Grace

Reconciliation

Advocacy

Community-building

What we do

Global

Reconciliation

Advocacy

Community-
Building

Engagement
in war-affected
regions

GRACE is an international charity based in the U.K. that promotes long-term, sustainable reconciliation and advocacy for children born of war, their families and communities affected by war.

We provide grants to projects, charities and other organisations working to reduce hardship and stigmatization of children born of war, children born in captivity and their families.

We aim to protect and advance their physical and mental wellbeing, education, social inclusion, economic empowerment and human rights.

Our origins are in a series of award-winning collaborations between academics, filmmakers, local and international NGOs and individuals who themselves were born into war-affected communities that have already changed lives and attitudes in Bosnia and Uganda.

 

Our aims

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Develop

opportunities for economic empowerment of vulnerable war-affected communities

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Enable

local grassroot partners to create self-sustaining economic models of community care

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Provide

psychosocial support and trauma counselling to children born of war

connected people

Train

peer-to-peer counsellors to provide support in remote rural communities

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Use

theatre, music and film productions to create awareness and reduce stigma

The wound is where
the light enters

Directed by GRACE Trustee Dheeraj Akolkar, it draws upon the collaborative research of GRACE Trustee Professor Sabine Lee to tell the experiences of children born in captivity in Northern Uganda and South Sudan. It won Best Film in the Inspiration Category at the 2021 Research in Film Awards, UK.