Call For Applicants-Social Peace Workshops

WHO WE ARE 

Overview 

Thread of Peace, commonly known as House of Peace started to form as a local initiative in 2012 but was officially registered in 2019. The organization was formed by a group of young people who were together searching for meaning and for a sense of belonging during a time of change. Their diverse backgrounds and common purpose made them a valuable team, giving humanitarian assistance to displaced people, hoping that the message of hope would spread through their diversity to contribute to building a better future. The “family” formed gradually grew and its mission persisted despite the fact that many of its founders have moved on. The “House of Peace” thrived as a virtual house holding an ever-expanding family with a humanitarian mission of promoting peace in society and advocating for conflict sensitivity.  

Our Vision 

We envision a diverse community living together in peace. 

Our Mission 

Threads of Peace, commonly known as House of Peace, is a local non-governmental organization established in 2015 in Lebanon. We are a team with diverse backgrounds and expertise, sharing similar values. We exist to support social peace, mainstream conflict sensitivity, and promote the well-being of different communities, civil society actors, the private sector, and the public sector.  

Our Core Values  

We as a team and individually are guided by the values of non-violence, participation, diversity, the promotion of a supportive environment, accountability, and development. Our understanding of each of these core values is outlined below.  

Non-violence: We strive to avoid harm and promote peace, seeking alternatives to violence.

Participation: We believe in the right of every individual to have the opportunity to actively engage in decision-making processes, activities, and issues that affect their lives and communities.

Diversity: We recognize and appreciate the wide range of human differences, including differences in race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, abilities, and perspectives.

A supportive environment: We believe in creating and fostering conditions that promote the well-being, growth, and success of individuals, groups, and communities. We emphasize the importance of providing emotional, social, and practical support to enable individuals to reach their full potential and thrive.

Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and decisions, are transparent, and accept the consequences of all our actions. We value integrity, trust, and ethical behavior in personal, organizational, and societal contexts.

Development: We strongly believe in the continuous improvement and progress of individuals and communities. We are keen on pursuing positive change and growth in various aspects of life.

CALL FOR APPLICANTS

The social peace unit is inviting organizations to apply for this opportunity to provide social peace trainings to their own beneficiaries/participants to engage them in systematic social peace workshop.

Applied with local community groups (refugee and host), different age groups preferably same generation, 12 – 15 participants per workshop.

The process of the Social Peace Workshop is the following:

Social peace workshop level 1 (SPW1)

Supporting participants of local communities coming from different backgrounds to put their own Personal Peace Plans inspired by a paradigm shift of how they perceive peace and how they can work to enhance it. Moreover, participants are expected to start thinking of their community-based initiative that would create space for them and for others to meet and work together. 

Dialogue session (DIA)

Advancing the dialogue skills of participants to be reflected on their perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors towards each other by fostering the space created during the initiative development process.

Initiative Formation:

Depending on the participants resources, an initiative is formed to induce a positive change in people’s perceptions on each other, and in their relationships at the social level (especially between refugees and host communities), and to provide support for their communities during emergencies.

Social peace workshop level 2 (SPW2)

Supporting participants to advance their peacebuilding skills with more tools and concepts and to clarify their personal peace plans as advanced peacebuilders, and set together their visions of social peace in their communities.

Requirements:

- be committed to the period of the trainings as well as the follow up process.

- Be willing to sign an MOU with House of Peace.

- Be willing to attend an introduction meeting with HOPe.

- Appoint a focal point to be communicated with regarding the coordination of the trainings