Education in Crisis: Schools in Mali as Arenas for Conflict and Peace
In 2022, in partnership with UNICEF, Search for Common Ground conducted landscape and conflict analyses of Gao, Mopti, and Timbuktu to ascertain the state of education in Mali. These scans demonstrated that education in Mali is severely threatened, especially by conflict, and that communities lack adequate resources or strategies to…
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Search reality TV show winner awarded state funding by the President of Burundi
When Maria dropped out of school in sixth grade to get married, her life was limited to household chores and farm work. But her innovative ideas have gained her the winning prize in the popular reality show Nd’umu DG, alongside recognition from the Burundian President himself. Maria’s story is an…
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Outcome Mapping – Supporting Post-Election Dialogue and Reconciliation in Zanzibar – January 2023
The “Supporting Post-Election Dialogue and Reconciliation in Zanzibar” project (October 2021 – April 2023), aimed to strengthen inclusive post-election dialogue and reconciliation efforts in Zanzibar. Against the backdrop of periodic incidents of violent conflict in Tanzania over the past seven years, the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar has experienced tensions and…
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Final Evaluation – Strengthening Community Peace Mechanisms in Zanzibar – February 2023
The “Strengthening Community Peace Mechanisms in Zanzibar” project, implemented by Search for Common Ground in collaboration with the Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) and funded by the European Union, aimed to de-escalate and resolve conflicts in Zanzibar. Spanning 24 months (December 2020 – December 2022), the project supported alternative peacebuilding…
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Conflict scan – “Human rights and access to justice in Burkina Faso” project – East, Centre-North, North and Sahel regions – February 2023
Since 2020, Search has been part of a consortium of four NGOs implementing the “Human Rights and Access to Justice in Burkina Faso” project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a period of 3 years. The aim of the project is to strengthen the State’s…
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