Introduction

The Early Years organization over the past 50 years to bring together pre-school children and parents from across the religious and cultural divide in Northern Ireland to promote peace and understanding. This has, in turn, inspired the establishment of the International Networking Group on Peacebuilding with Young Children led by the Early Years and the International Centre for Education and Human Development in Colombia (CINDE). This Network includes early child development specialists and organizations from a number of conflict-affected countries including: Colombia, Croatia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Kosovo, Nepal, South Africa and West Bank and Gaza Strip.