Learn more about how we equip a movement of peacebuilders to work together to prevent and respond to conflict.
Elyse Ndayishimiye, a peace champion in Burundi, brings people in the community together to prevent and respond to conflict. Credit: Paul Mbonankira/Tearfund
Tearfund’s peacebuilding equips local communities with the skills and confidence to work together to resolve conflicts within and between their communities.
Trained peacebuilding champions lead community conversations to rebuild relationships and reduce violence. Our peacebuilding work is integrated with gender equality and sexual and gender-based violence prevention.
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3,487 churches and faith leaders mobilised to pursue peace, justice and gender equality
2,244 peacebuilders equipped and supported
Conflict is growing around the world. In 2024, 97 countries saw a decline in peace and stability, the largest drop in almost two decades. Around one in ten people now live in a country affected by war.
In those places, children are less likely to go to school. Families are more likely to go hungry. The most vulnerable people are affected first and worst.
‘Around one in ten people now live in a country affected by war.’
Our peacebuilding work brings people together in safe spaces to share personal stories of hurt and loss, and begin the process of reconciliation. Trained peace-building champions lead these conversations, helping to rebuild relationships, reduce violence, and create the foundations for lasting peace.
Our response focuses on addressing both the causes and effects of conflict. We work in conflict-affected areas for as long as it takes, working with our partners to respond to immediate needs and find sustainable solutions:
Inter-ethnic group conflict made life unbearable for Kalonda from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). But thanks to Tearfund’s intervention, Kalonda’s life has transformed dramatically. Now, she’s a peace champion in her community.
‘We’re embracing a new reality of peace in our daily lives and have turned the page on everything that plunged us into the depths of hatred,’ says Kalonda.
‘Through what Tearfund has done, we’re now determined to move forward. This new chapter reflects the two communities living together in harmony, expressing lasting peace in our communities, our families and elsewhere.’
‘During the harvest we share the crops equally, without discrimination,’ says one participant in Tearfund’s Artisanes de Paix peacebuilding project in the DRC. Here, two women in the community work together gathering the harvest. Credit: Elijah Muweza/ Tearfund
We are committed to protecting and standing up for the rights of women and girls, and promoting healthy relationships.
We help people speak out to local, national, and global decision-makers to address the root causes of poverty.
We work alongside local churches, equipping them to lead lasting change in their communities with local solutions.
We work to prevent and respond to disasters by reducing risks and getting support quickly to those in need.
Learn how we help people living in extreme poverty come together, share skills and build new livelihoods.
We support communities with clean water, safe sanitation and better hygiene habits so they can thrive.
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