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To work in riot-prone areas on ways to build supportive and sustaining relationships between communities through development and empowerment; leading towards peace and cessation of communal violence.
Objectives
1) Building capacities of community men, women and the project staff to channelize their energies to think and act for peace.
2) To facilitate the formation of community-based ownership of the projects by promoting grass root leadership.
3) To promote HMI's practical model of 'Peace Building through Community Development' among the different conflicting communities globally.
Stategy
HMI uses development as a strategy to build peace in the communities. It adopts a holistic approach of meeting the basic needs of the community starting from education, health, economic empowerment, etc. This would gradually enable them to develop their skills required to think and act for peace. |
