BRIDGING DIFFERENCES THROUGH DIALOGUE.

Kdei Karuna - meaning “compassionate action to heal” in Sanskrit - aims to contribute to sustainable peace efforts by addressing the scars of conflict inflicted over decades of instability and war. 

For more than 10 years, Kdei Karuna Organization (KdK) has established itself as a leading peacebuilding and reconciliation NGO in Cambodia. Through participatory and community-engaged approaches, KdK has implemented truth-telling and memorialization initiatives between a number of groups, including former Khmer Rouge cadres and victims, ethnic minorities, and youth.

Our programs utilize creative and non-threatening ways to reflect upon difference, in addition to conflicts stemming from the country's Khmer Rouge past. Methods include the production of mobile exhibitions to raise awareness of differentiated histories, support of community-driven memorials for psychological healing and education, and facilitation of community dialogues. More recent program work also includes intergenerational dialogues between youth and Khmer Rouge survivors of gender-based violence.