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Video Diaries

The Hidden Peacebuilders Video Diary Project ran from February 2024 to April 2025. We have now finished collecting all the videos and have catalogued and subtitled them into 9 playlists (accessible through our YouTube channel).

The project involved our RAs (Research Assistants) from our 3 countries of research, Burundi, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, posing 9 different questions to LFAs (Local Faith Actors) with the aim of having them reflect and feedback on their experiences with implementing DNH4FG (Do No Harm for Faith Groups) principles.

Prior to starting filming the responses to these questions, our participants and research team took part in DNH4FG workshops in each country, allowing us to build a good relationship with LFAs and religious leaders, whilst inspiring interest in the project. From here, our Research Assistants in each country took on the task of collecting the LFA’s answers to the 9 questions, which you will find below. Another key aim of this project was for the different LFAs to see the responses of their counterparts in the different countries; creating the opportunity to share and reflect on their commonalities and differences in their roles as local faith-based peacebuilders.

The video diaries project was a way of allowing our participating LFAs to continuously to share and reflect upon their experiences after the DNH4FG workshops. It also gave us, the Hidden Peacebuilders research team, a wealth of material and insights to use in our work.

Please find our full collection of LFA videos seperated into playlists by pasting the following link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/@HiddenPeacebuildersNetwork/playlists

At the bottom of this page, you will find a short documentary reflecting on the project, using a selection of video diaries collected from our partnered LFAs.

Tell us about a difficult situation you have encountered this month?
What is a new connector you have seen in your community?
What is a new divider that you have seen in your community?
Tell us about someone in your community who has done something for peace
Who have you inspired using Do No Harm principles?
After the workshop, what would you change, what would you like training in?
An example of the ability of religion to contribute to peace
A spiritual thing that has changed in your personal and professional life?
How do you see yourself continuing the projects you have started?

Hidden Peacebuilders Speak: Reflections from Participants

Hear directly from religious leaders in Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Burundi as they reflect on their peacebuilding work, its connection to their faith, and their experiences participating in the project. This video also contains reflections from our lead researcher, Professor Emma Tomalin, and partnered practitioner Dilshan Annaraj of World Vision International.

As part of the British Academy-funded Knowledge Frontiers research project on the Intangibles of Peacebuilding, Do No Harm for Faith Groups workshops were conducted with faith leaders in the Philippines, Burundi and Sri Lanka. In this video we hear from them about how their reflections on the workshop, on their communities and on how their faith can motivate them to promote peace in their communities.

This project was implemented jointly by University of Leeds, World Vision International, the Joint Learning Initiative for Faith and Local Communities, University of East London, Ateneo de Manila University and Rema Burundi.