by Karuna Center | Nov 25, 2019
Negotiation and State Building Program for Nepal Political Leaders (2010-2011) Nepal Summary After a 10-year civil war and the fall of Nepal’s monarchy, the nation’s new political process remained stuck. We led a capacity-building program for 75 members within Nepal’s...
by Karuna Center | Nov 22, 2019
Supporting Grassroots Interfaith Peacebuilding (2013-present) Sri Lanka Summary We continue to support the local interfaith councils that were formed during our 2011-2013 program in Sri Lanka. Though these councils, community-based religious leaders are working in...
by Karuna Center | Nov 19, 2019
National Action Planning in Iraq (2018-2019) Iraq Summary In Winter 2018-2019, Karuna Center partnered with women’s rights activists in Erbil to work with the Cross-Sectoral Task Force of the Federal Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government, to begin...
by Karuna Center | Nov 18, 2019
CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION ACROSS CULTURES (CONTACT) (1997-2012) USA About the Program In 1997, Karuna Center’s founder and Senior Peacebuilding Advisor, Paula Green, initiated the CONTACT (Conflict Transformation Across Cultures) program at the School for...
by Karuna Center | Nov 18, 2019
Every Voice Project (2012-2015) USA Summary From 2012-2015, Karuna Center worked with Principals Ljuba Marsh and Bob Brick of the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School in Holyoke, Massachusetts, to help build a safer, more supportive school environment for...