Graines de Paix

Focus We are an international NGO that develops education solutions for sustainable peace. Our expertise is in merging creatively quality education pedagogies based on psychosocial skills and culture of peace-based values and competencies for preventing violence and radicalization. Structure Headquarters: an association employing 12+ employees + interns/volunteers, Geneva, Switzerland. Graines de Paix - France, a mainly volunteer-based partner association. Budget 1.2-1.6 M p.a. Funding Public institutions, Private foundations, private donors, revenue-generating activities. Concrete projects 1. Tailored training programmes for education hierarchies (Counsellors, Inspectors, Teachers, School managers) (Ivory Coast (since 2012), Lebanon, African countries (in the making) 2. Educational resources    --- Growing up in peace Collection (for school classes of children aged 4-12)    --- Growing up together (in development)    (In French, to be culturally-adapted and translated into Arabic and English now) 3. Education counselling for preventing violence Main partners Education Ministries, public and private schools, youth centres.