I joined IFP with very little idea of what it was because it had been recommended by a friend of mine and it has been a really eyeopening experience. IFP is a global organisation spreading peacebuilding skills through conferences all around the world and if I stand out as a good facilitator I could be selected to run one of these conferences which would be incredible. My school has a clear peacebuilding narrative that forms an undertone in all of our classes however IFP became a class that explored this narrative and how and why it was so important which was really interesting as although it seems very clear cut, peace is good and violence is bad we learnt about exceptions and various scenarios and above all how to use empathy to patch up the conflict. All in all, even if I don’t get into a conference IFP has taught me some very valuable skills about resolving conflict which is sure to come in handy in the future!