The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) program in Colombia is Peacebuilding en las Americás’ longest-running program and includes five regions throughout the country: Bogotá/Central, Atlantic coast, Northeast, West and Medellín/Antioquía.  Facilitators trained in Colombia began offering AVP workshops in 2006 and by 2016, had completed over 300 workshops, impacting more than 2,500 participants. Priority populations are youth and victim-survivors of the armed violence, 75% of whom are women.

Peacebuilding en Las Américas began supporting the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Guatemala program in 2007. Most of AVP Guatemala’s work focuses on youth, teachers, personnel in prisons, community leaders, and police officers. AVP Guatemala is active in nine municipalities across seven of the country´s 22  departments, running the majority of their workshops through organizational and educational alliances.

Peacebuilding en las Americás introduced the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in Honduras after the government coup in 2009. Through partnerships with women´s rights and faith-based organizations, Peacebuilding en las Américas supports workshops with students in high-risk neighborhoods, church members, teachers, indigenous and Garifuna (Afro-Honduran) women, prison inmates, police officers, and community leaders.

Peacebuilding en las Americás supports the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in El Salvador, beginning workshops in 2005. Workshops take place in 12 municipalities with over 17 organizations and churches. Facilitators focus work with at-risk youth in gang-dominated communities, war survivors, and people living with disabilities.

In 2018, PLA expanded to Ecuador, supporting AVP workshops for the first time with Jambi Mascari, an indigenous Kichwa women´s organization in the Andes. Additionally, one positive outcome of PLA work in the region has been the proliferation of AVP by the Sisters of Mercy, PLA´s counterpart in Honduras, with the intention to offer AVP to all interested Sisters and Associates throughout Latin America. As a result, Mercy Sisters and Associates from Guyana, Panama, Chile, Argentina, Belize and Peru have participated in AVP workshops.