In fragile and conflict-affected countries, civil strife pins communities against each other as spoilers manipulate existing tensions, deepening fault lines and fracturing relationships.

Taking the time to understand the field is an important first step to take as an organization explores broadening the scope of its work.

Central African Republic

In the shadows of Bangui's National Forum, NGOs are doing the painstaking work of rebuilding CAR's social fabric. While at the national-level, delegates made police recommendations around such topics as peace and security, justice and reconciliation, governance, as well as social and economic development, at the community-level these problems are personal. 

Religion as a unified system of beliefs and practices, is a worldview that incorporates a moral compulsion for action and meaning-making with respect to one's earthly existence. Within a conflict, religion can take on multiple roles that can in essence be broken down into three different categories: (1) a mitigating role; (2) a latent force, and/or (3) a driver of conflict.