10 Years of Peacebuilding in Yemen
For 10 years, Search for Common Ground has been working in Yemen to transform conflict. Our global mission is to change the way the world deals with conflict, away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions—a goal that drives us now more than ever.
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Program Overview – Yemen – December 2020
Search for Common Ground has worked in Yemen for 10 years, achieving some powerful results along the way. As the protracted conflict in Yemen has continued, the humanitarian crisis across the country has remained the worst in the world, leaving 24 million people in need of humanitarian or protection assistance.…
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Evaluation Summary – Diwan: Everyone Gains – October 2019
The DIWAN project was implemented by Search for Common Ground in Wadi Khaled between 2017 and 2019 with funding from the Global Affairs Canada. Diwan aimed at strengthening equitable and inclusive decision-making processes and ensuring more participatory and representative governance in the community. The project engaged with representatives from local…
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Evaluation Summary – Peace Pioneers – Phase II – October 2019
This Phase II of the Peace Pioneers program was implemented by Search Lebanon from July 2018 to June 2019, with support from the Embassy of Switzerland in Beirut. The project aimed to stimulate private sector engagement in peacebuilding with CSOs in Lebanon. Building on Phase I, this new phase engaged…
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Evaluation Summary – Tourathi: Protecting Our Future: A Youth-led Approach to the Preservation and Promotion of Lebanese Cultural Heritage – March 2019
Supported by the British Council's Cultural Protection Fund with funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sports, Tourathi was implemented from July 2017 to February 2019, by Search for Common Ground in partnership with Arcenciel, Biladi, and NAHNOO, in six geographical areas in Lebanon: Zahle, Sarafand, Tripoli, Salima,…
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OneAct
OneAct project seeks to promote social stability in Lebanon, especially between refugees and host communities, through local champions, positive dialogue, and national media campaigns—including the #OneAct campaign, launched in 2020 [...]
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#OneAct Campaign
After the explosion in Beirut in August 2020, thousands of ordinary people took action to help others. People generously opened their homes to strangers, helped to clean the streets of destruction, and fed the hungry. These tragic events showed that we have great reserves of compassion and strength, and that…
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Promoting Health, Stability, and Security in the Middle East
The Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance builds capacity across and within nations to deal with disease outbreaks.
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Our Shared Heritage in Jordan – -Storytelling for Social Change
At Search for Common Ground, we believe that media and storytelling can lift diverse perspectives, shed light on societal issues, and build emotional connections that inspire people to take action. Our project Our Shared Heritage in Jordan is an example of our approach to mobilizing storytelling and media towards the…
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Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding
The UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development’s (IANYD) Subgroup on Youth Participation in Peacebuilding, co-chaired by the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and Search for Common Ground, has developed the Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding. This working group consists of members representing a number of UN…
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