Living Peace Institute

Living Peace institute (LPI) is a non-government organization founded in DRC. The mission of LPI is to achieve sustainable, gender-equitable peace at all levels of society by engaging men to end SGBV and other forms of violence through an evidence-based psychosocial support program (Living Peace) for men, women, boys and girls with the aim to end violent behaviors and adopt norms and values that support gender equality at individual, family, community and societal levels. Inspired by the lack of programming to support men and women who have been affected by violence, trauma, and displacement in post-conflict and high-violence settings, Living Peace was developed to assist participants in healing from their experiences of trauma by restoring social and partner relationships, and strengthening positive coping strategies that exclude all forms of violence. The groups use a combination of psychosocial support and group education to help men and their partners in post-conflict settings a...