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The program aims at raising awareness about the importance of accepting and respecting others regardless their religion, culture, social status, or education level through engaging beneficiaries in interactive activities.

The program offers:

Peacemakers Competition: Engaging youth (18–25) from Egyptian dioceses in community initiatives based on local needs, such as awareness campaigns, orphanage support, and school beautification. A competition committee selects the most impactful initiative annually.

Arts and Creativity Course: to enhance the artistic and creative skills of youth (18–25) through courses in literature, poetry, choir, painting, role-playing, musical instruments, and sports, held once a week.

The Peacebuilding program reached to a total number of 3209 (1102 non-Christians) participants in community peacebuilding, raising their awareness about the importance of accepting and respecting others regardless of their religion, culture, social status, or education level through engaging them in interactive activities.

Creating Dialogue. Empowering Communities. Building Peace.

At BLESS, we believe that lasting peace begins with education, awareness, and compassion. Through our peacebuilding initiatives, we empower communities to resolve conflict through non-violent means, while breaking down barriers of race, religion, gender, and social norms.

Our Peacebuilding Projects form a preventative strategy—focusing on empowering women, protecting children, and strengthening community bonds to foster a society rooted in equality, justice, and human dignity.

Peace, Love, and Tolerance Project on Combating Violence against Children

In partnership with: UNICEF
Duration: September 2017 – 2024
Governorates: 10 governorates
Target: Christian clergy, church servants, community members, parents, youth

This initiative combats violence against children by empowering faith leaders and caregivers with tools for positive parenting, conflict prevention, and the promotion of tolerance.

Goals:

Raise awareness among clergy and Sunday school servants on children’s rights
Address harmful premarital behaviors
Promote community dialogue on parenting and non-violence

Impact until 2024:

2,667 faith leaders trained on child protection and interfaith dialogue
66,889 individuals reached through awareness campaigns, community screenings, and parenting sessions

Collaborators: IICPSR, Ministry of Endowment, Ministry of Social Solidarity, Ministry of Health

🌍 Why It Matters

By uniting faith leaders, educators, youth, and parents, we build bridges that strengthen our communities from within. Our peacebuilding programs transform everyday citizens into agents of peace, guiding their communities toward equality, nonviolence, and resilience.

💬 Be a Peacemaker

Together, we can:

Break cycles of violence
Empower women and children
Bridge divides across faiths and generations

✨ Join us in creating a future where peace is not just a dream—but a shared reality.
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Meet Mina, Kirollos, Stephen, Omar, and Mahmoud from Melk El-Sayed community, Beni Suef governorate

27 January 2025

During field visits in, Beni Suef, the field worker invited a boy named Mina, to the Children’s Festivals activity and asked him to encourage his friends to join. Enthusiastically, Mina told his classmates—Kirollos, Stephen, Omar, and Mahmoud—about the event. Everyone was excited about the idea, but when Omar asked his mother for permission, she refused, saying, “No, you can’t go. We don’t know these people, and I’m worried about you.”

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Project to Combat Violence Against Children in collaboration with UNICEF.

The Episcopal Authority for Public, Social, and Ecumenical Services, in collaboration with UNICEF, implemented a project to combat violence against children. The project included numerous training sessions, meetings, and dialogues for religious leaders, focusing on their role in correcting misconceptions related to population issues. This initiative is central to renewing and correcting religious discourse and guiding it on the right path.