Search for Common Grounds participatory theatre for conflict transformation is aimed at promoting peaceful solutions to conflict in Congo. In particular, we are focusing on the conflicts inherent in the process of repatration of hundreds of thousands of Congolese now returning home after up to ten years in neighbouring countries as refugees. When they return home, they find innumerable conflicts, including material ones (land and propery confiscated) as well as psychological ones (prejudices, jealousy, rumours, and stereotypes). This situation leads to many conflicts inherent in this repatriation proceses. The project involves the use of participatory theatre troupes, whereby the troupe goes into a community, and first they LISTEN. They ask questions of the people of all social classes to find out what kinds of conflicts exist. Based on these real life conflicts, the actors develop a scenario which ressembles the conflict in the community. The same day, they present the play, from beginning to end, in front of the public. Then they stop, and redo the play again, scene by scene. They then invite the audience members to identify what went wrong where... what could have been different to avoid us falling into a violent solution? This is when the audience members join the actors on the 'stage' (it's outdoor in public space mostly), and take on the role of one of the actors in the scene to make it end up... otherwise... better. We have already reached out to more than 20 or 30,000 people in South Kivu province of the war-torn eastern Congo with this technique. Our beneficiaries are the returnees and the residents who have stayed behind, who are now welcoming back the returnees. The beneficiaries are also the actors in the theatre troupes that Search for Common Ground has trained, who now are becoming tools for social dialogue, for conflict transformation, and for positive change. We focus particularly in areas where there is extreme poverty and competition for resources.