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
We hope that the killing machine in Gaza will be stopped
The Salama family in Gaza, with whom we are in contact, has fled from Gaza City to another part of Gaza. On Sunday, 28 September, Salama wrote to me: Bombing and destruction are widespread in Gaza. More than 90 people lost their lives in 24 hours. Entire families were...
Yesterday felt like doomsday in Gaza
The Salama family, with whom we are in contact in Gaza – and who until recently distributed drinking and shower water to refugees in Gaza – are having a very tough time. They now have to flee to the south of Gaza. To a so-called “humanitarian zone” in Gaza, but as...
The principle of nonviolence remains key even after this Russian attack
On Thursday morning, I read on the Dutch news website NOS that 15 people had been killed in a major air strike on Kyiv, including four children. An EU building had also been hit. My thoughts went out to Yurii Sheliazhenko, my pacifist Ukrainian peace activist friend...

Yesterday felt like doomsday in Gaza
The Salama family, with whom we are in contact in Gaza – and who until recently distributed drinking and shower water to refugees in Gaza – are having a very tough time. They now have to flee to the south of Gaza. To a so-called “humanitarian zone” in Gaza, but as...

The principle of nonviolence remains key even after this Russian attack
On Thursday morning, I read on the Dutch news website NOS that 15 people had been killed in a major air strike on Kyiv, including four children. An EU building had also been hit. My thoughts went out to Yurii Sheliazhenko, my pacifist Ukrainian peace activist friend...

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...
Video
Our local team ”Peace SOS Gaza” provides drinking water and vegetables to vulnerable people in Gaza. You can find short video’s about these activities on the youtube channel of Peace SOS.


Latest projects
Food action by singer Tsiverilaza and team in Southern Madagascar
The Malagasy singer Tsiverliza, his wife Saskia, a team of dedicated volunteers in Madagascar and Peace SOS teamed up to offer help to the poorest people in the southern region of the country, where drought, hunger, and poverty leads to a worrisome struggle for...
Solar lamps with mobile chargers for people in Burundi
Together with our partners Burundian Women for Peace and Development (BWPD) and World Solar Fund Peace SOS provides solar lamps with mobile chargers for people in Burundi. Burundi is a small country in East Africa and one of the poorest in the world. Nevertheless,...
Help the angels in Gaza provide food for vulnerable people in Gaza
During the war in May 2021 at least 222 people, including 63 children, were killed in Gaza and 12 people died in Israel as a result of the fighting. Over 90% of the water from the Gaza aquifer is undrinkable. Nevertheless, there is a point of light in the darkness....
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 …










