National Peace Accord Trust

**NPAT's current mandate:** Having helped guide SA through its democratic transition, NPAT now focuses on "building healthy communities" — addressing the ongoing socio-economic and social cohesion challenges of post-apartheid South Africa. This includes: - Community conflict mediation and dispute resolution - Social cohesion and reconciliation programmes - Community development initiatives - Violence prevention at community level - Youth peacebuilding and leadership - Training community members in conflict resolution methodologies - Working with communities affected by social violence (including xenophobia, gang violence, and community-level tensions) **GBV relevance:** NPAT is not a frontline GBV organisation. However, its community conflict mediation and peace infrastructure work intersects with GBV in important ways: - Community-level conflict mediation can be relevant for survivors navigating family and community responses to GBV disclosure - NPAT's networks in townships and rural communities include relationships with community leaders, religious leaders, and youth structures that can be mobilised for GBV awareness - NPAT's conflict resolution training equips community volunteers with skills that have adjacent application to GBV response (de-escalation, community mobilisation, survivor-centred mediation — confirm NPAT's specific GBV-related work directly with the organisation) - Historically, NPAT partnered with entities working on community violence reduction, which includes domestic violence