Jan Passion M.A. Currently residing in California, Jan worked in Sri Lanka for 3 years as the Deputy Director and Team Manager with the Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP).  Prior to his work in Sri Lanka, Jan worked with NP conducting field research and Organization: Nonviolent PeaceforceOrganization website: http://www.nvpf.org

In this notebook we learn about how an international organization called Peace Brigade protects targeted organizations by sending accompaniment of international field workers.  This accompaniment allows these organizations to continue to fight human rights abuses while making it harder for governments to target them because of the international presence.