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SANCHILD NGO is dedicated to building a culture of sustainable peace and harmonious living. Based in Switzerland, Sweden and B&H.

SANCHILD is a non-profit, non-governmental, neutral and a fully transparent organization, driven by inclusion, support, equality, compassion and empathy. SANCHILD is NOT a political or religious movement and do not want to be politically appropriated or associated with any religion. Our 4 focus pillars of work are well-being, education, personal and socio-economic development, and a sustainable en

vironment. Our approach is human-centric and permeates our entire work. This means promoting inclusion, diversity, equality, compassion, empathy and love for human beings and nature. Our goal is to provide communities with transformational tools in an environment that promotes sustainable peace and inclusion. We are committed to making a positive impact in society by contributing to the UN SDGs. We are proud to be a nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet.

01/08/2026

We’re excited to share that SANCHILD has been invited to participate in the Peacebuilding Market Place at the 2026 Geneva Peace Forum! 🤝✨

Following a highly competitive application process, our proposal received a strong evaluation, leading to this invitation to showcase our work alongside organizations from across the global peacebuilding community. 🌿🌎

We are thankful to the Geneva Peace Forum team for this opportunity to share our mission, connect with inspiring practitioners, and continue building partnerships for lasting peace.

Every connection, every conversation and every collaboration helps strengthen the collective impact of peacebuilding.

We look forward to sharing this experience with you 💜

18/07/2026

🕊️ Nelson Mandela’s words continue to inspire us because they reflect a truth at the heart of SANCHILD: peace is not passive. It is something we choose to build, through courage, dialogue, healing and collective action.

Through the Harmony Project and its locally led Ripple Projects, we support people in transforming personal healing into community impact—strengthening trust, connection and long-term peace. Initiatives such as Mental Health Matters show how education, emotional well-being and community engagement can become practical tools for rebuilding stronger and more peaceful societies. SANCHILD - Harmony project at schools.pdf

On Nelson Mandela International Day, we honour his legacy and all those who choose to build where others divide. His example remains a powerful inspiration for our mission and for every community changemaker carrying peace forward. ✨

13/07/2026

Justice and forgiveness are often seen as opposites. Yet lasting peace requires both.

Justice acknowledges harm, protects dignity, and creates accountability. Forgiveness is not about forgetting or excusing what happened—it is a personal choice that can help break cycles of resentment and open the possibility of healing.

Building peaceful communities means holding space for both truth and reconciliation. One without the other is rarely enough to create lasting change.

“There can be no peace without justice and no justice without forgiveness.”
— Pope John Paul II

🤍 What does this quote mean to you?

25/06/2026

Peace is built through dialogue, cooperation, and human connection.

Across the world, women are contributing to diplomacy, peacebuilding, mediation, and international cooperation. Their work helps bridge divides, foster understanding, and create pathways toward more peaceful and inclusive societies.

Yet women remain underrepresented in many decision-making and diplomatic spaces. Expanding participation is not only a question of representation—it is a question of building stronger and more sustainable solutions for the challenges we face together.

Yesterday, on the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, we celebrated the women who dedicate their work to dialogue, cooperation, and peace.

05/06/2026

🌍 Today, on World Environment Day, we are reminded that the well-being of people and the well-being of our planet are deeply interconnected.

🌱 Environmental challenges, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity affect communities across the world — often impacting the most vulnerable first.

At SANCHILD, we believe that sustainable peace is not only about relationships between people, but also about our relationship with the natural world. Building resilient communities means caring for both human and environmental well-being. 🕊️

As we reflect on this year’s World Environment Day, we invite everyone to remember that every action matters. From protecting local ecosystems to supporting climate action, small steps can create lasting change. ✨

Together, we can contribute to a future where both people and nature can thrive. 🌿

01/06/2026

Real impact is not always loud.

Sometimes, it begins with a simple gesture:
listening, supporting, encouraging, and creating space for someone to feel seen.

At SANCHILD, we believe that peacebuilding begins through human connection and the willingness to uplift one another.

Through our projects, we continue to witness how compassion, dialogue, and care can create meaningful change within communities.

Because helping others rise is not only an act of kindness.
It is an act of transformation 💗

29/05/2026

Project Spotlight · Creative Pathways to Resilience

Some stories are difficult to tell.
Some experiences are difficult to put into words.

In Switzerland, SANCHILD explored different ways to create safe spaces for reflection, expression and resilience: through cinema, education and art therapy 🇨🇭

With Cinema as a Tool for Education, SANCHILD and Cineworx () brought meaningful films into schools to help young people reflect on memory, history, war, resilience and coexistence. Through screenings, pedagogical materials, guided discussions and testimonies, students were invited not only to watch a film, but to question what they saw, understand what they felt, and open dialogue around difficult histories. 🎥

The Swiss Harmony art-therapy project created another kind of space: one where refugees, young people and adults could express difficult experiences through writing, drawing and creative activities, while strengthening self-care, self-esteem, harmony and inner peace.

This is the Ripple Effect.

A film can open a conversation.
A workshop can create a moment of expression.
A safe space can become the beginning of resilience.

Through projects like this, SANCHILD connects education, creativity and human connection to support inner and collective peace. 💗

24/05/2026

Peace is more than the absence of violence.

In peacebuilding, we often distinguish between Negative Peace and Positive Peace.

Negative Peace refers to the absence of violence or fear of violence. It is essential — but it does not always mean that a society has healed, rebuilt trust, or addressed the deeper roots of conflict.

Positive Peace goes further.
It represents the attitudes, institutions and structures that create and sustain peaceful societies.

It reminds us that peace is not only an ideal. It can be observed, measured, strengthened and practiced.

Through the Global Peace Index and the Positive Peace Index, the Institute for Economics & Peace helps show that peace is connected to many dimensions of society: governance, education, trust, access to information, low corruption, human capital, fair distribution of resources and respect for the rights of others.

At SANCHILD, this understanding is at the heart of our work.

Through the Harmony Project, we support people in transforming inner awareness into community-led action — building trust, resilience and local leadership where peace needs to grow.

Born from our work in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Harmony is now evolving into an international peacebuilding model.

Because peace does not only begin when violence ends.
It begins when people feel safe enough to heal, connect and build something new together.

Source: Institute for Economics & Peace / Peace Academy

17/05/2026

A meaningful milestone for SANCHILD International 🕊️

We had the honour of being selected as a partner organization for an Applied Research Project by four students from the Geneva Graduate Institute.

Their research, Mapping Pathways to Peace in the Balkans and Beyond, explored how the Harmony Project’s community-led approach contributes to positive peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and how its model could be adapted to other contexts.

Through their work, they examined key dimensions of Harmony, including trust-building, dialogue, local ownership, emotional transformation, and the conditions needed for future scalability.

For SANCHILD, this research represents more than an academic collaboration. It is an important step in learning from what has already been created, strengthening the foundations of the Harmony Project, and preparing its next phase with greater clarity and intention.

We sincerely thank Aabha Shouche, Charlotte Vincent, Emily Copple and Nike Helmerich for their thoughtful work, commitment and presentation.

We are also grateful to the Geneva Graduate Institute (), Prof. Eric Degila and Claudia Seymour (Head of ARP) for supporting this meaningful collaboration.

And our Harmony alumni for providing meaningful feedback loops of their experience and work through the Harmony project as well our founder Sanela () and advisor Walter Gyger () for their commitment in supporting the research team.

As Harmony continues to grow, research and reflection help us move forward with humility, depth and purpose.

From inner peace to collective healing.

16/05/2026

Healing begins where fear ends.
And peace begins where people choose to truly see one another.

At SANCHILD, we believe that sustainable peace is not built only through institutions or political agreements, but through human connection, trust, dialogue and the courage to heal together.

The Harmony Project was born from this belief: transforming inner peace into collective impact, while creating spaces where diversity becomes a strength rather than a division.

From Bosnia and Herzegovina to broader international conversations on peacebuilding, our work continues to explore how communities can move from inherited trauma and separation toward coexistence, resilience and belonging.

Because beyond borders, cultures, religions or generations, there is something deeply human that connects us all.

And perhaps peace starts there. ✨

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