IKV Pax Christi is active on many fronts in the Netherlands and internationally. We start up and support local peace efforts in conflict areas. These can differ greatly from one another, but their purpose is always to build bridges, to nurture mutual understanding and to improve disrupted relations between groups. We use means of communication and various activities to draw public and political attention at home to hotbeds of conflict in the world and to raise funds to finance projects and programmes abroad.

 

In addition to this, since 2006 IKV Pax Christi has examined the tensions between the various population groups in Dutch society. We wish to contribute to ending antipathy and exclusionary sentiments. Our activities target debate, critically monitoring policymakers and spokespersons and an exchange programme for pupils and teachers in the Netherlands and Turkey. We support other organisations' local, regional and national projects to strengthen their call for a more inclusive society.