The Agahozo – Shalom Youth Village
Empower orphaned and vulnerable Rwandan youth to build lives of dignity and contribute to a better world.
Empower orphaned and vulnerable Rwandan youth to build lives of dignity and contribute to a better world.
Live in communion with God through prayer; be a leaven of peace and trust in the midst of the human family.
Improve the effectiveness and sustainability of peace focused efforts through collaboratively supporting and strengthening the positive role of religious and traditional actors in peace and peacebuilding processes.
Create a framework of reconciliation between the 2 peoples that takes into account that any peace agreement must include an infrastructure for the process of reconciliation; work towards an end to violence and towards achieving an accepted political agreement; influence the public and the political decision makers to choose dialogue and the path of peace over violence and war in order to achieve a just settlement based on empathy and understanding; avoid the use of bereavement for further violence and retribution.
The priority areas for action of the Three Cultures Foundation come from the Declaration of Barcelona; namely political and economic areas and cultural and social sectors. In addition, the Foundation has been working in the field of immigration. This issue was also included among its areas for action due to its paramount importance among the objectives of the 2005 Barcelona Summit. In short, the Three Cultures Foundation is conceived as a unique instrument for supporting the spirit of creating new horizons for the Mediterranean Basin countries. These new horizons would involve the establishment of peace, stability and progress areas on both sides of a Sea which has been the cradle of multiple civilizations.
Inspired by the creation of a holiday in 2007 in Lebanon, which celebrated the occasion of the common feast of the Annunciation, in March 2015 Efesia initiated a gathering of more than 800 Christians and Muslims in the Basilica of Longpont sur Orge to celebrate Marie - Myiram under the title: "Together with Mary". Today, Efesia provides animation and federates the group "Together with Mary".
Build mutual trust and understanding through unique person-to-person programmes and activities in the region.
Foster interfaith and intercultural dialogue, stimulate thinking and exchange of opinions on supporting and fostering democracy and peace all over the world and provide a common platform for education and information exchange; promote peace in the world and contribute to a peaceful coexistence of the adherents of different faiths, cultures, ethnicities and races; promote education, exchange of information, opinions and expertise, with a special focus on including as diverse a range of viewpoints as possible in our activities; organize conferences, seminars, panel discussions, common projects, scholarships, publications, meetings, trips and several other activities; promote the Fountain Magazine in Nigeria which is an initiative magazine of science and spiritual thought and bimonthly periodical, exploring life and our existence from a wide scholarship of humanities, natural sciences and perspectives on faith.
Change lives — individually, systemically and globally; work to make transformation possible, but trust in God's grace; insist that churches must be places of vitality in worship, learning, and advocacy; Work for justice, and believe that lives are changed through global experiences and friendships.
Work toward a more peaceful, more socially inclusive world, by building mutual respect among peoples of different cultural and religious identities, highlighting the will of the world's majority to reject extremism and embrace diversity; seek to operate in situations where it can contribute to broader efforts to ameliorate identity based crises and promote culturally sensitive development policies.