Building a culture of peace, one relationship at a time.
We help children, families and communities in Chiang Mai treat one another with respect, kindness and non-violence — through aikido, education and patient, everyday care.
We collaborate to nurture a culture of peace — where people treat one another with respect, kindness and non-violence — preventing harm before it begins and helping people heal when it has already happened.
A small Chiang Mai foundation with a steady purpose
Founded in 2016, the Peace Culture Foundation advocates peace and prevents violence through aikido training, community projects, research and workshops for children, youth, families, schools and the wider public.
Our committee brings together psychiatry, clinical psychology, social work, the arts and community leadership — people who have spent their careers helping others live more peacefully.
Real work, measured honestly
These figures come from our grooming-prevention programme — the people we have been able to reach together.
Figures from the Peace Culture Foundation’s “Enough with Grooming” / “No More Grooming” programme.
Six connected areas of work
Advocacy, child protection, parenting, aikido, outreach and public resources all support the same aim: preventing violence and helping people practise peace.
Child safety
Child Protection
“No More Grooming” uses youth-led prevention so students can recognise unsafe behaviour and share knowledge with peers.
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Families
Parenting
Parenting for Lifelong Health helps families raise children with empathy instead of physical punishment.
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Advocacy & education
Peace Advocacy
Training, education, research and public resources that help children and communities respond to conflict without violence.
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Renshinkan Dojo
Aikido
A martial art built on non-violence and harmony — practical training in calmness, respect and assertiveness without aggression.
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Outreach
Community
LibLab library days, a board-games club and arts workshops that bring neighbours together around learning.
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Read & share
Media & Resources
Articles, curriculum handbooks, posters and leaflets you can use in your own school or community.
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Youth-led prevention travels differently
The grooming-prevention programme trains student facilitators with a practical manual, then supports them to share what they have learned in their own schools and communities.
That train-the-trainer model matters because children often speak first to someone close to their own age. Peer advocacy gives young people language for unsafe behaviour, ways to seek help, and confidence to protect one another.
Renshinkan Dojo is part of the foundation’s peace work
Renshinkan Dojo in Hang Dong, Chiang Mai is where the foundation’s Aikido work becomes daily practice: calm movement, respect, discipline and assertiveness without aggression.
Visitors interested in Aikido classes can learn more on the dojo website, or read how Aikido connects to the foundation’s broader mission of nonviolence.
Help us pass on a culture of peace
Every child taught to be assertive without aggression, every family that chooses empathy over harm, is a quieter, safer Chiang Mai. Be part of it.