Karuna Center for Peacebuilding

CONTACT:

447 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
413-256-3800
www.karunacenter.org

Paula Green, Director

DESCRIPTION:

All of us care about peace and justice around the world. But we often don’t know what we can do. The Karuna Center for Peacebuilding knows what to do and does it well. Founded in 1993, its mission is to promote dialogue, reconciliation, cooperative problem solving and non-violent solutions to conflict in troubled and war-torn regions. The Karuna Center works by invitation and in partnership with in- country, non-governmental organizations, community groups and educational and religious institutions to design and deliver training and workshops in conflict transformation that builds trust and communication between conflicting groups; mentored participants then become peacebuilding agents in their own communities. Karuna Center has conducted peacebuilding workshops with educators and youth in the Balkans, NGO leaders in Sri Lanka, Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders, and groups in Armenia, Burma, Rwanda and Uganda. Its budget has more than doubled in the last two years, as it expands its services due to increasing number of international requests. Let peace begin at home, and let it begin with you.

(2003: INTERNATIONAL)