Peace Is Contagious

From Nigeria and Uganda to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 156 Interfaith Peacemaker Teams are spreading peace.

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OMNIA now does Virtual Interfaith Peacemaker Team training on Zoom.

Experimenting With Virtual IP Teams

The next cohort starting date will be announced soon.  Meeting for two hours every week, the course will go for 7 weeks. There will be assignments in between. The purpose of the training is to build Interfaith Peacemaker Teams both virtually, and locally in communities where participants live.

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Sri Lanka

Following the deadly bombing on Easter Sunday, 2019 killing over 250 people, OMNIA’s National Coordinator, Bishop Kumara Illangasinghe said on national TV, that the answer to such violence is an Interfaith Peacemaker Team in every village in Sri Lanka.

Every Village A Peacemaker Village

In 35 Interfaith Peacemaker Teams located in the villages around the city of Kandy, in the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa and in Jaffna in the North, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Christian leaders come together to address some of the most intractable issues that arise from the context.

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Nigeria

Antagonism between Muslims and Christians created a social chasm on which the Boko Haram insurgency capitalized to recruit young people. Today in Gombe State this space is being reclaimed, and their ability to recruit is being reduced.

Fear Turns To Trust

Rev. Abare Kallah, OMNIA’s National Coordinator in Nigeria now reports 86 Interfaith Peacemaker Teams in Gombe State. Muslim and Christian leaders collaborate, build power and act strategically on issues of justice and peace.

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Bangladesh

Many in our IP Teams are daily-wage earners. Covid-19 restrictions on movement caused them severe hardship. Rev. David Das, OMNIA’s National Coordinator in Bangladesh remarked, “If they don’t die of Covid, they’ll die of hunger.”

The Dilemma – Die From COVID Or Die From Hunger?

Despite this, IP Teams in Bangladesh are increasing. Today, 29 IP Teams meet in villages around Dhaka, in Old Dhaka’s slum areas and in the Chittagong hills. Government policy has made mobile communications affordable, so even some of the poorest people can connect, easing a great deal of distress.

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Omnia's Impact

3200

Trained Leaders

156

Active IP Teams

60%

IP Teams lead by Women

85

On-going Actions

Featured Story: 2,000+ women engaged in peacebuilding

Ruth Abner is a Christian. Zuwaira Alhassan is a Muslim. At an OMNIA’s Interfaith Peacemaker Training they did a one-on-one conversation and decided that they need to get other Muslim and Christian women in their village to pair up and do one-on-ones. Eleven pairs of Muslim and Christian women came together to for an IP Team. Within a year, they numbered 120. They brought together over 2000 women to stop election-related violence in their community. Through their leadership, women throughout the community are teaching their sons and daughters how to build power together.

Upcoming Events

Virtual IP Team Training - Cohort 5

August 14, 2021
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Interfaith Peacemaker Teams

IP Teams are mostly located in so-called “marginalized” communities. However, the Teams have attracted a variety of influential and professional leaders.
● Clergy and Lay Religious Leaders
● Key Women’s Groups and Leaders
● Politicians. Civil Servants and Community Leaders
● Professionals such as professors, lawyers, NGO executives.

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Interfaith Peacemaker team training in Kandy, Sri Lanka

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Make Peace Work

Interfaith Peacemaker Teams engage the best resources within every community to help turn the tide of extremist violence to create a new season of peaceful cooperation. You can become a team member - through your voice, your involvement, and your financial support!
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