Sri Lanka Projects
 | Bridging differences, building understandingSearch for Common Ground research has shown that users experience the worst violent content and the most effective responses to it in private groups or private channels. This is particularly important and relevant for groups who may belong to minority groups or be otherwise ostracized in their mainstream culture or society. As such, group administrators have unique authority and influence over their members and are critical stewards of healthy and safe online interactions. |
 | We-gital Heroes Youth in Digital PeacebuildingNetworks for Peace is a five-year activity funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The activity is implemented by FHI 360 under the Strengthening Civil Society Globally Leader with Associates Award. This project implemented by Search is funded under Networks for Peace’s Pillar 2 – […] |
 | WT2: Work Together, Win Together – Phase IIWT2: Work Together, Win Together’s Phase II was launched in February 2020 and was a 16-month project supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to strengthen peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka through raising youth’s capacity to recognize hate speech and advance peaceful co-existence and reconciliation […] |
 | WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY: COUNTERING HATE SPEECHThe Preventing Violent Extremism Through Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity project launched in June 2021, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This five-month project aims to create an enabling environment for young women to actively participate in online counter-hate-speech campaigns. CONTEXT Since the end of […] |
 | Young WILL (Women in Learning and Leadership)Search for Common Ground implemented Young WILL from September 2021 to May 2022, with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs so that empowered young women are collaboratively advocating for gender equality and promoting social cohesion in their communities. Context This project builds Search’s previous work empowering […] |
 | Sri Lankan Peacebuilders Celebrate International Youth DayIn Sri Lanka, where roughly half of the population is under the age of 29, young people are often caught in bitter ethnic and religious divides. Seen as perpetrators of violence, or else helpless victims, over 4.6 million youth face major obstacles as they seek peace. At Search for Common Ground, we train young people as peacebuilders, capable of identifying and solving community problems. In 2021, many Sri Lankans joined to celebrate International Youth Day. |
 | COLLECTIVE IMPACT + PEACE: COLOMBO, SRI LANKAIn 2017, Search for Common Ground launched an initiative to apply the collective impact methodology for youth-inclusive peacebuilding in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The project helped organizations and individuals to find collaborative ways tackle issues of injustice arising from rapid redevelopment and gentrification… |