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Projekte
Integrating peacebuilding, development and humanitarian efforts on the Kenya and Ethiopia cross border
Kurzbeschreibung:
Projektziel
Reduced conflict and enhanced resilience and peaceful coexistence of cross border communities at the Ethiopia-Kenya border.
Erwartete Ergebnisse
1. Enhanced human capabilities and social assets to reduce vulnerabilities driving and resulting from conflict and weak social cohesion.
2. Strengthened capacities and agency of indigenous institutions, peace and disaster risk reduction committees, and local civil society organisations to collectively address fragilities caused by and causing conflict and weak social cohesion.
3. Enhanced responsiveness of regional, national, and local governments to local priorities on social cohesion, peace, and inclusion.
Zielgruppe
Beneficiaries: 4 districts, 157,000 people.
Direct targets: 43 indigenous institutions, 20 peace and 20 disaster risk reduction committees, 15 local civil society organisations, 120 government officials, community leaders, and 4,000 community members, especially women, youth, and 5% people living with a disability (60% marginalized women and girls and other primary risk bearers living in locations directly experiencing conflict).
Partners: Horn of Africa Development Initiative, Center for Development and Capacity Building
Region: Ethiopia/Kenya border (Moyale and Miyo districts in Ethiopia / Marsabit and Moyale sub-counties in Kenya).
Maßnahmen
Key activities:
- Social inclusion and gender analysis, capacity building for youth volunteers and community champions, linkages to social safety nets.
- Organisational capacity strengthening, community-led risk assessment, and action planning, supporting humanitarian, development, and peace actions, support collaboration across systems.
- Training of government leaders on conflict sensitivity, disaster resilience, support multi-stakeholder platforms, collaboration on cross-border policies / initiatives, policy dialogues, and advocacy.
Hintergrundinformation
The 538-mile border between Ethiopia and Kenya has a history of conflict as pastoral communities compete for pasture and water. The area is characterised by violence and socioeconomic problems.