Saferworld

The program brings together conflicting groups within communities, including male and female former combatants, through a people-to-people (P2P) approach to local development and community peacebuilding linked to existing dispute resolution mechanisms. By creating opportunities for structured interaction between conflicting groups around shared local concerns, the program supports the building of trust and more resilient social ties across divided communities.

The goal of this project is to ensure that targeted communities better direct local development. In order to achieve this objective the targeted communities will have the knowledge, skills and abilities to identify and access financial resources to fund local development activities that the communities themselves have identified in an inclusive and participatory manner. Further, the targeted communities will have the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage, implement, and provide for operations and maintenance of small-scale development activities. The targeted communities will also have access to appropriate community stabilization initiatives, which will focus on addressing drivers of conflict and establishing an enabling environment for community development. Finally, new local government units in the targeted communities will possess the KSAs to function effectively.

We are supporting local people to engage with the police and local authorities so they tackle their security concerns together; and with civil society to advocate for more gender-responsive safety provision. We use the findings from these projects to influence district and national level policy and practice.