Welcome to the
National Peace Foundation (NPF), an
organization committed to solving problems and
preventing conflict through community building
and citizen empowerment. We work where
the institutions of civil society (such as
health, justice, education, safety) have failed
or are no longer effective, and empower local
citizens to improve their situation and reduce
conflict.
Drawing on a legacy of
work that stretches back over thirty years,
today our projects produce tangible results
around the world by supporting grassroots
efforts that provide access to networks of
experts, related citizen groups in other
countries, and the technical tools needed to
establish, operate and sustain citizen-led
initiatives. We believe that in the face
of overwhelming adversity, citizens can rise to
the challenge to build healthier, safer, and
more stable communities.
They come to us with a problem, we help lead them to a solution.
Extraordinary Challenges Need Extraordinary Programs
- In
the Republic of Georgia, NPF established a
direct relationship between
Georgian attorneys and their U.S. colleagues.
To promote the rule of
law, they are now working together to perfect
a Georgian bar
association and establish new jury selection
procedures.
- To
protect citizen health in Moldova, NPF brought
together national and
regional medical authorities with rural
clinicians and introduced them
to a large network of leading U.S. and other
experts on the treatment
of hepatitis, tuberculosis, and
HIV.
- To
promote a healthy and safe society in Russia,
where drug addicts have
limited opportunities for rehabilitation and
reintegration into
society, NPF helps local organizers train
hundreds of treatment staff
and build new treatment facilities. This
citizen-led program
successfully reduces the burden of drug
addiction and the crime it
brings.
- To
enhance understanding and perspective, NPF
assembled numerous religious
and cultural leaders from countries in the
Middle East and United
States and established sustained dialogues
about the role of religion
in both societies. These programs broaden
mutual understanding, reduce
suspicions, and encourage
cooperation.
- To
help spread understanding and perspective,
NPF’s Eyewitness Programs in
Israel, Gaza and the West Bank give citizen
peacebuilders a personal,
first-hand experience with the realities of
conflict, and the value of
citizen
diplomacy.
- To protect global health, NPF’s Health Diplomacy Programs have brought leading international health policy experts together to help reduce the risk of global infectious disease and enhance health system performance.
News Articles
Islam in America: New Dimensions in Activism, Pluralism and Thought
Mar 13, 2009 NPF's Dialogue Program on Religion & Society wraps up its fifth exchange delegation to the United States. Participants from Yeman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have spent the past fourteen days in meetings and experiential workshops with inter-religious groups, social...Read More...
Rabbi Emerges as Leader in Muslim-Jewish Dialogue
Dec 13, 2008 By SAM HODGES / The Dallas Morning News samhodges@dallasnews.com Rabbi Jeremy Schneider spends a lot of time talking to Muslims, and wants other Jews to do the same. At age 32, the assistant rabbi at Dallas' Temple Shalom has emerged as a national leader in Jewish-Muslim...Read More...