through seminars, workshops, and discussions with school children. The group also supports essay writing, peace songs, walks and theater performances. Finally, Lok Vehar works with other organizations in the area and fosters study circles and centers.
	The Peace Club of Mumbai-Mumbai, India This group working from Mumbai, India to help promote peace in the world. This grassroots group holds peace focused activities and supports expressing peace through art and writing.
	The Aembu Peace Museum-Embu, Kenya nThe Aembu Peace Museum researches, documents and displays the history of the more than 42 different ethnic groups in Kenya (34 of which currently work with the museum) and displays information about the different cultural clashes that have occurred in Kenya in the past. The museum encourages peaceful resolution and strives to educate the surrounding community about peace by networking other peace movements throughout the country. Additionally, the Aembu Peace Museum is part of the larger Community of Peace Museums Heritage Foundation that connects all peace museums in Kenya for networking.
	Peace Consolidation Association-Nigeria Working under the motto “peace and unity”, the Peace Consolidation Association  advocates peace nation and worldwide. The group is “committed to a belief in humanity” and carries on programs to end poverty and peacefully resolve disputes in the area. The Peace Consolidation Association also works for “…economical development, political stability and social progress that will build friendship to unity and finally to bring about peace within society, Nation and the world at large.”
	Peace and Conflict Resolution Center-Congo nPCR seeks to proclaim peace to the people in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as the whole country. They reach for harmony with neighboring countries and empower the people of the DRC to be in charge of their own destiny. The PCR provides a place for grassroots peace initiatives and other peace groups to work for local and international peace by providing support through basic training tools, education, self-reliance and the arts.
	Life-Link Friendship Schools-Stockholm, Sweden Life-Link Friendship-Schools is an independent NGO helping young people (and their schools) around the world by participating in shared projects focusing on the environment, human rights, conflict resolutions and other important issues. Life-Link is neither politically nor religiously aligned. Life-Link’s peace education programme: ”Youth Caring and Sharing Peace Actions at Schools World-Wide”, has reached 560 schools in more than 80 countries, and all continents. Life-Link is neither politically nor religiously aligned.
	Tehran Peace Museum-Tehran, Iran The Tehran Peace Museum is an interactive peace experience including peace education programs, workshops and conferences on peace. The Museum focuses on culture, international humanitarian law, disarmament, and peace advocacy. Individual stories of victims of war are displayed in the museum as well as a virtual museum connecting other museums throughout the world. A peace library is found in the museum covering a variety of peace topics. International and Iranian art and other exhibits promoting peace are displayed throughout the museum.
	Interfaith League Against Poverty (ILAP)-Pakistan iIn an area where religious intolerance leads to violence, I-LAP targets college campuses and the surrounding community in Pakistan to inform about interfaith relations as well as the need to work together for peace. The goals of I-LAP are to foster harmony, peace, tolerance and respect among all people and form a community working towards these goals. I-LAP works with community members and organizations to create a peace initiative by offering training and support to peace workers in the area.
	Together We Make a Difference-Rwanda Together We Make a Difference works to achieve long-lasting peace in the world, and specifically in Rwanda. Currently TMD is working to move their activities to Burundi, Congo (DRC) and Uganda. As Rwanda still attempts to heal from the scars of its 1994 genocide, TMD aids by fostering peace in the community. TMD has organized youth survivors of the genocide and preaches the gospel of peace . Through TMD, over 100 families have become foster parents of young genocide orphans.
	Sympathy, Treatment, Acceptance and Rehabilitation (STAR)-Faisalabad, Pakistan nSTAR is a non-governmental, non-political organization working to “develop a society with equal rights of all community members with equal focus to orphan and poor children and disadvantaged women.” STAR works to promote peace and inter-faith harmony as well as gender equality in society. STAR receives Peace Award from Lasani Welfare Foundation International on 16th Aug,2009. PHOTOS HERE
	The Peace Channel-Nagaland, India nThe Peace Channel is working for peace in a place where there has been violence in the name of freedom for over 50 years. Wishing to reach the youth in every village in India, the Peace Channel promotes reconciliation and intervention to help build peace. Religious harmony and positive thinking are essential to the Peace Channel’s mission as it works to collaborate with other peace networks in the world.
	Peace Building International-Kajiado,Kenya PBI facilitates peace building workshops, and trains and researches peace issues. Additionally, PBI supports local community organizations undertaking peace building activities. PBI sees culture as one of the most effective entry points for finding long lasting peaceful resolutions to century long struggles between tribes. By creating and collecting cultural artifacts, songs, music, films and performances that enhance peace, PBI hopes to create a culture of peace in a troubled area of the world.

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