The Peace Project is a non-profit organization based in Culver City that was founded in 2010 by marketing and new media entrepreneur Lisa Schultz.
The Call for Artists and traveling exhibits have helped to provide funding for The Peace Project's work including Operation Rise.
The group provided 10,000 pairs of crutches to people, many of whom, due to the loss of limbs through amputation during the civil war as well as disabilities, had little personal mobility.
[3][4] According to Mahimbo Mdoe, the country representative for UNICEF which supported The Peace Project, a pair of crutches can change someone's life:"For these people, it will mean they are able to move around," he said, adding that it will allow men and women to hold jobs, while children will be able to get to and from school.
[5]The Peace Project sought a way to assist people in the Philippines who have been left homeless after Typhoon Haiyan devastated many parts of the country on November 8, 2013.