Help
Heal Old Wounds and Sow the Seeds of Peace
Burma
• Ethiopia
• Sierra Leone
• Rwanda
The Peace Company is proud to introduce our new initiative, Peace
Gifts for Global Healing, to further our mission of creating a sustainable
global culture of peace.
We have selected several areas of the world where violent conflict
has profoundly affected people’s lives. Out of the media eye
once hostilities subside, the people of these areas are struggling
unseen—often as refugees, war widows or ex-combatants—to
rebuild their lives and communities.
Poverty is a Weapon of Mass
Destruction
There is an old adage – “Give a man a fish and he eats
for a day. Teach a man to fish and they can eat for a lifetime.”
In many ways, the goals of Peace Gifts for Global Healing are analogous
to this. While we are not doing any teaching directly, our program
will help provide economic opportunities for those seeking to rebound
from the horrors of war. We are doing this in several ways:
- Increasing public awareness about these places of conflict
- Making the public aware of specific organizations doing development
work with these vulnerable populations
- Providing new and expanded markets for products produced in
these areas
- Donating a portion of profits on all Peace Gifts for Global
Healing products back to the local programs (non-profits and NGOs)
And, while doing all of the above, we are providing beautiful and
functional merchandise for you to cherish or give as a Gift of Peace.
Your purchases directly
support programs that provide economic opportunities for
victims of war. These are some of the most vulnerable
populations in the world. In addition to the support created
by providing markets for their work, The Peace Company
will donate a portion of profits from Peace
Gifts for Global Healing merchandise purchases
back to these local, non-profit programs. |
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Merchandise Available
The Programs in Action
Tribal Karen women weaving for the WEAVE program at a refugee
camp on Thai-Burmese border
Learn more about Burma
and the WEAVE Project
Ethiopian woman from Alem Gena, near Addis Ababa,
spinning silk
Learn more about Ethiopia and the Sabahar Project
Rwandan woman weaving sisal baskets in refugee camp
Learn more about Rwanda and the Rwandan Weavers Project
Children eating at the CEM school in Sierra Leone
Learn more about Sierra Leone and the CEM Program
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