Conflict Snapshot – Kenya – Working Together Against Corona – April 2021
This snapshot report was prepared by the Search for Common Ground Kenya team in April 2021. It is the second Kenya snapshot report prepared as part of Search’s global Working Together Against Corona programme, funded by the European Union. The snapshot identifies key trends, compared across time since the first…
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Conflict Snapshot – Kenya – Working Together Against Corona – December 2020
This snapshot report was prepared by the Search for Common Ground Kenya team in December 2020 as part of Search's global Working Together Against Corona programme, funded by the European Union. The snapshot identifies key trends at the intersection of COVID-19, social cohesion, community trust, and inter-group conflict and presents…
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Policy Brief – Youth Participation in Peace and Security Processes in Kenya’s Coast Region – November 2020
This policy brief series highlights youth efforts for peace and the importance of their participation in peace and security processes in the coastal region of Kenya. It discusses some of the challenges facing youth in peace and security efforts and raises policy recommendations for how youth could be better engaged…
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Power mapping – Jamii Bila Balaa: Strengthening the role of families and community influencers to prevent recruitment into VE groups in Garissa and Tana River Counties, Kenya – November 2019
Jamii Bila Balaa: Strengthening the role of families and community influencers to prevent recruitment into violent extremism groups is a 24-month project implemented by Search in partnership with two local NGOs: Ijara Women for Peace (IJW) and Tana River Peace Reconciliation and Development (TRPRD) in Garissa and Tana River Counties,…
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Baseline Report – Jamii Bila Balaa; Strengthening the role of families and community influencers to prevent recruitment into violent extremism groups in Garissa and Tana River Counties, Kenya – September 2019
Jamii Bila Balaa: Strengthening the role of families and community influencers to prevent recruitment into violent extremism groups is a 24-month project implemented by Search in partnership with two local NGOs: Ijara Women for Peace (IJW) and Tana River Peace Reconciliation and Development (TRPRD) in Garissa and Tana River Counties,…
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Learning Brief – What Works to Address Violent Extremism in Kenya – December 2019
Over the past few years, Search has implemented several projects in Kenya, Coastal Kenya in particular, to support countering violent extremism and other security challenges. Social, political, and economic grievances have historically acted as push factors driving violent extremist activities in Kenya on one hand while on the other hand,…
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Combined Final and Mid-term Evaluation – Justice for Peace & Inuka! Supporting vulnerable youth to participate in community peace and security efforts in Coastal Kenya – December 2019
Justice for Peace: Preventing Violent Extremism through Constructive Engagement between Criminal Justice Sector actors and Communities in Kenya is a 22 months project funded by the Department of States, Counterterrorism Bureau. Inuka! Supporting vulnerable youth to participate in community peace and security efforts in Coastal Kenya is a 36 months…
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When terror groups offer power and money, this Kenyan activist offers an alternative
Noor Daher Ali was on the verge of joining Al-Shabaab to escape extreme poverty. Instead, he started an organization to counter recruitment by the terror groups in Kenya. Noor is a 2018 Common Ground Awardee: https://www.sfcg.org/cga18-newyork/
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