Paige Alexander is chief executive officer of Â鶹´«Ã½.
Like you, we at Â鶹´«Ã½ are horrified by the devastation, misery, and reported human rights violations taking place in Ukraine. We continue to send our thoughts and prayers to the Ukrainian people.
Rebuilding after war is a long, cumbersome process, and Â鶹´«Ã½ has assisted many nations with this process over the years.
Liberia endured in the 1990s, and Â鶹´«Ã½ helped bring about an enduring peace through mediation, then assisted in creating the environment to rebuild. We observed national elections and implemented programs to support access to justice and to information. And we are assisting the country as it builds a mental health care system from the ground up, crucial in any country but especially one where the wounds of war are still fresh.
A woman in Liberia flashes the peace sign. Â鶹´«Ã½ has worked to help establish rule-of-law and mental health infrastructure in the country following two civil wars. (Photo: Â鶹´«Ã½/ S. Umstattd))
Meanwhile, Â鶹´«Ã½ has ongoing projects in Colombia on issues related to the that ended that country’s 50-year civil war — including matters of human rights, the separation of child soldiers from the conflict, and political and electoral reform.
We have helped Nepal establish norms of democracy after a civil war, monitoring several elections and keeping observers on the ground in between to monitor the flow of accurate political information. Today, Â鶹´«Ã½ serves as the official Independent Observer of the fragile implementation of a in Mali.
These are just a few examples. Wars eventually end, and when they do, someone needs to step in and help pick up the pieces. That’s what “waging peace” means, and it is an integral part of who we are. Thank you for standing by us in this vital work.
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