NP Work in the Field
Sri Lanka Project
In 2002, the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) signed a ceasefire agreement and peace negotiations facilitated by Norway began. This was an opening for Nonviolent Peaceforce to enter the country in 2003 with a mandate to support the peace process at a grassroots level and provide unarmed protection to people coming out of 25 years of war.
Philippines Project
Nonviolent Peaceforce was invited to Mindanao by local organizations working for peace and justice. Some of the organizations are formally involved in monitoring the ceasefire between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
NP deploys internationals to work with local peacekeepers, contribute to their safety, help to maintain ceasefires and advance the peace process.
Nonviolent Peaceforce Philippines Project objectives include:
Guatemala Project
On the night of February 3, 2007, a computer was stolen when the offices of La Unidad were raided. A hangman's noose was left on the doorknob. Several days later, a message was sent through a relative of a member in one of the organizations of the building indicating that the army had conducted the raid. There are reasons to believe the information was accurate. It was at this point that the Unit for Protection of Human Rights Defenders of the National Movement of Human Rights of Guatemala (La Unidad) asked NP to deploy peacekeepers for protective accompaniment.
Sudan Project
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended Sudan's generation-long North-South civil war in 2005 is at risk Citizens remain polarized along political and tribal lines and arms are abundant. Resource conflict and human displacement contribute to conflict throughout the region. The Governments of Sudan and (semi-autonomous) South Sudan continue to maneuver for partisan advantage as the 2010 national elections and a 2011 referendum on southern independence approach.
