Peace Direct is delighted to announce the annual ‘Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders’ awards are now open for entries. Across the world, local people are tackling the causes of violence at the root, and rebuilding lives after war that has torn communities apart. Moreover, Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders is the global awards for local peacebuilding, to recognize the work of those taking a stand for peace.

Awarded annually, they offer international recognition for grassroots peace activists in conflict-affected countries worldwide. These are inspiring people who are building a better tomorrow for their communities, in the most fragile and needy places.

Benefits

• Three winning organisations will each receive $10,000 and online promotion of their work,
• Also, $1,000 will be awarded to the winning photography prize
• A representative from each of the winning organisations will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the award ceremony at PeaceCon 2018 in Washington, DC.

Additionally, the winners will be chosen by an international panel of experts including distinguished peacebuilders, political figures of reconciliation, the Alliance for Peacebuilding and amazing sponsors: Away and the Pickwell Foundation.

Furthermore, in the last six years, over 1,000 entries have been received from nearly 100 countries. Also, the prize winners have worked with ex-child soldiers in Uganda, young people in Israel-Palestine, villagers hit by drug wars in Colombia, tribal groups in Papua New Guinea and more.

 Eligibility

These are global awards so there is no geographical restriction on applications. In order to be eligible to enter, applicants must:

• Undertake peacebuilding work – applicants organisation is either a peacebuilding organisation or has peacebuilding as a substantial element of their work.
• Also, Be locally based – applicants organisation must be based in the country or communities where their work is done. If their organisation operates in multiple countries, they are not eligible to enter. (Note cross-border projects are eligible.)
• Be an independent organisation, not an in-country or satellite organisation of an international NGO.
• Also, Be working, or planning to work, in at least one of the following thematic areas: women-led peacebuilding; youth-led peacebuilding; or non-violent action.