Baithak: A Meeting of Peacebuilders
The peacebuilding department of Diocese of Raiwind organized Meeting of Peacebuilders; named as ‘Baithak’ held on the eve of 20 January 2017 at St. Peters School, Waris road Lahore. The meeting was meaningful since it gathered a total of 23 Peace practitioners working in Lahore. This event helped in building a liaison among different organizations working on peacebuilding in different capacities.
The peace activists shared about their ventures and discussed about possibilities for collaboration in future. The participants appreciated the efforts of DoR that provided a safe space in order to learn about social intervention methodologies to face violence and extremism that affects minorities.
Diocese of Raiwind is one of the 8 Dioceses of the Church of Pakistan and came into being in 1980, 10 years after the Church Union in which Anglicans.
