Karuna Center for Peacebuilding envisions a just and peaceful world in which difference is a source of creativity and strength. 

Its mission is to empower people divided by conflict to develop mutual understanding and to create sustainable peace. 

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding works across deep divides to transform violent conflict: to foster reconciliation, interrupt cycles of violence, and strengthen community resilience. Through collaborations with local partners in conflict-affected areas, they help people discover their shared capacity for building peace. In many cases, participants go on to create their own local peacebuilding organizations and networks that remain Karuna Center partners. 

In the time since Karuna Center began in 1994, programs have directly engaged a wide range of stakeholders—from grassroots communities, to the halls of parliament. Karuna Center for Peacebuilding has led training programs or multi-year projects in more than 30 conflict-affected countries. 

Through dialogue and collaborative projects, Karuna Center for Peacebuilding guides people who have been separated by violence or injustice to discover their common aspirations. They facilitate new alliances to advocate better violence prevention policy, bridge divides that threaten future stability, and promote more inclusive societies.