Peace Monitors Consortium
Peace Monitors Consortium
Preventing Hate, Influencing Peace A project that empowered local influencers to become messengers of peace in their local communities. The Peace Monitors Consortium’s Zuia Noma (“Prevent Violence!”) initiative aimed to raise awareness among young coastal Kenyans of the signs and dangers of hate speech. The project offered workshops to youth leaders and influencers from the coastal town of Ukunda on how to identify, respond to, Read More
Angaza Youth Group
Strengthening youth resilience against fake news A group of young people committed themselves to addressing disinformation in Kenya to reduce levels of violence during the next general election. In recent years, Kenya has become a centre of new sophisticated disinformation Read More
Local Justice
Helping young Kenyans navigate the local justice system. A team of qualified community mediators empower other young people as peer-peer mediators in their communities. The justice system is often difficult for young people in Kwale to navigate. It is also Read More
Drop the Gun, Grab the Mic! (Ambassador Grant)
Rap Music to Empower Youth and Prevent Violence A team led by local rapper is uplifting the voices of other young musicians to use their art as a form of activism to prevent youth joining gangs. Gang violence is endemic Read More
Developing and Implementing Local Action Plans for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (Strong Cities Network)
This toolkit has been designed by the Strong Cities Network as a resource for local governments and civil society organisations in East Africa who are interested in developing a local action plan (LAP). LAPs seek to build a multisectoral approach Read More
DERIN Peace Network (Ambassador Grant)
Improving the Participation of Young People in Devolution Processes Building upon previous successes, this Ambassador team want to go further in understanding youth civic disengagement and help to overcome it. In 2019, the DERIN Peace Network conducted workshops in Kubo-South Read More
#WhatIf? (Ambassador Grant)
United Against Gang Violence Four workshops with young people and mothers from Mvita sub-County helped to develop a united approach to an issue that deeply affects their community. Following the success of their video campaign in 2019, which depicted various Read More
Alpha Omega
Improving Youth Civic Engagement in Jomvu Evidence-driven workshops on civic engagement help unemployed young people in Jomvu sub-county to better understand public participation processes. Through their research, team Alpha Omega identified that one of the reasons why young people were Read More
Kigoda Pwani
Researching Opportunities and Gaps for Youth Community Engagement A research project aiming to identify why young people from Mvita are not engaging in the civic space. There are plenty of opportunities available for young people in Mvita sub-county to get Read More
Team Kisauni: “Be the Bigger Person”
Building Bridges Between Mothers and Youth Two short videos highlight how important the familial bond is between mothers and children in preventing gang recruitment. Team 'Kisauni', named after the sub-county its members come from, produced 2 videos that depict the Read More
