Guinea
Radio Programming to Support Participative, Transparent and Credible Elections
This Final Report provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges faced by SFCG while implementing a USAID funded project that sought to ensure that Guinea's legislative elections were held in credible, participatory and transparent manner.
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Final Evaluation Report: Youth and Non-Violence in Guinea
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) in Guinea recently completed an 18-month
project entitled Youth and Non-Violence in Guinea, whose overall goal was to
promote the use of non-violent methods for resolving conflicts among youth in
the cities of Kindia, Mamou and Kankan. The project had two specific objectives:
1) To increase the knowledge of youth in conflict management techniques,
human rights and their civic responsibilities; and 2) To build the capacity of
youth in the target areas to resist manipulation and the use of violence to resolve
conflicts. In order to achieve the aforementioned results and objectives, SFCG
planned and executed three types of activities: the training of 72 young Guineans
in the three project locations; the organization of sensitization events, including
peace festivals; and the production and broadcast of two weekly radio programs.
Read the Final Evaluation Report [ English ]
Read the Key Findings [ English ]
Read the Final Narrative Report [ English ]
Lire le les Principaux Résultats [ Français ]
2010 Baseline Paper: Urban Youth and Political Violence in Conakry
The central goal of this baseline report is to inform regarding the socioeconomic situation of Conakry's most conflict-prone youth and explain the danger of youth manipulation in the direction of political violence. "Ghetto"youth face a myriad of problems including poverty, susceptibility to political manipulation, and prevalence of drug use. Despite this, however, the baseline report notes that these youth generally express strong hope for peaceful elections, democratic structures within youth gangs, and high potential for art as a means of constructive political expression. Ultimately, the baseline report provides concrete suggestions for future projects working with the youth in Conakry including working with a team of people from the same social environment as these youth, organize youth gatherings to promote a sense of solidarity and non-violence in the upcoming June 2010 elections, and work within the youth's internal pattern of authority throughout the project implementation.
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