Blogs
This page features blog posts and updates from Peace SOS.
Topics include peacebuilding efforts, humanitarian concerns, and reflections on current events.
Let ceasefire in Gaza become lasting peace
On Wednesday 15 January, I received a happy message from Gaza from the family we are in touch with. ‘We don't know if we are in a dream or reality.... The ceasefire will stop... We are crying with joy... Have my wife, children and I been spared from this war.... Will...
Peace in Ukraine Needs Christmas Ceasefire and Nuclear Neutrality, Quakers Suggest
After more than a thousand days of internationally condemned Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine and more than a million casualties, the senseless war in Ukraine must end. Ukrainian Quakers proposed that a Christmas truce could be introduced to start peace talks...
Short story: A mother’s call for peace
It is a warm day and I am at home with my adolescent son. In a moment, he will leave by car to Germany for sports training and my father and I will go to Katwijk aan Zee. ‘Will you drop me off at the station?’ I ask. ‘Yes, that's fine.’ ‘Will you take a bottle of...
Memorial protest for the children and journalists killed in Gaza
On November 4 this year, Plant een Olijfboom, Free Press Unlimited and Hilversum for Palestine organised a memorial protest with thousands of children’s shoes to commemorate the Palestinian children killed in Gaza. Palestinian authorities say that around 17,000...
The need to implement the laws for child rights in Pakistan
Pakistani children are vulnerable through many forms of physical, psychological and sexual violence and exploitation, including child trafficking and child labor that is a form of modern-day slavery. Pakistan ratified the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of...
More than 150 NGOs Call for a Ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel and End to Impunity amid a Spiralling Humanitarian Catastrophe and Escalating Regional Conflict
The Statement Decrying the World's Collective Failure Comes as French Government Convenes International Conference Today on Lebanon Read the statement Lire la déclaration en français 24 October 2024: In a stirring message to UN member states, a coalition of more than...
Think of the Palestinians and hostages in Gaza and start negotiating
At Peace SOS, we are in contact with a family in Gaza who provided vegetables to local vulnerable people in Gaza before war broke out there. They have two small children and have been evacuated nine times, each time looking for a place where they might be safe. The...
Zelensky’s plan for victory extremely risky
Ukrainian President Zelensky plans to present his victory plan on Saturday. He will do so during a meeting with allies at the US airbase Ramstein in western Germany. According to NOS correspondent Christiaan Paauwe, the victory plan would mainly amount to deploying...
El Nino-induced drought wreaking havoc in rural Nyanga Manicaland Province Zimbabwe
The El Nino-induced drought that has affected the majority of Southern African countries (SADC) has wreaked havoc in Kadzere rural Nyanga North, where communities are holding night vigils in order to secure the precious water that has become scarce and every homestead...
DR Congo: A Nation Longing for Peace
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a land of immense potential, blessed with vast natural resources and a rich cultural tapestry. Yet, for decades, the country has been grappling with conflict and instability. DRC with a long, complex conflict context: the...
A message of a father from Gaza
The good news is that the family, which provided vegetables for Peace SOS to people in need before the war started, is still alive in Gaza. The family consists of a man, his wife, their baby girl and a young boy. But they are suffering a lot. This is the message of a...
Diplomacy for peace in Ukraine urgently needed
Saturday 15 June sees the start of the Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland. The summit is aimed at heads of state; NGOs are not invited. The aim is to contribute to fair and lasting peace in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky's peace proposal and other peace...