The Center’s Peace Education pillar equips teachers, students, policymakers and community leaders with evidence-based approaches to build societal resilience against division and the pathway to violence. Activities include residential training on proven peacekeeping models, programs addressing hate speech, and vocational training integrating peace values. With capacity to serve thousands of educators, youth and global practitioners annually, this pillar transforms Rwanda’s peacebuilding lessons into practical applications worldwide. The focus extends beyond traditional education to include climate resilience training and economic empowerment, recognizing that sustainable peace requires both social cohesion and livelihood security.

This cornerstone brings together opposing factions from conflict zones, creating neutral ground for facilitated dialogue and concrete conflict resolution. Workshops engage participants in learning directly from Rwanda’s reconciliation process, while research contributes to early warning, policy development and strategic advocacy to prevent, mitigate and end large-scale identity-based violence where it is a high risk or already happening. The combination of direct intervention with opposing groups, evidence-based policy creation and strategic advocacy provides a comprehensive approach to halting identity-based violence before it escalates.

The Isōko Center for Humanity team builds upon the Aegis Trust’s two decades of groundbreaking work in Rwanda. Led by Global President Alice Wairimu Nderitu, former UN Under-Secretary General and Special Advisor on Genocide Prevention, the team brings together experts in peace education, conflict resolution, trauma healing and policy development. Nderitu’s extensive experience in genocide prevention efforts at the United Nations provides critical leadership as the Center expands its mission to export peace from Rwanda to communities worldwide, addressing today’s pressing global challenges through applied peacebuilding.