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Since 1982, Search for Common Ground has been building peace, transforming societies, and using innovative tools to end violent conflict around the world.

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Trust, Collaboration, Breakthroughs

For over 40 years, Search for Common Ground has been building trust around the world, opening opportunities for collaboration between communities, and creating breakthroughs for peace. Our ability to deal with conflict affects how we handle every issue humanity is facing. Whether global in nature, such as poverty, hunger or the environment, or closer to home, such as family or community relations, we face daily challenges to our abilities to deal with conflict constructively.

Without peace, development gains do not hold. Without peace, delivering humanitarian aid risks further suffering. Without peace, people have more difficulty exercising agency, seizing opportunity, and realizing their full potential. Peace enables trust and provides the foundation for collaboration to solve complex problems. It allows people to look past differences, have difficult conversations, take shared risks, find common ground, and invest in pathways towards a shared future. 

Find out more about our work below.

Our Mission

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Our Story

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Values & Principles

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Our Global Leadership

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Impact Report

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Funding Partners

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Our Resources

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Code of Conduct

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IATI Exemption Statement

IATI Exemption Statement

Global Strategy

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A Letter from Search’s Founder

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