AFRICAN GREAT LAKES — The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Basic Training was conducted in three locations in Mt. Elgon from 23rd to 25th July 2026, with generous support from AGLI in collaboration with Kenyan AVP facilitators. The trainings sought to strengthen participants’ understanding and practical skills in nonviolent conflict transformation, personal development, communication, relationship building, and peaceful conflict resolution.

ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Organizing an international justice and peace training requires different levels of preparation. It needs an organizing team and a facilitating team. In the case of the October 2026 Bantayan workshop, the facilitators come from different countries while the organizers are Filipinos.

EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST —My friend Mohamma salam (Hama hadi) and I ( Mohammed Hasan Mohammed) traveled from Sulaymaniyah, in Kurdistan, Iraq, to Armenia to participate in the Culture of Peace and Justice workshop from July 2 to July 12 of last year. We are both AVP facilitators, and we went there thinking we were just going to learn some new skills in peacebuilding. I knew I would learn things, but I never imagined how much this workshop would change something deep inside of me. It was not only a place of training; it became a journey where I met my own feelings and understood myself in a new way.