Our Mission
We aim to equip local leaders with the perspectives & skills needed to promote peace & religious freedom, for all people of faith in religiously
diverse communities.
Article 18 of the UN Human Rights Committee protects theistic, non-theistic and atheistic beliefs, as well as the right not to profess any religion or belief. We believe that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. That everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscious, and religious expression.
Our Vision
We envision a world were religious diversity and peace co-exist in every community.
WHERE WE WORK
THAILAND
LAOS
CAMBODIA
MYANMAR
OUR VALUES
Human Dignity for Everyone Everywhere
The Punta del Este Declaration on Human
Dignity for Everyone Everywhere
Peacemaking
“Positive peace implies reconciliation and restoration through creative
transformation of conflict” (Douglas Noll, “What is Peacemaking”)
Religious Freedom
Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right
includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in
teaching, practice, worship and observance.”
Deep Listening
“We have to listen to our own suffering…and to the suffering of others.
To listen with compassion, without preconceived ideas and without judgment is healing.”
Venerable Monk, Thich Nhat Hanh
Love for Our Enemies
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate
your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,..”
(Matthew 5:43-44).
