Breaking the cycle of violence

The Peace School is a one-of-a-kind primary and secondary school that provides quality education integrated with nonviolence principles derived from the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, based on the teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. Located in Mumosho, an area of villages just over 20 kilometers from Bukavu in South Kivu, the school serves vulnerable children and orphans, preparing them for constructive, peaceful leadership to influence the future of their nation, and our world. The school’s policies and curriculum include:

• providing the standard Congolese school curriculum: reading, writing, mathematics, science, and arts

• class sizes that are limited to 40 — versus the typical 75-80 — providing better one-on-one attention

• a solar-powered computer lab training students on word processing and internet skills

• providing childhood trauma identification and support through trained staff and a counselor

• vocational food security and farming training

• preschool at the Congo Peace School: “The Nest” comprises two preschool classes supported and funded by Nest Global and provides for Congolese children the opportunities to develop their own positive voices with which they can eventually shape a just and civil nation

• teaching nonviolent dispute resolution

• providing two nutritious meals per day for children who often don’t have enough to eat at home

Download the Congo Peace School deck/booklet and one-sheet for more information, stories, and photos, and to learn how you can invest in this groundbreaking school.

In partnership with The Dillon Henry Foundation, with major support over the years from Bill & Annie Macomber, the DHF Guardian Donors, Jewish World Watch, the Judy Ann Bork Charitable Trust, PILA Global, Pour Les Femmes, and all of Action Kivu’s family of donors.