One morning in December 2017, Manal Fakhoury woke up and thought, “Things have to change.  We can do better.”  She felt it was time for women to step up and shift the culture toward peace. A message on her personal Facebook page looking for women leadership got more than 400 responses from women all over the world who believed they could affect change.

More than 100 women came to the fist gathering at Dr. Fakhoury’s home in January 2018.  “They believe we can come together to achieve peace”. She says.

The Mission of Ollin Women International is “Creating a Culture of peace by transforming the way we interact with and see one another”