Peace THROUGH EDUCATION
Bridge2Peace is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that aims at providing early childhood education, teacher training, and vocational skill-building programs that empower underprivileged children and their families.
Nelson Mandela
The Story
a Foundation of Hope
In 2004, when the devastating waves of the tsunami receded from the shores of Sri Lanka, the response from Bernadine Anderson, her family, and friends, was prompt and long-sighted: the creation of a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization which would offer Early Years Education and Teacher Training of international standards, as well as wider Community Development to some of the poorest of the poor in the Island.
It began with the opening of one Montessori House of Children in 2007. In 2020, Bridge2Peace extended its outreach from Lunugamvehera in the South to Diyatalawa in the central hills; from Moratuwa in the West to Batticaloa in the East, and Mullaitivu and Pokkaruppu in the North, offering sustainable educational projects which answer to the needs of the children across our island.
Lunugamvehera
Located deep in the South of Sri Lanka, in a heat-ridden,
poverty-stricken, drought-threatened region of the Island, lies the first Bridge2Peace Montessori House of Children.
Diyathalawa
Nestled in the mountains, surrounded by jade carpets of tea, is a little holiday bungalow, which was re-purposed to become the second Bridge2Peace House of Children.
Mullaitivu
Into the war-ravaged, near wastelands of Mullaitivu ventured Bridge2Peace, inspired by the stories of rehabilitated former child soldiers who met during the State-sponsored Alpha Project.
RECOGNITION
Miss Fazrin Received a Lifetime Recognition by Vasana Hospital on behalf of LPF Schools for our pioneering work in Inclusive and Peace Education that reached children at Bridge 2 Peace schools across Sri Lanka
The N-Peace Awards 2017 accepted over 80 nominations from Afghanistan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka, and 44 who made the short list for the eleven awards were supported by voters of 87 countries.
N-Peace recognized Bridge2Peace Founder, Bernadine Anderson, under the category of “Untold Stories” and commended “Her passion and the sheer number of young lives she has touched that makes her the strongest winner under this category.”
