By: Rev. Dr. Patrick R. Devine
Shalom-SCCRR is an inter-religious non-governmental organization that works in Africa; mainly, in the Eastern Africa member countries of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). Shalom’s vision is a society in which peace, justice and reconciliation prevail throughout Africa. Its mission is to work for a society free of physical violence and unjust social structures in Africa. Its main objective is to attain conflict transformation and conflict resolution for all people in Africa through empowering local communities to be architects of their own interdependent future of reconciled co-existence. Shalom’s inter-faith team not only have postgraduate qualifications that befit the theoretical and functional demands of conflict transformation and peacebuilding but also possess practical skills in building authentic trust between antagonistic communities. The conflict environments where Shalom intervenes are characterized by persistent, manifest, and structural violence.
Credentials in social science research methodologies, statistics, political science, conflict transformation, peacebuilding and development are some of the foremost qualifications of Shalom team members since it was founded.
