Dr. K.A. Paul and GPI have been involved in peace diplomacy

Dr. K.A. Paul and GPI have been involved in peace diplomacy on behalf of humanity in many of the world’s most troubled places including China, Yugoslavia, Cuba, Pakistan, India, Iraq, Haiti, Liberia, Venezuela, Libya and Burundi. 15 million households have become partners to promote peace and love in their neighborhoods.

In August of 2000, Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former South African President Nelson Mandela, and several African presidents met to negotiate a peace agreement between the Hutus and Tutsies. War between these factions had resulted in more than a million deaths. The efforts of Clinton and Mandela succeeded in bringing 16 of the 19 political factions together to sign a peace accord in Burundi. A few weeks later (September 17, 2000), Dr. Paul led a peace rally in Burundi. Thousands of Hutus and Tutsies attended. Dr. Paul challenged the crowds and their political leaders to lay down their hatred and desire for revenge and take up the cause of peace. As a result, the remaining three leaders who had earlier rejected the peace accord agreed to sign it. During that same peace rally, local families through GPI’s street Children’s Initiative adopted 1,118 children orphaned as a result of the genocide.