Freedom of Religion and Belief in Lebanon
Search for Common Ground (Search) has been privileged to work with our partners in Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan over the past three years to build interreligious freedom roundtables to enable advocacy for Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB) in target countries. The Lebanon roundtable became known as the National…
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Making Communities Safer in Venezuela
“No one had ever invited us to talk about this topic,” Maria, a mother of three, said. She had just attended one of our knowledge dialogues on preventing sexual abuse and human trafficking. “Thank you for alerting us. I really feel prepared to prevent anything,” Maria affirmed. Thanks to you,…
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The Mosul Entrepreneur Cycle
Humanitarian aid organizations often talk about knowledge sharing as a way to build capacity. For those of us who don’t work in the humanitarian aid space, these terms seem fancy and vague. As donors, we want to know that our contributions supporting projects that reflect our values, are sustainable, and…
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Education in Crisis: Schools in Mali as Arenas for Conflict and Peace
In 2022, in partnership with UNICEF, Search for Common Ground conducted landscape and conflict analyses of Gao, Mopti, and Timbuktu to ascertain the state of education in Mali. These scans demonstrated that education in Mali is severely threatened, especially by conflict, and that communities lack adequate resources or strategies to…
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Polarization, Social Cohesion, and Atrocities: Approaches for a Safer World
The prevention of mass atrocities remains a critical global challenge for governments and citizens alike. Despite renewed commitments to prevention, atrocities are underway in thirteen countries in 2023 with millions of lives at risk. Violent conflicts are at a 30-year high. The UNHCR estimated more than 100 million people will…
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Search reality TV show winner awarded state funding by the President of Burundi
When Maria dropped out of school in sixth grade to get married, her life was limited to household chores and farm work. But her innovative ideas have gained her the winning prize in the popular reality show Nd’umu DG, alongside recognition from the Burundian President himself. Maria’s story is an…
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Outcome Mapping – Supporting Post-Election Dialogue and Reconciliation in Zanzibar – January 2023
The “Supporting Post-Election Dialogue and Reconciliation in Zanzibar” project (October 2021 – April 2023), aimed to strengthen inclusive post-election dialogue and reconciliation efforts in Zanzibar. Against the backdrop of periodic incidents of violent conflict in Tanzania over the past seven years, the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar has experienced tensions and…
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Final Evaluation – Strengthening Community Peace Mechanisms in Zanzibar – February 2023
The “Strengthening Community Peace Mechanisms in Zanzibar” project, implemented by Search for Common Ground in collaboration with the Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) and funded by the European Union, aimed to de-escalate and resolve conflicts in Zanzibar. Spanning 24 months (December 2020 – December 2022), the project supported alternative peacebuilding…
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Conflict scan – “Human rights and access to justice in Burkina Faso” project – East, Centre-North, North and Sahel regions – February 2023
Since 2020, Search has been part of a consortium of four NGOs implementing the “Human Rights and Access to Justice in Burkina Faso” project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a period of 3 years. The aim of the project is to strengthen the State’s…
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Conflics scans – projet « Droit humain et accès à la justice au Burkina Faso » – Régions de L’Est, du Centre-Nord, du Nord et du Sahel – Février 2023
Conflict scan – projet « Droit humain et accès à la justice au Burkina Faso » – Régions de L’Est, du Centre-Nord, du Nord et du Sahel – Février 2023. Depuis 2020, Search fait partie d’un consortium de quatre ONG mettant en œuvre le projet « Droit humain et accès…
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