Select the pins on the map to find out more about the work we’ve done in each location. Since beginning our work in 2009, we’ve successfully implemented programs in 8 countries, with more on the way.
IPI’s work aims to create independent, lasting and sustainable peace in war-affected areas. To do this, we identify local community partners and leaders to ideate and implement solutions. Examples of our work have included micro-finance loans, a revenue-generating poultry farm system, investing in collaboratives, peace research, facilitating peacebuilding dialogues, assisting the demobilization of armed group members and child soldiers, and more.
Locations Include:
Ukraine
(upcoming)
South Sudan
(2024 – Present): Community-led sustainable peacebuilding mechanism
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2015 – Present): Demobilization and community reintegration of armed groups and child soldiers
Burundi
(2024 – Present): Teaching peace methodology alongside digital and media literacy
(2014 – 2017): Investments into collaboratives supporting peacebuilding and orphan care
Uganda
(2012 – 2015): Poultry farms supporting care of orphans affected by AIDS and war
Iraq
(2012 – 2014): Subsidized childcare for internally displaced widows
Afghanistan
(2010): Investment in coffee shop employing oppressed Afghans
Colombia
(2010): Peacebuilding research
We build
Lasting Peace
IPI’s work includes:
Developing and implementing peace strategies in war-affected areas in partnership with local peacebuilding champions.
Cultivating an international community of active and aspiring peacebuilders through education and open dialogue.
Emphasizing the intersection of peace scholarship and practice (praxis).
Investing and participating in new peacebuilding initiatives worldwide.
We do this through:
Peacebuilding Programming to implement conflict resolution and peace strategies (e.g., DRC demobilization and reintegration project).
Practitioner-friendly research that provides actionable insights and reflections from successful and unsuccessful conflict resolution and peacebuilding strategies to inform better practice moving forward.
Events and fellowships that bring the worlds of scholarship and practice together to enhance the abilities and networks of existing peacemakers and educate the next generation in effective peacemaking.
We Create
Locally-Led Peacebuilding Solutions
Thierry’s Project is an initiative focused in the Democratic Republic of Congo that aims to demobilize and reintegrate child soldiers through a goat-giving program.
The Young Women’s Peacebuilding Fellowship is a fellowship offered to students, providing hands-on peacebuilding experience and learning.
The Community-Led Sustainable Peacebuilding Mechanism Workshop was held from November 19–21, 2024, in Bor, Jonglei State, South Sudan.
In Burundi, we’re building a foundation for resilience and progress by teaching peace methodology alongside digital and media literacy.
Currently, IPI has four active programs. However, one of our programmatic pillars emphasizes lasting solutions that are sustained long-after our involvement ends. While we may have strategically exited our previous initiatives, we do not necessarily consider them “inactive.”
We work with
Incredible Partners
The Carter School at George Mason University
The Carter School and George Mason University “seeks to identify and address the underlying causes of conflict and provide tools for ethical and just peacebuilding.”
KMF
Our changing world requires new approaches to missions. KMF maximizes its impact by providing resources to innovative mission projects that are smart, sustainable, and scalable.
Harvest Christian Fellowship
Where you’ll find a family of believers committed to loving you with the love of Christ. At Harvest, we glorify Jesus through teaching, equipping, prayer, worship, fellowship, and outreach.
