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Come join Peace Geeks on May 22nd at the W2 Media Cafe (111 W Hastings, Woodwards Building) in Gastown from 6.30 - 8.30 pm to learn more about what we do, who we help and how we work! You will have a chance to connect with our amazing volunteers, learn about our projects and find out how you can get involved as a volunteer or sponsor!
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HarassMap is an application that helps Egyptian women report instances of street harassment. Peace Geeks will help HarassMap build a new website on May 6th. Join us...
Hey everyone! Peace Geeks is getting ready for our next Hackathon session on May 6th, 2012 to work on the development of a new website for Cairo-based HarassMap. If you are interested in joining us to contribute to this project, please register at http://peacegeeks.org/...
Peace Geeks Executive Director Renee Black was featured yesterday in the Networking in Van's column, Women Making a Difference, talking about Peace Geeks and women helping women. Check it out!
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The first Peace Geeks newsletter is out with news on our Peace Art exhibition & launch, street art in Afghanistan, peace tech, success stories and our current projects. Don't miss it! Get the full newsletter by clicking here
In September 2011 Peace Geeks began helping CEWIGO to re-brand their organization to include key themes of leadership, empowerment, equality, strength and advancement. Re-branding started with the design of a new logo for CEWIGO along with a standards manual, that proposes easy-to-read, color and font choices. These standards will be used to design a new website, publication templates and a broadcast component. CEWIGO's new website aims to improve the integration of social media tools, strengthen layout, be less text...
Long after conflict ends, the effects of war live on and create a risk of renewed conflict. In Uganda, which has suffered for over twenty years terrifying civil conflict, many challenges exist beyond those that make international headlines.
In the context of Uganda, the LRA conflict moved outside of its borders around five years ago, which have enabled the processes of resettlement, rebuilding and recovery to begin. However, as displaced populations have begun to return to their communities of origin, a distinct set of challenges has emerged that threaten to derail Uganda’s fragile peace.
Over the course of the LRA conflict, an estimated 1.7 million people were displaced from their homes, often forcibly, and into one of 250 displacement camps set up in the region. While some 30,000 people remain in camps today, most have begun the process of returning to their homes, only to discover their land and property have been illegally occupied or...
