Our Community

A Growing Knowledge-Based Community

As PBI alumni, speakers, co-researchers, or mentors, our community members are continuously connected with one another to challenge or improve their peacebuilding initiatives, access high-quality content, and enrich common knowledge.

We are developing a new platform to serve our growing peacebuilding knowledge-based community. Its mission will be to create and share peacebuilding knowledge to support and empower young peacebuilders in their actions, in their respective societies. Learn more…

Testimonials

“We felt a bit helpless about violence against women and girls in our community. I now know that the peacebuilding field is so wide and diverse and has many different components that can be adapted into my country.”
Ilaf Nasreldin (Sudan)
“In the US, young people face a lot of challenges which make them rebel and engage in violent acts. Drawing from Rwanda’s experience, we should be able to forgive for smaller things.”
Lisa Wiater (USA)
“My experience at PBI motivated me to take part in the process of changing political culture from personality and ethnic-based politics to ideology-based politics. I then organized a University Student Leaders’ Summit.”
Victor Uhuru (Kenya)
“Once I return to my country, I will launch an initiative, where youth and women’s voices can be amplified to promote security and contribute towards the peacebuilding process.”-
Farax Osman Djama (Somaliland)
“The discussion about reconciliation at PBI prompted us to reflect on what it means for a country or individuals and this brought us to realize that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a worldwide problem as societies haven’t found healing after undergoing terrible experiences.”
Patient Kwizera, Onesphore Dushimirimana and Chelsea Warner (Rwanda and USA)
“PBI and testimonies from the Reconciliation Village in Rwanda taught me that classification in the community can lead to destruction. Differences based on small things like nose and height led to the mass killing of people. ”–
Alex Samwel (Tanzania)
“My refusal to accept conflict as a way of life has led me to want to be a catalyst for peace and conflict prevention/ resolution in my country."
Both David (South Sudan)
“The PBI is not a place of learning only about Rwandan tragic history, but it is also a place of self-evaluation, introspection, and reflection about our countries’ issues, and what we can do for our communities no matter how little or many resources we have.”
Claudia Munyengabe (Burundi)
“Conflicts are normal and natural in our societies and I believe that we all have the capacity to handle them. What matters is managing to stay at peace while resolving them.”
Elevanie Nzayisenga (Rwanda)
“I hope that the knowledge & skills gained at PBI will be instrumental to me as a teacher but also in reforming nomadic communities (like my own) against cattle raiding and rustling which usually triggers perennial inter-clan conflict.”
Abdimalik Ibrahim Farah (Kenya)
“As a youth and a journalist, I learned a lot about how media was used to spread hatred among people and now I believe that it’s my duty to use it as a connector and a bridge that brings people together”
Nicole Giraneza (Rwanda)

They Got Inspired!

Discover how our local and  international university students and young professionals got inspired as current or future peacebuilders by enrolling into our unique 2-week peacebuilding workshop built on Rwanda’s tragic history, its recovery, and reconciliation experience

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