What we do
Promote Peace
We advocate for nonviolent solutions through diplomacy, dialogue, and humanitarian aid.
Support Local Peace-builders
We work with grassroots and diaspora partners who know their communities best.
Raise Awareness
We write, speak, and engage with media to amplify peaceful alternatives.
Empower Women & Children
We strengthen voices often silenced, especially in conflict zones.
Latest blogs
Can you evacuate us from Gaza as soon as possible?
Today I read on the NOS website that Israel wants to occupy Gaza City. A little later, Salama contacted me from Gaza City. “Unfortunately, Israel wants to occupy Gaza City and displace us from it. I am thinking of moving to the south. I contacted my friend there and...
Starving and bombed in a ‘safe’ zone in Gaza
Netherlands and EU: stop genocide now On Tuesday morning, Salama, the husband of the family from Gaza wrote to me: ‘my children are still crying from hunger.’ I thought about that, and how bad that must be. That as parents you want nothing more than for your children...
Make babies and hostages in Gaza a priority
Note: trigger warning related to violence in Gaza Today I read on the Dutch national news broadcaster NOS website that peace negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza are in danger of failing. Which very sad, because a cease-fire and humanitarian aid for the people of...

Can you evacuate us from Gaza as soon as possible?
Today I read on the NOS website that Israel wants to occupy Gaza City. A little later, Salama contacted me from Gaza City. “Unfortunately, Israel wants to occupy Gaza City and displace us from it. I am thinking of moving to the south. I contacted my friend there and...

Starving and bombed in a ‘safe’ zone in Gaza
Netherlands and EU: stop genocide now On Tuesday morning, Salama, the husband of the family from Gaza wrote to me: ‘my children are still crying from hunger.’ I thought about that, and how bad that must be. That as parents you want nothing more than for your children...

Make babies and hostages in Gaza a priority
Note: trigger warning related to violence in Gaza Today I read on the Dutch national news broadcaster NOS website that peace negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza are in danger of failing. Which very sad, because a cease-fire and humanitarian aid for the people of...
Latest projects
Water, food, beds and psychological help for the vulnerable people in Jaranwala, Pakistan
Pakistan is a country whose population follows multiple religions. The majority are Muslim – about 95 percent – and the remaining 5% are Christian, Hindu, Sikhs or Other. They all live in peace and harmony. But sometimes there are misunderstandings and conflicts among...
Providing vegetables, fruits and clothes to displaced families in camps in Yemen
Ebrahim Saif of Peace SOS Yemen has been providing emergency aid to 120 displaced families in camps in Dobah Kharg, Al-Shamayatayn Directorate, Yemen. The health of the people in the camps is bad and deteriorating fast, as they do not have enough food and due to the...
Helping the children and staff of a juvenile home in Taiz, Yemen
For almost six years now, the ongoing fighting in Taiz and blockade of main roads in and out of the city has resulted in the evacuation of its juvenile home. There is hardly any support for the children and staff, despite their desperate need for it. The lack of food...
Video
Food distribution in Gaza 3rd June 2025
Organised by Peace SOS
For more information on the work of Sapir Handelman of Minds of Peace, see this short documentary that aired on BBC:
Books
The Frontlines of Peace by Séverine Autesserre
I had the opportunity to hear professor Séverine Autesserre lecture about her new book The Frontlines of Peace. She stresses the need to put “local actors in the driver’s …
Here I Am by May-May Meijer
Here I Am, is my book about my experiences with psychosis, depression and forced hospitalization. You might wonder why this book is paid attention to on the website …
World Peace: And how we can achieve it by Alex Bellamy
In his book World Peace: And how we can achieve it, Professor Alex Bellamy states that he thinks of peace as the absence and prevention of war and the management …
Battling Injustice: 16 Women Nobel Peace Laureates by Supriya Vani
Supriya Vani interviewed many Nobel Peace laureates with the goal of inspiring people to work for peace. She wrote a preliminary article about her book for the website of …