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Volunteering in Indonesia

Field Volunteer Experiences

The volunteers of Peace Brigades International come from many different countries and backgrounds.

What they share is a strong commitment to nonviolence and a belief in the power of ordinary people to create a more peaceful and just world.

Find out about volunteering with PBI: what it's like to go on a PBI training, to work alongside human rights defenders, and to get along with others from different countries and backgrounds.

Reflections on a PBI training

"This past January, I headed off for Bali-where my PBI training would be held-laden with a carry-on bag full of 'pre-reading materials', a lot of questions, and a host of mixed emotions."

Slowly, slowly, careful, careful

"The aim was to provide moral support and add confidence enabling them in their claims for justice, while not interfering in Indonesian due process."


Four Months in Jakarta

"PBI accompanied RPuK to this village about 18 months ago, four days after many of the houses had been burnt down following a clash between government soldiers and GAM"

Volunteer profiles

What kinds of people become PBI volunteers? Here's the background of some recent volunteers.

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What they say

"...I, too would like to pay tribute to the work of Peace Brigades International and to the bravery of the volunteers. Through their work, they are able to provide the sort of protection in Choco, Urabá and elsewhere that the armed forces cannot provide."
Tony Lloyd (Ex-Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Government
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