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Search for Common Ground has begun the second phase of the 7-month Tupone Wote Pamoja II project, funded by USAID/OFDA since March 2020, which aims to reduce social and conflict barriers to treatment and referral of patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the health zones of Beni, Butembo, Mabalako…

The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) project is to support increased accountability and transparency in political parties in Nigeria. The Radio Programming is part of a bigger IRI project, implemented in Sokoto, Adamawa, Ebonyi, and Bauchi states, over 11 months between January 2019 – March 2020. Project…

The “Advancing Religious Tolerance (ART. 38)” is a 24-month project implemented by Search for Common Ground (Search), in partnership with Hardwired Global (Hardwired), and funded by the United States Department of State – Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). The project was designed to address inter-religious violence and…

This report captures findings from the final evaluation of the project “I Am the President,” implemented over 18 months from September 2018 to March 2020. The project was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by Search-Tunisia in collaboration with Ma’an, a Palestinian non-profit media organization with…

2019 was an eventful year for our team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read more in our DRC Annual Report (in French).

In 2018, after the end of a 10-year presidential term, Search played a crucial role in mitigating election-related violence and strengthening democratic and accountable processes. With funding from the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund (WPF), our initial project “Enhancing Social Dialogue and Political Engagement across Ethnic and Political lines” strengthened the participation…

Since 2018, Search has been supporting communities and institutions to prevent the emergence of violent extremism in Guinea. The country’s multiple divides create fertile ground for dangerous narratives that instrumentalize the ethnic, linguistic, regional, and religious identities of the population, tearing apart an already fragile social fabric and fueling mistrust…

This baseline study was carried out as part of the “Anw Ko Hêrê” project which is implemented by Search Mali in partnership with the Association des Jeunes contre l’Enrôlement dans le Terrorisme (AJCET). This 24-month project funded by the Department of State aims to “strengthen the resilience of communities in…

In October 2016, Search for Common Ground (Search) entered into an agreement with Food for the Hungry (FH) to carry out a project Tuendelee Pamoja II that contributes to the realization of the Development Food Security Activity (DFSA). The project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development…