Welcome to International Society for Peace and Safety an organization that work with young people to educate, build and equip them to become champions for peace and human rights.
ABOUT US
International Society for Peace and Safety – ISOPS, is an NGO with network individuals and organization with every nooks crannies in Nigeria. The organization started its operations in 2012 and it was registered in 2015 with Corporate Affair Commission, Nigeria with Registration Number (CAC/IT/78612. The organization was set to help restore peace in Nigeria and the world at large.
MISSION AND VISION
OUR MISSION: is to help reduce violence, restore peace, uphold human rights advocacy through peace and human rights education in schools, communities and workplaces to empower young people for effective change.
OUR VISION is to help create a safe world in which all people will live in peace and prosperity through non-violence means.
Our Thematic Areas
Our organisation is focusing in four majors SDGs areas: which are goal 4,4.7,goal 8, and goal 16.
Goal 4 and 4.7. Good Quality Education and Global Citizenship Education
We work with young people through schools to make sure there schools and way of receiving knowledge meet the requirement set out by SDG 4 and 4.7. Global Citizenship Education We train teachers and students through our networks of schools that comprises both private and public to understand what Global Citizenship Education GCED means and how they can use it in teaching their various subject and peace and human rights in their schools. Also, the students will learn about Global Citizenship Education and how they will apply it in their various schools and communities as advocates for peace and human rights.
Goal 8. Decent work and Good working Environment
We take our Safety Education/Advocacy training network members that involved our community, employers and employees to save lives and reduce workplace accidents and injuries through education, communication and promotion of Health, Safety and Environmental policies, legislation, rules and regulations in our working environment.
Goal 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
We involve in peacebuilding and education in which we create a training network of young people, parents support groups and community youth support groups on peace building and conflict resolution, ongoing tracing and re-union, facilitation of community reconciliation and peace meetings, community and religious dialogues and consensus building on traditional justice systems, interactive games and sports among children and youth, development and implementation of peace, action plans, and dissemination of Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials to provide acceptance and reintegration during our peace education.
Goal 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Human Rights Education/Advocacy We create a training network of members that involves corporate organizations, human rights institutions, institutions of learning and the society to reduce human rights violations using education, communication, campaign and promotion of the rights of the less privileged and the marginalized in our society.
Our Constitutional Aims and Objectives are:
- Promote Peace restoration and Coexistence.
- Promote Health, Safety and Environmental Issues
- Promote good Governance, and Conflict management.
- Promote Human Rights and assist in Disaster management
- Promote Human Capital Development and Illiteracy Eradication
The organizations we work with
- United State Institute of Peace (for peace building)
- Peacejam Foundation (for Peace Education)
- International Cities of Peace (for peace building)
- Youth for Human Rights International (for human rights education)
- United for Human Rights (for human education)
- OSHAssociation UK (for safety education)
- National Human Rights Commission, Nigeria (for human rights education)