Children & Youth Partnerships

In addition to partnering with local NGOs in each country where SFCG children and youth programs are implemented, transnational strategic partnerships are also formed to capitalize on creative collaboration among stakeholders. To read more about the work being done through our four strategic partnerships, we invite you to visit their respective websites.

EYPAC (Inter-Agency Network on Evaluating Youth Programs in Areas of Conflict)

Search for Common Ground in partnership with the Center for Peace Building International has developed this network to look at youth programming through the lens of partnership, institution-building, and policy. Read More

WNCAC

The Washington Network for Children and Armed Conflict is an interdisciplinary and open community forum of practitioners and scholars, facilitated by Search for Common Ground and USAID's Displaced Children and Orphan's Fund (DCOF). The network provides a space for those interested in the complex issues surrounding children in armed conflict to exchange information and engage in lively dialogue.

Child Soldier Initiative

http://www.childsoldiersinitiative.org

The Child Soldiers Initiative (CSI) is an initiative led by Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire in partnership with Search for Common Ground, and various other organizations, and in association with Ishmael Beah. CSI is working to build the political will necessary to enforce laws that protect children and bring perpetrators to justice. Building the technical capacity of the military, NGOs and host nation actors, CSI aims to stop the use of child soldier through creative collaboration.

Youth Radio for Peacebuilding Africa

http://www.radiopeaceafrica.org

Radio for peacebuilding, Africa works to encourage the use of radio as a tool for building peace, and for the strategic communication of major policy initiatives, particularly those linked to the Millenium Development Goals.