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Who Are We

Living Proof Initiative for Hope is a non-profit organization committed to stopping violent conflict and creating more peaceful societies through innovative education, training, research, and practice worldwide. LPIH was established in ……… by Living Proof skilled professionals who have conducted conflict transformation and peacekeeping projects in over 30 communities in Nigeria.

Conflict is an inseparable part of human interaction. When addressed effectively, it can lead to peaceful and positive change. LPIH helps people transform destructive conflicts by addressing underlying needs and concerns, building sustainable relationships, and changing the contexts and conditions that foster violence. LPIH works with educators, youth, community and religious leaders, non-governmental organizations, and governmental agencies to transform conflicts into opportunities for peaceful change.

LPIH believes that conflicts are embedded in relations at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and international levels, and include psychological, socio-cultural, spiritual, political, historical, and economic dimensions. We use multi-faceted approaches to develop better understandings of conflict situations and create effective interventions. All of LPIH’s services incorporate a set of basic ethical values.

• Participatory methods and processes enhance ownership of decisions and actions.
• Inclusiveness for the full range of personal, professional, and cultural diversity creates successful conflict transformation and social change efforts.
• Empowerment enables people to openly and directly influence the conditions and decisions that govern their lives.
• Social Responsibility, Justice, and Healing acknowledges and corrects inequities and injustices, and promotes individual and community healing.
• Building Relationships means fostering open, honest, respectful, and trusting working relationships.
• Confidentiality respects the need for safe and confidential forums to address people’s concerns and resolve conflicts.
• Accessibility makes the skills and processes of conflict transformation accessible, and provides pro-bono assistance to those in need who lack available resources.

What We Do

LPIH applies its experience and expertise in conflict analysis and resolution and program design, implementation, and evaluation to support the needs of our clients. Our innovative programs and services are grounded in multi-disciplinary applied research and theory and reflect cutting-edge knowledge and practical experience. LPIH member-consultants have conducted conflict interventions and research in more than 30 countries and trained over 5,500 adults and youth in conflict transformation skills and processes.

Training & Education

Training and education is a key component of capacity building for individuals, organizations, and communities to transform their conflicts and build peace. Training is also an effective intervention tool when conducted with people from different sides of a conflict in joint or parallel training. Such training can pave the way for dialogue, negotiations, and other conflict resolution and peacekeeping processes.

LPIH customizes its training and education programs to meet the specific needs of our clients, including:

• Customized curricula and training materials for introductory and advanced seminars, workshops, and academic courses.
• Training in a broad spectrum of topics to address various stages of conflict and peacekeeping.
• Conflict Analysis and Assessment: This involves analytical assessment of conflict both nationally and internationally.
• Conflict Resolution: To bring about resolution and nations at large to end conflict.
• Conflict Sensitive Development: Addressing development in conflict-sensitive ways.
• Cross-cultural Communication & Understanding: Essential for peacemaking across cultures.
• Dialogue & Democracy: Dialogue fosters exchange and understanding; democracy empowers governance by the people.
• Facilitation: Enables conflict analysis through improved infrastructure and accessibility.
• Negotiation: Peace is negotiated through dialogue, arbitration, and mediation.
• Mediation: Resolving disputes amicably between parties.
• Peacekeeping and Reconstruction: Supporting ideas and initiatives for sustainable peace.
• Reconciliation: Essential for long-term peace and understanding.
• Violence Prevention: Educating to prevent violence and promote peace.
• Program Evaluation: Assessing outcomes to refine future efforts.

Why Peacekeeping?

Peacekeeping is about addressing the underlying causes of conflict. It helps people to resolve their differences without resorting to violence.

Support

Donations enable LPIH to provide community services such as conflict transformation trainings and interventions to support peacekeeping in conflict areas around communities in the country that have great needs, but few resources.