Location: Kenya

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…

For Hussein Mohammed, a 16-year-old living in the slums of Tudor Moroto, Mombasa, where large families squeeze into a 36 square foot space and the river rising equates to a flooded home, life has always been a blend of challenges and resilience. Growing up in a polygamous family with 13…

Discover powerful stories of young people from diverse backgrounds who have overcome adversity and transformed their lives through media, education, and leadership training. From Hussein in Kenya, who found his voice through youth journalism, to Fatoumata in Mali, who defied societal expectations, and Mamadou, who escaped the realities of descent-based…

Social media platforms emerged as fertile grounds to amplify politically instigated hate speech, disinformation, misinformation and manipulation around the Kenya 2022 elections. In this context, Search for Common Ground (Search) in collaboration with the Human Rights Agenda (HURIA), Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), Kiunga Youth Bunge Initiative (KYBI), Tana River…

In post-independent Kenya, violence has been a defining feature of election periods. In light of the increased risk of election-related violence before, during and after the 2022 Kenyan Elections, Search for Common Ground (Search) and its partner organisations (Human Rights Agenda (HURIA), Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), Kiunga Youth Bunge…

The youth, peace and security (YPS) agenda is prime for a bold step to move forward.  It requires a change in mindset of how we think of impact and how we quantify that impact. Measuring the right impacts changes the narrative and puts power where it matters—in the hands of…

This snapshot report was prepared by the Search for Common Ground Kenya team in July 2021. It is the third Kenya snapshot report prepared as part of Search’s global Working Together Against Corona programme, funded by the European Union. Building on the two previous reports, the snapshot identifies key trends,…

Local conflict can have dire consequences in coastal regions of Kenya, where violent extremist groups such as al-Shabaab prey on community grievances to attract recruits. Young people are often caught in the crosshairs, searching for an economic foothold in an elder-dominated world. As frustrations mount, so does the appeal of…

Search for Common Ground undertook a study to examine how users in conflict-affected societies handle harmful content online, and to identify barriers that they face in using existing mechanisms such as content reporting to make their online spaces safer. The study was possible with financial support from Facebook. We spoke…