Rometh Suriyarachchi is a Peace Intern at Kahanee, where he supports the development and delivery of community-based storytelling projects, public programming, and creative campaigns rooted in equity, healing, and justice. Born and raised in Sri Lanka, Rometh brings a multidisciplinary lens to his work, blending policy insight, lived experience, and creativity from his background in Global Political Economy from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in Business Administration from Monash Business School. Rometh is deeply passionate about the power of stories to shape social change. At Kahanee, he helps design and facilitate interviews, produce original content, and support marketing and event initiatives. He is also dedicated to storytelling, art, politics, and culture, and loves to write about his experiences and the world around him. Whether writing, organizing, or curating experiences, Rometh leads with empathy and intention. His work explores the intersections of identity, migration, memory, and belonging, always with a critical eye and a heart for justice.
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Peace happens in the places you least expect it to. If you read our previous blog about storytelling as peacebuilding, you probably have a better understanding of what peace means, both to you and to others.
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When I first heard the term "peacebuilding," my mind immediately conjured images of United Nations peacekeepers in blue helmets, or diplomats negotiating treaties in grand halls.
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For Bjorn, poetry transcends mere self-expression to become a peace-building practice. Read what he had to say to us about the significance of bears in his life and his peacebuilding mission.
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Explore how maps influence power, conflict, and peace, shaping borders and identities.
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Land shapes cultures, economies, power dynamics, and justice throughout history—who truly owns it?
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Joseph Cope, the Empathy Guy, discusses how empathy transforms conflict.
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