Want to Build a Powerful, Effective and Sustainable Peace Movement?

You have to do it from the ground-up!

We are on it. We have 181 Interfaith Peacemaker Teams with 20 religious leaders in each (clergy and lay, women and men) in each in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Uganda.

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OMNIA now does Virtual Interfaith Peacemaker Team training on Zoom.

Virtual Interfaith Peacemaker Team Training

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

3800

Trained Leaders

184

Active IP Teams

60%

IP Teams led by Women

85

On-going Actions

Featured Video:              
Soraya Deen on Dismantling Patriarchy

Speaking at the Parliament of the World's Religions on October 17, 2021, Ms. Soraya Deen, OMNIA's Coordinator for Women's Initiatives and Partnerships challenges participants to Dismantle Patriarchy. This is an important part of OMNIA's broader effort at Dismantling Supremacies.

Upcoming Events

Virtual IP Team Network

June 11, 2022
9:00 a.m.
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10:30 a.m. US/Canada Central Standard Time

OMNIA Advisory Board

July 9, 2022
9:00 a.m.
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11:00 a.m. (US/Canada Central Daylight Time)
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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

Latest Posts

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OMNIA: A Lego-like Platform for Building a Global Movement for Peace

OMNIA training provides Peacemaker Teams a Lego-like platform on which they can build whatever they like.

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Peacemaking
The "Worth It" Argument

Madeline Albright's "worth it" comment, Patriarch Kiril's justification war and Pope Francis' repudiation of Just War.

Shanta Premawardhana
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Peacemaking
A Crazy Idea: Abolish War?

Social movements begin with crazy ideas. Their success depended on supporting structures, like the IP Teams.

Shanta Premawardhana
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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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