ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation is like a teacher who helps people who were mean to each other become friends again.

Sometimes people might say or do things that hurt other people's feelings or even cause physical harm. This might happen between groups of people or even whole communities. When this happens, it can be very hard for people to forgive each other and move on.

The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation helps these people by creating a safe space where they can talk about what happened and how it made them feel. Like sharing toys or talking about what happened at school, except it's grown-ups and they talk about bigger things.

The Institute helps people listen to each other, understand each other's points of view and feelings, and find ways to make things better. They might create programs to help people learn new skills or provide money to start small businesses which help communities grow.

In many ways, the Institute helps people who were mad at each other become friends again. This makes the world a better and kinder place for everyone.