NGO Advisor, a Geneva-based independent media organisation committed to highlighting innovation, impact, and governance in the nonprofit sector, has announced the official 2016 ranking of the ‘Top 500 NGOs in the World’. In the newly-released listings, Generations For Peace is placed at number 35, and is the highest-ranked peace-building NGO in the world. It is also the number one Jordanian NGO on the list.
Generations For Peace empowers youth to lead and cascade sustainable change in countries experiencing conflict, through the use of sport, arts, advocacy, dialogue and empowerment for peace building. The organisation builds on local strengths to help communities transform themselves into tolerant peaceful societies.
Jean-Christophe Nothias, Editor of the ‘Top 500 NGOs’ list, said: "There are few iconic NGOs that truly capture the success of the nonprofit sphere. Despite its young age, Generations For Peace just may be one of them. At first glance, its grassroots peace-building mission seems nearly impossible. Asking youths rather than governments to bring about peace may sound a bit naïve. But when you face Generations For Peace’s army of young, articulate, peace-pushing volunteers, then you understand that something big is going on here. There seems to be no limit to the organisation’s ambition and discipline."
Reflecting on the organisation’s extraordinary journey over the last nine years, HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan, Founder and Chairman of Generations For Peace, said: "This outstanding ranking is recognition of our innovation, impact and sustainability, and a wonderful testament to the dedication and hard work of our volunteers, leading positive change in their own communities around the world. Their drive and achievements in promoting peace, tolerance, and social cohesion are truly inspiring. This ranking will be a wonderful motivational boost for them, and for all our donors and partners who share in this success. I am incredibly proud of all we have accomplished together as a team, and look forward to expanding our reach and impact in even more communities in the future."
Key factors in the ranking included Generations For Peace’s innovative peace-building tools and adaptive programming; the strong focus on impact measurement, participatory evaluation, reflection and learning; the sustainable cost model, and the strong partnerships with United Nations agencies (UNICEF and UNESCO), governmental donors (including the European Union, Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Department of State and USAID), and commercial partners (including Samsung, Orange, and DHL Express).
The only peace-through-sport organisation officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, Generations For Peace has trained, mentored and supported nearly 9,000 peace-building volunteer leaders of youth across fifty countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
About Generations For Peace
Generations For Peace (GFP) is a Jordan-based global non-profit organisation founded by HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein and Sarah Kabbani, dedicated to sustainable peace building and conflict transformation through sport, arts, advocacy, dialogue and empowerment.
By providing unique training and continuous support and mentoring to volunteer leaders of youth, GFP empowers them to lead and cascade change in their communities, promoting active tolerance and responsible citizenship and working at the grass roots to address local issues of conflict and violence.
Different contexts include inter-tribal, inter-ethnic, and inter-religious violence; gender inequality; post-conflict trauma response, reconciliation and reintegration; exclusion of minorities including IDPs, refugees and people with a disability; and challenges of integration in multi-cultural societies. Conflict sensitivity, and the full participation and empowerment of girls and women, are integrated into GFP’s approach.
GFP uses sport as an entry point to engage with children and youth, and our carefully-facilitated sport-based games provide a vehicle for integrated education and behaviour change. In addition to our sport-based approaches, GFP has also developed arts, advocacy, dialogue, and empowerment activities to support conflict transformation with children, youth and adults in different contexts.
In the last Nine years, we have trained and mentored more than 8,920 volunteer leaders of youth in 50 countries and territories in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. With our support, their ongoing programmes address local issues of conflict and violence, and have touched the lives of more than 229,020 children, youth and adults.
GFP is ranked 35th in the "Top 500 NGOs in the World" for 2016 by NGO Advisor and is the highest-ranked peace-building NGO in the world. It is also the number one Jordanian NGO on the list. The ranking assesses non-governmental organisations according to innovation, impact, sustainability and strong partnerships.
GFP is also the only peace-through-sport organisation officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
For more information, please contact:
Generations For Peace Media Team
Tel: +962 6 500 4600
Fax: +962 6 568 2954
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