"The world calls loudly for a real democratic formula to bring life to all its people. It is not going to be done by guns, making armies or bombs, but by a program in which the people themselves will participate. This is democracy not only in the political sense but it is participation by the people in economic, social and educational forces which condition their lives."
- Rev. Dr. Moses Coady, Masters of Their Own Destiny, (1939).

Called to action by the fragile post-conflict situation in Sierra Leone, Coady staff, Peaceful Schools International (PSI), and the International Centre for Conflict Resolution and Mediation (ICCRM) began a five-year partnership with three Sierra Leonean organizations - the Association for Rural Development (ARD), Partners in Adult Education (PADE) and Conciliation Resources/Sierra Leone (CR/SL) - to strengthen the capacity of Sierra Leonean partners to build cultures of peace.