🗣️"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." #NelsonMandelaDay

🫶🏾 "Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon." #MandelaDay

💬 "Peace is not just the absence of conflict; #peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish— regardless of race, colour, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference."

✴️ Women Protection Team members in the internally displaced person’s camp of Tawila have become an important bridge between communities and #humanitarian actors. From connecting civilians to essential #MentalHealth and psychosocial services, to assisting families with securing humanitarian aid.

💬 "Before, we thought protection belonged to organizations. Today, we know protection belongs to all of us. Even if we have nothing to give, we can listen, accompany, and make sure no one suffers alone." -Women Protection Team Member, Tawila, #Sudan

🔹 Designed for high school youth ages 14-18, the workshop focused on boosting situational awareness & relationship-building skills to strengthen safety planning skills & encourage nonviolent responses to conflict. Students started by reflecting on a central question: “What does #safety mean to us?”

🌐 In recognition of #WorldYouthSkillsDay, we're highlighting a recent workshop organized by Save The People USA, NP's NY team, and @icny.bsky.social.

✴️ The following brief takes a closer look at the living conditions in the areas of internal displacement and their impact on civilian #safety. ➡️ Read the full brief: bit.ly/44l2CPG

💬 "...Through the Women-Friendly Space, I've come to realize that women like me also have a voice and a responsibility in building our community.” -Sweetsel, Women-Friendly Space Facilitator, Maguindanao del Sur, BARMM, #Philippines

🏫 Determined to address the challenges facing their community, a group of #youth in Krovy village reached out to NP. They wanted support in addressing the presence of war remnants (such as mines), limited access to water, and the absence of functioning government services, including schools.

💬 "We realized that responsibility towards the village had become our duty.” -Mazen*, Krovy Youth Peace Team (YPT) Member Nearly a decade after the end of the ISIS invasion of northern #Iraq, communities across the region continue to rebuild their lives. *Name changed for privacy

The following #CaseStudy examines how NP's facilitation of a structured community dialogue interrupted this cycle, ultimately leading to #ConflictResolution and improved #SocialCohesion amongst the communities. ➡️ Read more on our site: bit.ly/4ezEsWh

🔸The brief calls for immediate #humanitarian access, establishment of safe and dignified evacuation corridors, protection of #civilians and humanitarian workers, and guarantees for the safe return of displaced residents once conditions allow. Read the brief: ➡️ bit.ly/4axhhus

It also demonstrates how direct protection practices, especially when rooted in community partnership, can foster both immediate safety and the conditions for longer-term #peace. ➡️ Read more: bit.ly/49OTmGM

The WPTs #CommunityLed engagement offers critical insight into the realities shaping women's roles in #peacebuilding, #SocialCohesion, and protection. ➡️ Read more: bit.ly/43GPELX

✅ Recognising these realities is essential for advancing the Youth, Peace, and Security agenda in Ninewa in ways that are responsive to local priorities and constraints. ➡️ Read the full case study: bit.ly/4vsXwMM ➡️ Read in Arabic: bit.ly/4dPhWcZ

🔸 Since fleeing violence in #Darfur, a number of women have been able to reestablish their Women's Protection Team (WPT) in #Tawila. With the support of NP, they're leading hygiene awareness sessions.

🔸 One of NP's local partners, #VilnyVoiny (“Free Warriors”), is using adaptive sports, like wheelchair basketball, to help war #veterans improve physical health, overcome social isolation, build confidence, and regain community.

🦽 Odesa is home to one of #Ukraine’s largest veteran populations, including over 7,300 veterans who have disabilities as a result of injuries sustained during their military service.

Each drone costs $20K+. Each interception $1M+. Civilians in #Iraq pay in ways that can't be measured in dollars — disrupted sleep, restricted movement, compounded trauma. Our new white paper examines what drone warfare actually means for people on the ground. 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdz4ctfb #DroneWarfare

📅 May 20! Join our side event at #POCWeek2026: ⬇️ RSVP before May 18 tinyurl.com/4msu66je #NotATarget #ActForHumanity

🗓️ May 20! Join us for an event at #POCWeek2026: Centring Civilian Agency and Community-Led Protection in an Era of Constraints, Austerity and Impunity ⬇️ Register before May 18: tinyurl.com/5n8ytm84 #NotATarget #ActForHumanity

⛑️ Following the incidents, NP staff and partners assisted at a casualty collection point. There, they they provided initial #FirstAid before the injured sought further medical treatment. NP staff and local #humanitarian partners also helped guide #civilians to underground shelters.

❗️This week, several powerful explosions struck central Kramatorsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Homes, vehicles, and critical civilian infrastructure, including a school, were destroyed or damaged in blasts and subsequent fires.

🗣️“These attacks are occurring in broad daylight, when people are going about their daily lives. The scale and nature of these strikes indicate an intent to cause maximum civilian harm.” -Joachim Kleinmann, NP Head of Programmes in Ukraine

As the humanitarian sector continues to face #ForeignAid constraints and reductions, it's more urgent than ever that Duty of Care is prioritized. Read in French ➡️ bit.ly/4daXy4e

🆕 Briefing — Protecting Those Who Stay: Rethinking Duty of Care Duty of Care is the ethical, legal, and organisational responsibility to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, and respond to risks to the physical and psychological wellbeing of those undertaking #humanitarian action. Read ➡️ bit.ly/4dy5g95

❗️Today, a Russian fibre-optic drone struck a humanitarian vehicle of Nonviolent Peaceforce’s (NP) partner organisation “Strong Because Free” in the city of Kherson, #Ukraine. Three #humanitarian workers have been injured.

🆕 Issue Briefing: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support x Unarmed Civilian Protection (#UCP) The following publication highlights how NP is taking a proactive approach to address emotional and traumatic stress. ➡️ Read more: bit.ly/4u51NFm

It is only when people feel safe – to move, to speak and connect with their fellow community members – that real repair, steps toward justice and accountability, and reconstruction of #Syria can begin. ➡️ Read the report on our website: bit.ly/3OaEACy ➡️ Read in Arabic: bit.ly/4tGKgDj