Peacebuilding UK
Chris passed away in his sleep on 12th March 2023 at the age of 93. Chris played a pivotal role in Peacebuilding UK, guiding the organisation through a period of change as we evolved from a charitable company to the charity we are today. He held a deep compassion for the experiences of people across […]
By Chris Hunter Since lockdown began in Chechnya in late March, Chechen co-facilitators Rustam, Venera and Chris from the UK have held regular Creating Cultures of Peace workshops on Zoom for 12 students of Grozny university students. The students had initially attended four 2-hour trainings with Rustam and Venera at the university before lockdown. Lockdown […]
In August and early September, Rustam conducted four ‘Power of Goodness’ trainings with teachers at Middle School No.9 in Grozny. During the first class, Rustam presented the ‘Power of Goodness’ project, including its history and activities in different parts of the world. At each training we read and analyzed a story, drawing on the teachers’ […]
I’m grateful to have learned and shared new skills with those attending the 6th International Peace Training ’Creating Cultures of Peace’ at Peace Place in Pati organized by Friends Peace Teams, deepening our knowledge and experience of how to build peace within ourselves, with the earth and between people. Attending the workshop for the second […]
The Power of Goodness project run by Peacebuilding UK and local partner CPCD in Chechnya continues to organize round tables in remote areas of the Chechen Republic. In January our colleague and psychologist Birlant Mudaeva organized a round table on the theme “Extremism – its Sources and Consequences” at High School № 1 in the […]
2-4 November, Elena Melnik, Natalya Gavronskaya, Tatyana Yakovleva and Natalya Zabrotskaya, conducted a three-day Power of Goodness introductory seminar in Kiev. They thank the participants for their engagement, group dynamics, cooperation and sincere interest in the project. To be continued with a second module in Kiev 23-25 November. In November and December, Peacebuilding UK and […]
Peacebuilding UK and partners Odessa Mediation Group and CPCD (Chechnya) held the first international training conference “Peacebuilding and Psychosocial Assistance through the Power of Goodness project in Ukraine” from 29 June to 1 July. Our Power of Goodness partner Friends Peace Teams was represented at the conference by Nadine Hoover. We explored the ‘building blocks’ […]
As described above, Peacebuilding UK and partners conducted a 3-day Power of Goodness conference in Odessa 29 June – 1 July, open to all Ukrainian Power of Goodness practitioners who have attended at least 9 days of training in 2015-17. The conference was primarily a training and coordination event made up of a series of […]
Peacebuilding UK, together with Odessa Mediation Group and our trainers/ partners from Chechnya, brought together our Power of Goodness partners from all over Ukraine for the first time 20-25 July, near Kiev. Following two days of getting to know each other, building trust and agreeing on a collection of old and new stories from Ukraine and […]
Since summer 2016 the Power of Goodness project has expanded into Ingushetia and Dagestan. In August and September, trainings for trainers from these republics were conducted by trainers from the Chechen project in Grozny. From September, the Ingush and Dagestani trainers began conducting seminars in schools for teachers in their republics, supported by their Chechen […]