Peace Insight
Released: November 2023
In the tumultuous landscape of 2023, where conflict casts its shadow across the globe, Peace Insight emerges as a beacon of hope and understanding. Unveiling stories of resilience, diplomacy, and the human spirit, it navigates through the chaos, offering insights that transcend borders. In a time when war echoes loudly, Never Again Rwanda invites readers to explore the pathways to tranquility, bridging divides and fostering a collective commitment to a future where peace prevails.
Peace Insight
Released: June 2022
From Crisis to Opportunity. 2020 and 2021 will forever be unforgettable years. The world not only faced a global health crisis, but also imminent issues like climate change, racism, economic recessions, insidious systems of oppression and indelible inequalities. As we look to the future, the need for collective efforts towards lasting peace in our communities has never been more critical.
Peace Insight
Released: April 2020
Aristotle, the legendary Greek philosopher said that humans are social beings whose every decision affects other people. Although the 21st century has been characterized by an individualistic culture, the global COVID-19 pandemic has awakened a moral responsibility to collective safety
Peace Insight
Released: March 2020
This is the inaugural issue of “PeaceInsight” a multidisciplinary and intercultural peacebuilding journal, with articles that have ideas that will illuminate our joint path towards positive and lasting peace in our communities.
Peace Insight
Released: June-July 2019
Peace is engrained in every level of our society. As part of the PBI team, I have had a chance to learn and grow with a magnificent and inspiring group of young adults who are building and creating spaces for peaceful dialogue, grassroots initiatives for community cohesion, and socioeconomic development.
Peace Insight
Released: May 2019
The recent Rwanda Mental Health Survey (RMHS 2018) conducted by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) revealed the increased prevalence of various mental disorders within the general Rwandan population and within genocide survivors.
Peace Insight
Released: April 2019
Young people need a platform to voice their concerns on policy and practice of commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. It is on this note that Never Again Rwanda held the 8th National Youth Conference on the Policy, Practice and Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi on April 18th 2019.
Peace Insight
Released: January-March 2019
Our first issue in the year 2019 has come during the time when Rwandans and friends to Rwanda all over the world are commemorating the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi for the 25th time. As an organization that was founded to respond to its consequences in 2002, this period not only reminds us of the shock that left over one millions lives claimed, but also the fact that its consequences still linger on, especially among a fraction of the generation that is yet to be healed from the traumatic ordeal during the dark 100 days.
Peace Insight
Released: November-December 2018
We are glad to bring you our last edition of the year 2018. 2018 was quite an eventful year for Never Again Rwanda (NAR). We embarked on initiating two pillars: Education and Sustainable Livelihoods. This is because
we discovered that besides engaging our beneficiaries in peace building and participatory governance initiatives, there was also the need to empower them to better their lives and improve their social-economic
welfare.
Peace Insight
Released: October 2018
Every 10th of October, world mental health day is observed, a day that provides an opportunity to identify what needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for all people. The day that was celebrated this year for the 26th time since 1992, showed that there is still limited mental health education, awareness campaigns or even advocacy against this social stigma.
Peace Insight
Released: September 2018
September was marked with celebrations of the International Day of Peace globally and Rwanda was no exception, as the National Unity and Reconciliation commission in collaboration with Never Again Rwanda among other Peace Actors organised an event to celebrate peace.
Peace Insight
Released: July-August 2018
If one would say that August was more of a month for the youth, they would not be far from the truth. As the world marked the International Youth Day on 12th August and the United Nations gathered Youth and Sustainable Development Goals advocates under the theme of “Safe Spaces for the Youth”, Never Again Rwanda convened
Peace Insight
Released: June 2018
On June 18th 2018 the Peacebuilding Team launched the 18th bi-annual Peace-Building Institute. This year’s
Institute received over fifty applications from 17 different countries spanning across four different continents. Ultimately, 18 highly qualified university students and young professionals from Rwanda, DRC, Benin, the United States, and France were chosen to
participate in the 2018 International PBI.
Peace Insight
Released: May 2018
vision of empowering active citizens, especially
the youth. Based on what youth had to say, it’s my pleasure to announce that Never Again Rwanda is going to start a newsletter dubbed the “Youth Insight”, where youth will share their experiences, challenges, opportunities and how they are meaningfully participating in the varied processes in the development of their communities, it will be by the youth and for the youth.
Peace Insight
Released: March-April 2018
On the 3rd of April 2018, Never Again Rwanda hosted a national conference with an aim to establish a platform for the Rwandan youth and other key stakeholders to discuss and provide input into the national policy and practice for commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
Peace Insight
Released: February 2018
On the 26th of February 2018, Never Again Rwanda kicked off its largest and most far-reaching Regional Peace-Building Institute to date.
Peace Insight
Released: January 2018
In 2017, the Societal Healing and Participatory Governance program was a highlight because of the numerous Spaces for Peace that took place. Most of them had started two years ago and in 2017 we recorded some increase of trust demonstrated through the collaboration of organized community activities.
Peace Insight
Released: September 2017
Peace has become elusive in a world plagued by youth restiveness. Globally, some youth from various regions have become discordant encouraging and promoting divisive tendencies. History has taught us that this kind of trend is a wind that blows no man any good.
Peace Insight
Released: August 2017
Peace has become elusive in a world plagued by youth restiveness. Globally some youths from the various regions have become discordant encouraging and promoting divisive tendencies. History has taught
us that this kind of trend is a wind that blows no
man any good.
Peace Insight
Released: May-July 2017
Here is that one question that most peace-actors usually ask whenever post conflict societies hold an election. ‘Do elections help in building peace?’
One particular UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights clause, gives the right to any citizen to take part in the government of his/ her country directly, by freely choosing a representative.
This clause
Peace Insight
Released: March 2017
KIGALI :- The Peace building Institute (PBI) was established by Never Again Rwanda as a bi-annual platform that brings together Rwandan, regional, international university students and young professionals to study Genocide and examine the reconstruction efforts in the post-genocide Rwanda.
Peace Insight
Released: February 2017
On December 12th 2016, Never Again Rwanda
(NAR) joined the world in commemorating the
International Human Rights Day and on this
day it was noted how the government of Rwanda has
made strides in the promotion and protection of Human Rights.
Peace Insight
Released: January 2017
The International Conference on Healing and
Social Cohesion was a conference organized by
Never Again Rwanda (NAR) and Interpeace and
funded by the Swedish Embassy in Rwanda. The conference took place between 11-12th of November at the Marriott Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda.
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