Peace Lives Center

Building Young Peacemakers in DR Congo

Exile International’s care programs exist because war has torn children from homes — forcing children to participate in violence and leaving others orphaned. In and around Goma, D.R. Congo, 50-200 children are being rescued each month. Without proper care, most become street children or return to rebel armies. Through holistic care programs, we are changing that.

One of 16 Exile International care programs, this center provides a safe place for 158 rescued child soldiers and children orphaned by war to traverse the complex road of healing and rehabilitation.

Through this long-term, comprehensive care, child survivors are being transformed! Children are being restored and empowered to become leaders for peace. Child survivors are becoming leaders — leading peers and communities towards peace, forgiveness and reconciliation.

Our Mission Doesn't Stop at Rehabilitation

The mission of Exile International goes beyond children healing from their wounds of trauma. It extends to developing leaders and peace-builders, so that each may fulfill their own dreams. So that each may become the future leaders and peacemakers of D.R. Congo.

Like all EI Rehabilitative Care Programs — The Peace Lives Center is transforming lives through physical, emotional and spiritual care, education and leadership development.

Graduates of the Peace Lives Center have gone on to become university students, teachers, carpenters, administrative professionals, church leaders, and community leaders. Graduates are volunteering and serving in their communities — further fostering healing and promoting peace in a conflict-ridden region of the DRC.

Many of these Young Peacemakers are now leading care groups in their villages. In 2019, more than 995 war-affected children in rural Congo are finding hope and being mentored in programs facilitated by graduates of EI's Rehabilitative Care Programs.

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