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Since its inception in 2015, IAHV Peacebuilding Programs have
- provided healing to 25,000 violence affected children in Lebanon and Jordan
- trained 150 new Syrian, Jordanian and Lebanese teachers and social workers how to deliver IAHV's basic Stress Relief and Resilience workshops to children in the Middle East
- empowered 167 Youth Peace Ambassadors from vulnerable, at-risk and traumatised communities to reduce violence and build peace in their communities, schools and homes
- been included in the Radicalisation Awareness Network of the European Commission as a best practice in Europe to prevent and counter violent extremism
- advocated to different UN agencies for an integrated psychosocial approach to peacebuilding in order to increase the impact of global peacebuilding efforts
- collaborated with other organisations around the world as a member of the Global Reference Group for Psychosocial Peacebuilding to increase the knowledge and application of integrated approaches to psychosocial support and peacebuilding
- received the International Young Women Peace Award 2018 “for outstanding work in peace and human rights” by its Director.
- trained 15 IAHV teams around the world, from Europe to Indonesia, Philippines, Australia and South Africa, to deliver Healing, Resilience and Empowerment workshops to refugees and other communities traumatised by natural disasters, violence, war, terror attacks
- set up the European Covid-19 response for key workers, training IAHV country teams and key workers from across Europe
- raised awareness about IAHV's unique peacebuilding approach at international conferences and high level meetings, and through countless publicized materials, videos, social media and interviews
- and more....
(see www.iahv-peace.org and IAHV Peacebuilding Youtube Channel)
Wherever we go, whomever we work with, whomever we speak with... there is a widespread understanding and appreciation that IAHV's approach is "different", "everybody needs this", "this is what we have been looking for"....
The world needs us! So we need you to spread this appeal far and wide and support it if you can!
We will continue developing and spreading IAHV's peace approach to individuals and communities most in need, and work towards its structural integration in international peacebuilding.
With gratitude!
Katrien