Since being founded in 2007 by Jordan's Prince Feisal Al Hussein (pictured top) and Princess Sarah Al-Feisal, the Amman-based global non-profit organisation has run initiatives that have trained more than 8,100 volunteers from 46 nations and was named as one of the top 10 non-governmental organisations (NGO) in the world by Swiss publication The Global Journal earlier this year.

Operating a "cascading model", which sees volunteers transferring their knowledge and skills from one generation to the next, the organisation's work has helped reduce violence, change attitudes towards violence, break stereotypes, build greater trust, strengthen social capital, and increase feelings of safety, security and hope for the future, while fostering volunteerism and responsible citizenship, according to research conducted in partnership with Georgetown University and the University of Oxford.


Generations For Peace also became the first international NGO to partner with an Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee to promote the ideals of the Olympic Truce when it signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sochi 2014 to support its sustainable peace building projects in local communities.

"Today we celebrate together, the work of each and every volunteer inspiring and leading change through their efforts to promote peace, tolerance, respect, and inclusion," Prince Feisal, who is now chairman at Generations For Peace, said.

"As we look back on the past six years, and our vision to inspire peace and create a better future for children and youth in communities around the world, let us recognise how far we have come, and mark every achievement on each step of our the journey we have taken, together with the partners and donors who support us."

Generations For Peace's conflict transformation programmes are demand-driven, responding to local needs, and use sport, arts, advocacy and dialogue to engage communities, bring people together, break down stereotypes, instil greater tolerance, trust and understanding, and strengthen the capacity to manage and respond to conflict in a non-violent manner.


"We are a global family of volunteers sharing a commitment and passion for leading change," Princess Sarah explained.

"The success and impact of our programmes are a direct result of a global team effort, and steadfast determination to keep learning and improving, driving greater innovation, quality, impact and sustainability.

"This is what Generations For Peace represents.

"Our motivation is powered by our field research findings which are showing real results, impacting on real lives in communities facing conflict and violence."

Generations For Peace will be hosting its third Advanced Training, supported by Samsung, on April 18 until 22 and its ninth International Camp, supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, in October.

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