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Building Sustainable Peace with Shalom Center's Father Patrick Devine

March 16, 2026

By Candace Dellacona

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The Sandwich Generation Survival Guide is honored to participate in this year’s Podcasthon with this special episode featuring Father Patrick Devine, a world-renown peace and conflict expert and the Executive International Chairman and Founder of the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation.

Tune in as host Candace Dellacona speaks with Father Patrick about Shalom Center and their work across Eastern Africa to build sustainable peace through dialogue, mediation, grassroots peacebuilding, and development projects. He explains Shalom’s focus on positive peace rooted in justice, truth, mercy, and dignity, and describes programs addressing inter-ethnic conflict, religious ideological extremism, and violence against women and children.

Shalom trains local leaders for 18–24 months, builds schools and other stabilizing institutions, has implemented 800+ education projects in 450+ institutions, and emphasizes community ownership. Shalom is headquartered in Kenya and has obtained certification of charitable status in the USA, UK, and Ireland, with 95 cents of every donated dollar going directly to projects.

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To learn more about Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation, visit https://shalomconflictcenter.org/

To donate today, visit https://shalomconflictcenter.org/donate/

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shalom-sccrr-570026162/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ShalomConflictCenter

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shalomconflictcenter

To learn more about Podcasthon and explore the other participating podcasts and their featured nonprofits, visit https://podcasthon.org/

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