A 101-Year Old Border Dispute is Finally Over
A century-old conflict finally resolved. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have signed a historic agreement, proving that peace isn’t just a dream—it’s possible through persistence and dialogue. Behind the scenes, activists, journalists, and everyday people worked tirelessly to build trust and create change. In a world often divided, moments like this remind us…
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Government-Community Leaders Dialogues to Reduce Tension in Central Asia: Phase III
The project Government-Community Leaders Dialogues to Reduce Tension in Central Asia: Phase III, supported by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), was a 25-month project, implemented between May 2022 and June 2024, which aimed to strengthen collaboration at the interstate and intrastate levels to enable effective and innovative responses…
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Where Did Our Water Go? Digging for win-win solutions in a polarized community
B M Jayasekera visiting farmers in Badulla A small stream- like river has divided communities in B M Jayasekara’s hometown. Not geographically, but ethnically. “There is a water-related problem in the area.” Farmers from one ethnic community living downstream think that the water problem is caused by farmers from a…
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SHIFT – Strengthening Interfaith Forums and Youth Engagement in Indonesia to Promote Tolerance
In November 2023, Search launched SHIFT, a 14-month initiative supported by USAID under the Asia REF project, that aims to empower youth and religious actors to respond to issues of freedom of religion in Indonesia. Context Although Indonesia’s constitution guarantees religious freedom, followers of religions outside of the six ‘official’…
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CODED – Community-Grounded Programs to Disengage Violent Extremism Offenders
Search initiated the CODED project in December 2023, an eight-month initiative supported by USAID Harmoni, that aims to improve community-grounded programs to disengage violent extremism offenders through a standardized disengagement process in East Java, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable regions to VE in Indonesia. Context Addressing radicalization…
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Opportunities for Peace and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
Fifteen years since the end of the civil war, Sri Lanka is still recovering from collective trauma, mistrust, and violence. The majority-minority divide affects how each group looks back on the war, how they see each other, and what they expect from their government. New and emerging intercommunal tensions erode…
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Finding Peace at a Nursery School in Fergana Valley
We stepped off the dusty street in Asaka, Uzbekistan, through a simple steel door into another world. Gulirano met us in the open, sunlit courtyard of the nursery school she had founded. Trees filled the central garden. Colorful balloons and paper flowers decorated the walkways that ran around the perimeter.…
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Youth as Active and Responsible Citizens – Youth Act
Context and Background: Along with government mismanagement, Sri Lanka has also been wracked by other recent crises with serious economic implications, including the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings and the COVID-19 pandemic. With the government’s poor handling of the economy considered to be the cause, the country has also experienced widespread…
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Peace Rewards
Peace Rewards is a five-year project funded by KinderNothilfee (KNH.) Commencing in July 2022, the overall goal of this project is to strengthen the contribution of women’s civil society groups to foster a more peaceful Sri Lanka for children. This objective will be achieved through empowering women’s civil society groups…
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