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Peace and social cohesion by building trust and reconciliation across divides

At a time of increasing fragmentation, trust is diminishing around the world. Communities face racial and religious divides, intergenerational conflict, the rise of extremist attitudes, as well as social divisions and the legacy of war. Building on its extraordinary record of trustbuilding achievements over generations around the world, IofC is marshalling its resources to address global divides. The Trustbuilding Program (TBP) addresses divisive issues at the international and national levels on the premise that at the heart of these larger issues is a need to build trust and reconcile personal challenges before changes can occur outside of oneself.

The Program prioritizes the needs of communities in conflict, which are working on transformation of their societies. We explore individual change and create safe spaces for community leaders and young people to have honest and open dialogues about uncomfortable issues that pose challenges to initiating positive change in one’s life, families and communities. The program ensures having support on the ground from people of all walks of life including young people, migrants and refugees, committed to confronting the divides within their society.

Program Resources
The importance of trust in times of crisis, and the power of positivity for empowerment. And you can join!
On 6 March the Kenyan Trustbuilding Program team organized different event in Mombasa in order to build trust amongst young people of diverse religious backgrounds. What are some learnings?
Upcoming Events
Uzbekistan Farmers’ Dialogue
20 – 27 May 2020
USA, Texas, Austin
About the program

The Trustbuilding Program (TBP) has been co-created by Initiative of Change International (IofCI) and the Fetzer Institute of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. IofCI’s current focus is captured in its tagline “building trust across the world’s divides.” At this time in history, virtually every country seems to be divided by deep cleavages of culture, language, race, ethnicity, religion, or class.

IofC International established the Trustbuilding Program, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), which brings together the best of our expertise to particular situations where there is conflict or tension. The program is invited to such places by local, national and/or international players in order to complement existing efforts to bring peace and positive change to a particular situation/region.

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Excellence Awards won last year

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