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There are multiply steps going towards peacekeeping and preventing conflict and terrorism. Two organizations specifically are working on peacekeeping in Africa and preventing terrorism in the Middle East. To begin, the first organization I’d like to talk about is one for Africa, its called AMREF or African Medical and Research foundation. Their mission is to improve the health of people in Africa so they can escape from poverty and allover live a better life. That may not seem very much what peacekeeping is all about, however one of the reasons that outbreaks of violence occur is because of the poverty level in towns or cities. So if the medical care can take people out of poverty it’s also lessening the chances of terrorism. In addition, another organization that is working on preventing terrorism in the Middle East is called SFCG, or Search for Common Ground. They are a non violent organization in which find a solution to conflicts in the Middle East. To prevent terrorism they develop media and use it to talk about critical issues that are happening in the Middle East. What I believe is so cool is that how much organizations like SFCG can make without using violence. Instead of going in and using force, they design things for media to deal with an issue that way. “The methods we use vary as greatly as the places where we work. However, our methodology is based on one fundamental principle: Understand the differences; act on the commonalities,” States the President and founder of SFCG, John Marks. This basically means that when faced with a conflict between places SFCG finds out what the differences are as well as the similarities, and then they try to build more on the similarities. To conclude, there are many organizations which are working on peacekeeping and preventing terrorism however I believe that the organizations; AMREF and SFCG deserve to be recognized on there efforts.