PBI making space for peace

Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which protects human rights and promotes nonviolent transformation of conflicts.When invited, they send teams of volunteers into areas of repression and conflict. The volunteers accompany human rights defenders, their organizations and others threatened by political violence. Perpetrators of human rights abuses usually do not want the world to witness their actions. The presence of volunteers backed by a support network helps to deter violence. PBI CREATES SPACE for local activists to work for social justice and human rights.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

May 30th Peace Dance 2 in Suroba


On the 30th of May the last in the series of PeaceDance was carried out by PBI together with lokal partner Sanggar Seni. As with the first Peacedance PBI tried to empower Sanggar Seni, a local umbrella organisation for traditional dance, music and handicrafts, to pay attention to local culture and cultural rights. We brought together 5 differents groups out of different areas in the Baliem Valley. The goals were again bringing together different tribes and pay attention to local culture as a part of human rights. After the formal program of performances and the bakar batu one of the groups started playing music and everybody started dancing spontaniously. It was a great event were people have been brought together in a broad sence.

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