What we do and don't do

Humanism

Grains of Peace's vocation is not directly humanitarian - it  is humanist, ie profoundly respecting human beings and life. It is thus  focussed on developing human relations of peace and avoiding harm-doing.  These goals of course contribute positively and lastingly to the many  important humanitarian goals worldwide.

Welcome and help

Grains of Peace encourages a culture of welcoming, helps children and adults develop peace skills, invites interested persons to take part in its activities, encounters, debates and workshops. It is not, however, a centre or shelter for receiving  professional or personal help and care. We prefer to collaborate with such specialised structures to whom we propose workshops and relationship tools.

Political positioning

Grains of Peace has deliberately no political orientation. It is neither of left or right. Rather, it encourages understanding between diverse views, given that preventing  and overcoming violence and the desire for peace are beyond left/right, north/south, eastern/western cleavages: all human beings are intimately concerned.

Religion and sect positioning

Grains of Peace  is neither religious, nor  anti-religious: we are open to all cultures, respectful of all persons and we encourage intercultural interaction.

Grains of Peace is in no way an evangelical movement, a cult or a sect: no pretentions to hold  the only truth, no intolerance to all others considered outside the movement or different, no initiation rites, no gurus, no mental  manipulation or intimidation, no isolation from family and close ones, no payments based on revenues, no financial opacity, no impediments to  leaving ... or all other possible particularities that characterise  sect-type deviances.