Hospitality in Action

There are many groups and organisations that work towards building peace. Each initiative is slightly different, focusing on and emphasising different things. The following organisations approach their mission of reconciliation and peace-building with an underlying principle of hospitality. For more information, click on the names below.

 The Corrymeela Community

For over forty years, The Corrymeela Community has been at the forefront of learning and practicingreconciliation. The document “Learning in Corrymeela” outlines some of the significant learning that has taken place, including a vision focused on openness and hospitality. For Corrymeela, hospitality and reconciliation go hand-in-hand. The importance of relationships formed out of meeting and encountering, creating a ‘safe space’ and building community are among the points of wisdom that have been learned over Corrymeela’s decades of work in reconciliation. For more information, visit Corrymeela’s website.



WAVE

A peace-building initiative in the Balkans, WAVE brings people from a variety of backgroundstogether who would otherwise not meet. Using English language classes and by providing opportunities for people to volunteer together, WAVE invites people to come together to learn and serve others. By extending hospitality to the local community and by providing opportunities for building community, WAVE has made a significant contribution towards peace-building in the city of Tuzla, Bosnia, as well as in seven different countries.