Discover our impactful programs transforming lives across the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, and the Middle East.
Youth: boys and girls (12-21 years). Parents of young people are actively engaged in LP programs through specific parent groups where they learn from psychoeducation and awareness raising on parenting young people exposed to multiple traumatic experiences.
Addressing 6,000 youth affected by and involved in violence in schools, preventing violence including SGBV and trauma-related violence among students.
Partnership with Congolese National Police reaching 6,000 young men and girls affected by urban and gang violence (Kuluna's) through the "Young Men Club Against Violence."
Working with 300 former child soldiers in North Kivu to prevent and end violence among youth who joined armed groups, to prevent them returning to armed groups, and to promote and guide their reintegration in community and family.
300 boys and girls benefitted from psychosocial emergency support facilitated by Living Peace in internally displaced persons (IDP) settings.
Living Peace with women and men in high-risk zones, including SGBV survivors and Internally Displaced Persons.
Working with men in high-risk conflict zones to prevent male engagement in community violence and violence at home.
Working with husbands of women survivors of sexual violence to prevent stigmatization and exclusion, promote reintegration in homes and communities, and reduce domestic violence.
150 men and 150 women participated in LP groups composed of internally displaced persons and host community members to heal from traumatic experiences and promote non-violent coping strategies.
Women survivors of SGBV participated in LP sessions to recover from the ill-making impact of SGBV, reduce stigmatization and exclusion, empower self-agency, and promote positive reintegration in families and communities.
Men in military and police forces participated in LP groups to heal from traumatic experiences, to prevent SGBV, and promote positive masculinity in order to improve relations with population and communities.
Women, wives of men in security forces, participated in LP groups to break cycles of violence at home and in the military camps.
Male ex-combatants participated in LP groups during or after DDR process to reduce the ill-making impact of severe trauma symptoms, to prevent them from returning to armed groups, and to promote and guide their reintegration in community and family.
Wives of ex-combatants participated in LP groups to heal from multiple traumatic experiences and to promote alternative, non-violent coping strategies.
More than 400 health professionals trained on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) approaches and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) prevention and response.
Training DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration) staff members on MHPSS approaches and trauma-informed DDR programming.
Training health professionals working with military forces on MHPSS approaches, trauma-informed care, and mental health support for armed forces personnel.
Reached across DRC, Africa, and the Middle-east.
Directly impacted through our family-focused interventions.
Living Peace methodology adapted and implemented globally.
Partner organizations trained and supported through the Living Peace Academy.
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