Linking Youths and Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) to Build Peace
This project funded by the USAID/ Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), aimed to create an understanding of each other and inclusion of youths who were at the margin in peace-building activities through training and networking of youths and Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs).
Restoring Social Networks to Bring Positive Community Interaction
This project was also funded by the USAID/Ethiopian Support Program and launched to restore broken social relationships and community-level interactions. Training and engaging of executors of restoring social networks and psychosocial support providers were considered as a tool of implementation.
Empowering Local Peace Initiatives to Limit the Impact of Conflict
This project aimed at empowering local peace actors to enhance their capacity and provide humanitarian support for local charities that aim to enhance their visibility. The project was funded by the USAID/Ethiopian Support Program.
Broadening the Bridge: Leveraging Holistic and Innovative Local Peacebuilding Initiatives for Social Cohesion and Lasting Peace
This program is funded by the European Union and Life and Peace Institute (LPI) and aims to bridge social divides, enhance trust and mutual respect, and improve social cohesion to foster lasting peace among through by leveraging holistic and innovative peace-building initiatives namely create a platform for public discourse influencers to have dialogue and change their orientation form stereotypical attitude; provide a platform for students to participate in a peace-oriented theatre performance and recognize peacebuilders who made sacrifices for peace.
Laying Foundations for Social Cohesion
This project, funded by Pact Ethiopia under the USAID Sustainable Peace Project, aims to implement interventions necessary to bolster peace infrastructures, increase the roles of women and youth, provide trauma healing, and enhance peace messaging. The goal is to rebuild trust and lay the groundwork for sustainable peace and reconciliation between communities.
Addressing Local Vacuums to Limit the Impacts of Conflict
The project funded by Welthungerhilfe (WHH) aims to see more legitimized local informal institutions, increase women’s participation in peacebuilding, and improve women’s resilience and stakeholder awareness regarding gender-based violence (GBV) through capacity-strengthening training for representatives of informal institutions; broadcasting the stories of heroic peacebuilders on a local FM radio station; train stakeholders on women’s inclusion in peacebuilding; train women on conflict resolution techniques, & peacebuilding strategies; coaching and mentorship in post-training for trainee women; sensitization workshop on GBV among stakeholders and capacity development training to women.
Youth Media Literacy and Theatrical Performance for Social Cohesion
The project funded by Internews aims to enhance social cohesion between the Amhara and Qemant communities through youth media literacy training and theatrical production and performance for the public. By equipping young people with media literacy skills, the project seeks to promote critical thinking, empathy, and understanding of diverse perspectives. The theatrical performances will serve as a platform for community members to come together, share their stories, and build mutual respect and trust.
Victim Groups' Mobilization and Empowerment through Public Awareness and Stakeholders' Engagement
The project funded by the European Union through the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and implemented in collaboration with the Advocacy Center for Democracy and Development (ACDD), five CSOs, and victim associations in the Amhara Region aims to strengthen a victim-centered transitional justice process by empowering victims and survivors to actively participate in defining justice priorities, increasing public awareness on transitional justice and victims’ initiatives, and enhancing collaboration among key stakeholders. The project will mobilize and organize representatives of formal and informal victim groups in Bahir Dar, Debre Birhan, Dessie, and Gondar; conduct consultative workshops to create safe spaces for survivors to share experiences, identify grievances, build consensus, and establish victim advocacy structures; facilitate media-based public awareness activities on transitional justice and survivor voices; and conduct stakeholder sensitization workshops to strengthen the capacity, coordination, and commitment of CSOs, community and religious leaders, local authorities, and justice sector actors toward an inclusive, accountable, and survivor-led transitional justice process in the Amhara Region.
Recovery to Hope (R2H): Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Dealing with the Past, and Community-Based Peacebuilding
This project aims to improve the psychosocial well-being of conflict-affected survivors and strengthen community peace and transitional capacities in Debark and Dabat Woredas by training local facilitators on the locally adopted MHPSS Yegarachin (“It’s Ours!”) methodology; conducting trauma-informed recovery and resilience support sessions to conflict-affected survivors over multiple consecutive weeks; providing structured, trauma-informed psychoeducation to individuals affected by war-related psychological trauma, with a particular focus on women, girls, youth, persons with disabilities, and internally displaced persons; facilitating survivor storytelling circles and community dialogue sessions to promote acknowledgment, reconciliation, and emotional stabilization; training community leaders from FBOs, CBOs, women’s and youth groups in mediation, dialogue facilitation, and peacebuilding; supporting community-level action plans through follow-up coaching and mentorship; and staging community theatre performances to strengthen empathy, inclusion, and social cohesion—all while integrating MHPSS, Dealing with the Past, and community-based peacebuilding to ensure sustainable reconciliation and social cohesion.