Peace Resources

There are many pathways to building Peace. The common denominator of these stories is Rotary. 

 

Coffee with Peace Building Impact

Coffee is a powerful tool for peace-building. Columbia has a history of violence and conflict, and many coffee farmers have been affected by it. By drinking Pazifico Coffee you make a positive impact on the lives of coffee growers in Columbia by supporting initiatives that prmote peace, social justice, and economic development in coffee-growing regions. The main porpouse of Pazifico is to improve the living conditions of coffee growing families affected by the armed conflict. Company co-founder, Daniel Cano, was a Rotary Peace Fellow at Uppsala University in Sweden. His recent focus has been to concentrate efforts to reduce the production of cocaine in Colombia by providing economic and technical assistance to farmers in Colombia to produce Specialty coffee as an alternative to substitute illicit crops. Support the movement https://cafepazifico.com/. 
 
 

Women Uplifting Women

Seven Women Centre is a nonprofit that offers fair-trade products and services. Stephanie Woollard, a member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and a former Rotary Peace Fellow, started the organization in 2006 to empower marginalized women in Nepal. The women receive skills, literacy, and financial training that helps them increase their income and independence. Seven Women products are sold throughout Australia and at a shop at their center in Kathmandu.

PACT Peace Program

In 2009, PACT Peace Program kept a young offender out of prison. Nine years later, we see his evolution. An initiative of 30 Rotary Clubs in Toronto, Canada. This is an update from 2018.

 

8000 Kilometers to Peace

The Rotary Club of Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, partnered with the First Baptist Church and the Holy Family Catholic Church in Amherst to sponsor the Alchehade family from Homs, Syria. The family of six were seeking asylum because of the ongoing civil war in Syria. Day in the Life story about the family learning to connect with their new community - at home, school, work, play - and how members of Rotary Club Amherst are coordinating services to assist them.