Voices of Peace: What I Thought About While Hiding in a Bomb Shelter
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace is Dalia Goodhardt, an Orthodox Jewish Israeli who serves as program manager in Search’s Jerusalem office. My husband shook me awake. “Dalia, Dalia—sirens!” The sirens wailed as I ran…
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Unified Hearts, Unified Brand
For 40 years, Search for Common Ground has been dedicated to ending human suffering caused by violent conflict. We connect peacebuilders from the bustling streets of the Middle East and Africa to the lively landscapes of Latin America and the diverse communities of the United States, fostering unity amidst diversity.…
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“ADALCI” (Fairness): Strengthening Access to Justice
Since 2012, Niger has faced an upsurge in insecurity due to the Boko Haram insurgency and the Malian crisis, primarily affecting the regions of Diffa, Tahoua, and Tillabéri. This insecurity, coupled with limited resources to address it, fosters mistrust and divisions within communities, making them more vulnerable to extremist groups.…
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Voices of Peace: Taking a Stand Without Taking a Side
This email series highlights voices of peace from around the world, to help you find yours. This month’s Voice of Peace is Search CEO, Shamil Idriss. I want to introduce to you a new email series our team is crafting, designed to share some of the insights that guide our…
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Investing in Peacebuilding Matters: Saving Lives in Côte d’Ivoire
Your blood rushes into your ears, muffling people’s screams as machetes slice through the air. You run faster, but you can’t escape the saccharine metallic smell coming at you from everywhere. A sudden burst of pup-pup-pup-pah-pah urges you forward, your feet peddling the air. Bullet casings fall to the…
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Search for Common Ground Applauds Rollout of Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery, and Peace at COP28
Search for Common Ground, the world’s largest peacebuilding organization, welcomes the release of the Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery, and Peace, supported by 70 countries at COP28. This significant step forward, along with the first-ever day dedicated to relief, recovery, and peace as part of the official COP agenda, marks…
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Policy Work in Three Explainers
What is Policy Work? Policy work is advocacy. It is an effort to educate and inform the institutions making decisions to resolve conflict. Policy work influences how the Department of State, the US Congress, the UN, and other international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) adjudicate resources. At the heart of our policy…
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The Mu Gina Gobe Project: Building a More Peaceful Tomorrow in Niger
Soumana poses outside his welding factory. Photo by Oriane van den Broeck. The staccato rhythm of hammers fills the air. In this metal workshop in Niger, Soumana, part of a diverse group of iron workers, races against the clock to fill orders. Not that long ago, this scene would have…
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Can Europe still contribute to peace in Niger?
Read this article from Search for Common Ground’s Eoin O’Leary & Beatrice Abouya on what role European countries can have in building a peaceful future for Niger. “The withdrawal of French forces from Niger is officially underway, just weeks after French president Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of a full withdrawal by year’s…
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When AI Meets Reality: A Plea From Bamako
Check out this article from Search Mali Country Director, Tahirou Dounda, on the impact of AI and technology on violent conflict. “The impact of AI will not only be felt throughout the United States, but will ripple and permeate around the world, making lives easier in the west while potentially…
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