Rediscovering Childhood in Albania After Camps in Syria

The little girl in frilly white socks speaks confidently into the microphone as her classmates stand behind her on stage. 

Meet Our Team

For more than 20 years, GCERF Grant Finance Specialist Julien Montoux, has worked to redress the inequality he first witnessed up close in Guatemala. What struck the French social sciences student

Counselling children returning from conflicts abroad: A frontline worker’s perspective

A.T.* is a clinical psychologist who counsels families returning to Albania from conflict zones, particularly from refugee camps in northeast Syria.

Reintegration and resocialisation: one mother’s reflections

Zara*, a 31-year-old mother of five seems happy to meet. She says she used to be shy and uncomfortable around new people, but now that has changed. For the past

Overcoming trauma and becoming a peace champion

Mama Mwaka* is a 50-year old resident of Likoni, Kenya. Identified as a victim of extremism after the 2014 attack on Likoni church by Al-Shabaab, she participated in the Safe

Of new beginnings: Scaling economic opportunities for women through the Carol Bellamy WEAVE Fellowship

Haïfa and Abir dropped out of school at a young age due to social and financial difficulties. Like other women in their neighbourhoods, they did not have much to do.

“This is the first time I see hope”: Healing in the prisons of Mali

Seeing Ousmane Koné dance, controlling his movements with the grace of a bird, there’s little to hint at the hardship the 29 year-old has overcome. Now, a professional dancer training

Lifting Basic Education and Expectations of Good Governance in the Philippines

To follow Milwida Guevara’s career, through primary school teaching, federal politics in the Philippines and as an economist for the UN, is to inch ever closer the people she set

Mentoring to prevent radicalisation in Nigeria: “My future is in my hands”

Tersoo, an only child who lost his father at age of 3, is from Adikpo in Kwande Local Government in Nigeria. As a teenager, Tersoo found himself in an environment driven

Empowering the next generation in the Philippines to lead a future without extremism

Like many of her peers, Mira’s dreams for a better future became clouded by the poverty of her circumstances growing up. Around her, she saw malnutrition, abandoned houses and unfinished