Stories from Africa, Asia and Latin-America
About powerful people who fight for their rights, shake their enemies hands or looking to heal their trauma.

Celebration of kick-off interreligious JISRA consortium
June 3rd – Together with more than 100 participants, today we celebrated the official kick-off of The Joint Initiative on… Read more

Behavioural Insights in Peacebuilding
Working on peace and reconciliation is to focus on behavioural change. Human behaviour is very interesting, but also very complex,… Read more

Youth embark on an online journey for interfaith peace
Over the past decade, religious-based violence and discrimination against religious minorities has increased significantly. Throughout the world, there is a… Read more

Colombian social leaders dialogue with international actors
In the webinar “COVID-19 and peacebuilding: leaders of the Colombian Pacific tell us”, social leaders enter into a dialogue with… Read more

Report: The role of social leaders in Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mensen met een Missie publishes the report ‘Red Flag’, which illustrates the challenges that Afro-Colombian and indigenous (female) social leaders… Read more

How Kenya is moving towards less police violence and more cooperation
Discrimination and violence by the police is a daily occurrence in Kenya. There is a strong sense of distrust between… Read more

Working with women on peace and security in DR Congo and Burundi
The Hague, May 29, 2020 – Mensen met een Missie has been invited to develop a programme with the Ministry… Read more

When you’re not the only one who suffers
She felt hatred like nobody else could. Or so she thought. At the Mosintuwu women’s school (Sulawesi, Indonesia), Muslim woman… Read more

Do the unexpected: connect
Exclusion lies at the root of any conflict. Small and big. This applies to the United States as well. The… Read more

Dutch government explores cooperation with interfaith alliance
The Hague, 29th of May 2020 – The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the policy framework Power of Voices,… Read more

The COVID-19 crisis requires national ánd international solidarity
50 development, human rights and emergency organizations, including Mensen met een Missie, make an appeal to the Dutch government for… Read more

Far away but always near
Far away but always near It is affecting us all. Around the globe. COVID19. To prevent further escalation we need… Read more

“There is more that unites us than separates us”
It’s early evening as we bump around in a taxi van through the old town of Mombasa, Kenya. We get… Read more

Expert Meeting Religion, Peace and Justice
Religion experts: “Cooperation around religion necessary for international cooperation and effective foreign policy” The Hague, May 28th 2019 – On… Read more