Khulisa a finalist for the prestigious International Peace Award from the Canadian government
Khulisa Social Solutions, which runs various peace-building projects in Alexandra, has been selected for a prestigious International Peace Award to be announced on December 16 by the Canadian government.
A non-profit organisation with various peace-building community projects in Alexandra has been selected for an international award.
Khulisa Social Solutions, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary for proactively supporting marginalised communities, is one of the finalists for the prestigious International Peace Awards 2022 set to take place on December 16 in Toronto, Canada.
Khulisa has been selected as a finalist under the International Peace Awards category for their work in addressing poverty and homelessness, children and youth interventions, and for its outstanding work in marginalised communities in South Africa.
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Its flagship projects include the Alexandra Peace-Making Project, which is a direct response to civil unrest including the looting and violence that took place in 2021 and has 35 community peacemakers trained to deal with conflict in the township.
The long-term sustainable legacy of the peace-making project has seen 21 different NGOs organise themselves into four groupings which include health and environment, children, parents, and Arts and Innovation.
Over the past 25 years, Khulisa mediated over 17 000 cases from all spectrums of the criminal justice system with an estimated victim satisfaction rate of above 82%. Khulisa’s peace-making origins date back to the inception of its work in prisons in 1997.
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According to Lesley-Ann van Selm, managing director of Khulisa, “The recognition by the Canadian government and the Gandhian Initiative for Development of Support Services is a great testament to our selfless work to introduce and implement programmes in partnership with the homeless, the youth and children in South Africa.”
“This year’s International Peace Awards are dedicated to thousands of organisations and individuals from 195 countries, who have been helping the communities in diverse areas,” Raminder Singh, Executive Director at GIDSS, said in a statement.
“Thank you for your outstanding work in the community,” Singh said.
