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About Nonviolent Peaceforce

Location:

2610 University Avenue West, Suite 550, St. Paul, MN 55114, US

Mission Statement

We protect civilians in violent conflicts through unarmed strategies. We build peace side by side with local communities. We advocate for the wider adoption of these approaches to safeguard human lives and dignity. We envision a worldwide culture of peace in which conflicts within and between communities and countries are managed through nonviolent means.

Description

As an unarmed, paid civilian protection force, Nonviolent Peaceforce fosters dialogue among parties in conflict and provides a protective presence for threatened civilians.

With the headquarters in France and an office in Saint Paul, NP field teams are presently deployed in the Philippines, in South Sudan, Myanmar and the Middle East. Our field staff include veterans of conflict zones, experienced peacekeepers, and those new to the field with the right combination of experience, skills, aptitude and attitude. Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is registered in the US as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and in Belgium as an AISBL.

Within every combat zone we enter, and throughout our work worldwide, we want to achieve four overarching goals:

• To create a space for fostering lasting peace.
• To protect civilians, especially those made vulnerable because of the conflict.
• To develop and promote the theory and practice of unarmed civilian peacekeeping so that it may be adopted as a policy option by decision makers and public institutions.
• To build the pool of professionals able to join peace teams through regional activities, training, and maintaining a roster of trained, available people.