Theme: Peacebuilding

This baseline study was carried out as part of the “Anw Ko Hêrê” project which is implemented by Search Mali in partnership with the Association des Jeunes contre l’Enrôlement dans le Terrorisme (AJCET). This 24-month project funded by the Department of State aims to “strengthen the resilience of communities in…

The current pandemic is a defining cultural and political moment for today’s generation of youth. Many are leading their communities’ response to COVID-19. Indeed, young people are often at the front lines of responses in times of conflict and crisis. From feeding the poor and marginalized to using dance to…

In October 2016, Search for Common Ground (Search) entered into an agreement with Food for the Hungry (FH) to carry out a project Tuendelee Pamoja II that contributes to the realization of the Development Food Security Activity (DFSA). The project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development…

In 2017, Search for Common Ground launched an initiative to apply the collective impact methodology for youth-inclusive peacebuilding in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The project helped organizations and individuals to find collaborative ways tackle issues of injustice arising from rapid redevelopment and gentrification...

West Africa - June 2020 - Key Highlights

In Niger, the threat of Boko Haram turned everyone’s lives upside down. Teenagers became fighters. Wives became widows. Innocent people became prisoners. So many futures—upended by years of conflict.

In 1997, after Liberia’s devastating civil war, our team established the radio production house Talking Drum Studio with the audacious goal of sowing the seeds of post-war recovery through innovative radio programming. For more than two decades, we have been creating dramas, news programs, talk shows, and soap operas spreading…

Search for Common Ground (Search), in partnership with Badya Centre for Integrated Development Services (Badya), is implementing an 18-month project “Minatinaa fi Tamasokona (Strong in Our Social Cohesion): Strengthening Nonviolence as a Strategy for Peacebuilding and Promoting Social Cohesion in the Abyei Area” with generous support from the US Department…

A statement from our CEO and President about the tensions in the United States in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.

This publication was produced by Search for Common Ground, for review by the European Union Delegation in Rwanda. This study was made possible thanks to the financial support of the European Union delegation in Rwanda, and its content is the responsibility of Search for Common Ground, and does not necessarily…