Location: Africa

Next to a small shed that serves as a storage room, a group of women gathers regularly to weave baskets together. Like many listening groups around the country in Burundi, they meet to follow radio programs that share stories about economic opportunities and practical ways to build livelihoods. In this…

Most people assume social media is the problem. That platforms are too powerful, algorithms too manipulative, and young people too far gone to resist the pull of misinformation and outrage. But our team in Kenya knows something different. The same platforms spreading harmful narratives can spread something better. And the…

At the Second Forum on Peace and Social Cohesion in Niger, a woman stood up and spoke a truth too often ignored: “Without documents, we don’t exist—not to the state, not to the system, not to the future.” She wasn’t talking about politics or ideology. She was talking about civil…

In Kinango, Kenya, beneath the vast skies and arid landscape, parents are doing everything they can to protect their children—but the odds are steep. Food insecurity, driven by climate shocks. School dropout, driven by poverty. Teen pregnancies, driven by cultural stigma. And in the most heartbreaking cases—young people joining gangs…

Fatoumata Cissé, a visually impaired young woman from Mopti, Mali, grew up in a community where young women are often discouraged from participating in associative or NGO activities and are encouraged instead to focus on housework. Fatoumata, however, has dreams and passions, and there was a time when she felt…

The Nigerian Youth Collective Action for Religious Engagement (Youth CARE) Project, implemented by Search for Common Ground in partnership with Young Leaders Network (YLN), empowers young people in Bauchi, Plateau, and Gombe States to promote interreligious tolerance and freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). The project focuses on capacity-building, trust-building,…

These success stories highlight the transformative impact of the Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) program in promoting peaceful societies in Plateau and Kaduna, Nigeria, through interfaith dialogue and Freedom of Religion and Belief (FoRB).

The COMITAS II project focuses on mitigating conflicts over natural resources between farmer and herder communities in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria. The project, funded by the European Union and implemented by a consortium including the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Mercy Corps, and Search for Common Ground (SFCG), aims…

This document highlights the “Inclusive Religious Engagement Enhanced by Women” (I-RENEW) project, a 24-month initiative funded by the European Commission and implemented by Search for Common Ground and local partners (DREP Centre and FOMWAN). The project aims to empower women religious actors and youth activists to promote freedom of religion…