AVP offers experience-based workshops that help us to become more aware of the violence in our lives and how we can find creative, rather than destructive, ways of resolving conflicts.

We are ordinary people from all walks of life who volunteer our time and energy to help rid our communities of violence. We are not counsellors, psychologists, or therapists. All facilitators go through training with AVP before running workshops.

The purpose of AVP is to empower people to transform violence into non-violence in their families and in their communities.

Each session in a workshop is based on a particular theme and is a sequence of activities of different kinds, such as:

Gathering: Collecting information on the topic through discussions and collaborations
Exercise: An activity, discussion or brainstorm on the theme of the session.
Light and lively: This is a game, usually with a lot of movement and laughter, which helps to balance the deeper parts of the workshop.

The effectiveness of our workshops is shown through the abundance of positive feedback received by former participants.

Participants will leave a workshop with a feeling of exhilaration from having been listened to with respect, having had the goodness in themselves affirmed by others, having gained a new awareness of the presence and effects of violence in their lives and having learned strategies for resolving conflicts in positive, non-violent ways.

Workshops are scheduled throughout the year or can be organised for specific groups. AVP can also do introductory sessions of 1-3 hours.

See above for our upcoming workshops and to register.

AVP stands for Alternatives To Violence Project

You can do the course, become a Facilitator and help others. Please contact us if you would like to talk to us for more information.

You can also donate. If you would like to financially contribute please go here.