| Project title | EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR PEACE BUILDING IN NORTH EAST INDIA |
| Funding agency | Misereor |
| Duration | October 2022-2025 September |
| Operational areas | North East region with focus in Assam, Manipur Nagaland and Tripura |
| Target groups | (Communities; Key institutions, private and Government affiliated schools, colleges and Universities; Teaching training Institutes; Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs); Women groups; Human Rights and Peace Groups; Student bodies, youth, government departments, Law Enforcing personnel, Community Based Organisations (SHGs, Farmers Groups, Corporative) and Media fraternity) |
| Objectives | Objectives 1: Individuals are empowered to prevent, mitigate conflict, and foster peaceful co-existence Objective 2: Community structures/networks at the village/district/state/regional levels are strengthened to encourage reconciliation, violence reduction, mutual exchange and learning leading to peace and harmony Objective 3: Educational institutions are enabled through peace building measures and peace education to mitigate conflicts, built mutual respect, confidence and trust among children from different communities |
Project brief
There have been different forms of violence in the north east. In order to minimize the violence, this project will build the capacity of individuals and institutions through different activities so that communities living in North East India with focus on 23 districts of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura will take steps towards reconciliation through mutual respect, reduced violence, confidence-building measures and building bridges of trust in each other