Interpeace’s seventh Peacebuilding in Practice paper, Mind the Peace, presents a guidance framework for practitioners to integrate MHPSS, peacebuilding and livelihood programming. It provides practical principles and guidance for programme implementers, researchers and donors who want to operationalise and support more integrated approaches to MHPSS, peacebuilding and livelihood development. The report draws on journals, […]

Interpeace’s seventh Peacebuilding in Practice paper, Mind the Peace, presents a guidance framework for practitioners to integrate MHPSS, peacebuilding and livelihood programming. It provides practical principles and guidance for programme implementers, researchers and donors who want to operationalise and support more integrated approaches to MHPSS, peacebuilding and livelihood development. The report draws on journals, books, […]

  Peace Responsiveness refers to the ability of actors operating in fragile and conflict affected contexts to deliberately contribute to peace. It builds on Conflict Sensitivity and the principle of ‘doing no harm’ by aspiring to maximise collective efforts in the service of peace. It is not about changing what we do – we will remain humanitarians, […]

  Interpeace’s Societal Healing Programme in Rwanda aims to strengthen local capacities through training and the development of evidence-based and contextualized tools. Groupe des Anciens Etudiants et Elèves Rescapés du Genocide (GAERG) is one of the local actors whose staff were trained and received technical and financial support to implement a resilience-oriented protocol to reach […]

  The healing spaces/groups created in Bugesera District, eastern Rwanda, as part of Interpeace’s Societal Healing Programme have positively changed the lives of individuals and communities. For example, Jean Claude Rugambage was healed of his trauma related to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, and he is now helping members of his community heal and reconcile.

  Valens Nsanzineza’s story is an inspiration to many young people. As the descendent of a perpetrator of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, he used to live in constant shame, guilt, rejection, and trauma because of his father’s crimes. He found healing and solace after voluntarily joining a community-based sociotherapy healing space […]