Peace Direct Inc

Advocacy and research: we are committed to holding space for local voices to be heard in international policymaking, as well as advocating alongside local peacebuilding partners for the needs and recommendations they themselves identify. We also work to shift systems to center the local communities we seek to support.

The local action fund (laf):is a scalable, flexible and innovative funding mechanism to support frontline peacebuilding efforts in some of the most complex and volatile conflicts worldwide. It is supporting local peacebuilding efforts across multiple countries. More than just a grant-making program, the laf is an approach to supporting and strengthening local peacebuilding groups who are often operating below the radar of most donors and are not able to access funding.

Decolonizing aid: this program aims to further strengthen our understanding of how structural racism exists within the peacebuilding sector and beyond, to determine actionable ways that we can decolonize aid, and to then share these next steps and push for wider change with activists, advocates, decision-makers, and funders.

Locally led program: this program aims to educate ingos and donors with evidence based lessons on locally led peacebuilding. It also supports building relationships between local civil society and donors and policymakers for knowledge exchange.