Submitted by Anthea Darychuk “In our culture we have a family place where we all go for big events. Romero House is like our family place in Canada” – Naman Thamir, from Iraq “People can’t really feel at peace until they know they are safe and accepted into Canada. Until they know their status. Romero House […]
International Women’s Day, March 8, 2013
March 7, 2013 by
Submitted by Malik Rashid To observe International Women’s Day, InterChange invites you to share your story of resilience in the face of violence and oppression against women and how your efforts or the efforts of those around you are breaking the cycle of trauma. Of Losing and regaining love and humanity Story of my efforts to […]
Let There Be Peace
December 5, 2012 by
The following poem was shared by Rhona Bhuyan, an InterChange member and a teacher currently working at the Khartoum American School in Sudan. The poem was written by two Grade 10 students and was inspired by one of the stories by John Paul Lederach in his book The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building […]
InterChange For Peace Uganda Celebrates Eid in 2012 with a Football Match!
September 4, 2012 by
Written by Denis Cox Emuria InterChange for Peace Uganda marked this year’s Eid, the Muslim festival celebrating the end of Ramadan, with a soccer match. The match was held at St. Anne playgrounds in Lutengo, Nama Sub-County in Mukono District. The match was part of InterChange Uganda’s “Play Soccer, Make Peace” programme, the mission of which […]
Remembering Partition 1947: Dialogue for Healing and Change
September 4, 2012 by
‘Remembering Partition: Dialogue for Healing and Change’ is an event hosted by InterChange GTA as part of our involvement in community based peace-building in a global context. In 1947, with the independence of India and Pakistan, over a million people were killed, more than 12 million were forced to migrate, and 75000 women were abducted. To commemorate the 65th anniversary […]
Success at Building A Culture of Peace at Centennial College!
September 4, 2012 by
A few months ago we posted a story about the Community Based Peacebuilding workshop series held at Centennial College as part of our Building A Culture of Peace programme. We are pleased to announce the workshop was a great success and we’d like to tell you about it! The unique and customized 4-module workshop, which took place from April […]
Sudanese Students Grace International Day of Tolerance Celebrations in Uganda
December 1, 2011 by
A section of sudanese students studying in Uganda have called upon all stakeholders to be tolerant if we are to achieve total peace in communities. Speaking on behalf of sudanese students studying in Uganda, James Zoal Pekhoa, who is a student of Internations relations and Diplomacy at Cavendish University Uganda, said that there is need […]
Course for Workers in Areas of Regeneration and Peacebuilding in Vukovar, Croatia
November 20, 2011 by
It is now 20 years since the Balkan wars began in 1991. Vukovar was almost completely destroyed in that year. There were atrocities on all sides. When Charles Tauber came in 1995, there were almost no buildings that were not at least partially destroyed. Vukovar’s history dates back 6000 years. The first calendar in Europe […]
Doing Peacebuilding Differently: The Nonviolent Communication Approach with Youth Groups in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
November 8, 2011 by
SINCE 2001, September 7th precisely and barely 4 days before the tragic 9/11 episode, the city of Jos, the capital of Plateau State, has unfortunately had routine presence in the global news. The reoccurrence of the crisis in January 2010 changed the colour of attacks and sophistication employed by all the groups involved in the […]
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