Peacebuilding

The most food insecure countries in Africa are frequently also the most conflict affected areas. The landscape of armed conflicts has changed from inter-state to increasingly internal conflict. Most of these internal conflicts are fought in the rural areas of the continent. The rural population has borne severe effects of internal conflicts especially mass violence, internal displacements, abductions, rape, torture and refugee movements.

ACORD's work on conflict and peacebuilding

ACORD works in the region worst affected by conflict. Because of the trans-border ethnic makeup, conflicts in Africa often have a regional dimension and are seldom confined to one country, thus further aggravating food insecurity in different regions simultaneously.

ACORD works to enable communities to address the underlying causes of violence and to build meaningful peace at a grassroots level.

Download ACORD's capacity statement on peace building and conflict resolution to read more about why we work to build peace and transform conflicts, how we do it and get examples of our research and project work.

Some examples of our work include:


Photo: Traditional peace ceremony in Kenya


Photo: Child-headed household in Rwanda


Photo: Woman from DRC giving an SGBV testimony

  • Supporting the socio-economic reintegration of child-headed households, youth, women and solders in conflict and post-conflict situations, such as Angola, Burundi, Chad, CAR, Guinea, Uganda, Sudan and Rwanda
  • Challenging impunity for sexual and gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict situations (DRC, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda)
  • Strengthening Congolese women's peacebuilding skills. Read more about the Goma regional workshop held in July 2013.
  • africa
  • conflict
  • conflict and peacebuilding
  • countering violent extremism
  • fragile states
  • fragility
  • impunity
  • justice
  • migration
  • peace
  • psychosocial support
  • reconciliation
  • refugees and idps
  • reparations
  • resilience
  • social contract
  • trauma healing
  • truth and reconciliation commissions
  • youth
  • Peace resources

    Community voices
    Video, joining the people from the communities of Sotik and Borabu as they work through a peace-building process over a year following the outbreak of violence during disputed national elections in Kenya.
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    Community social peace and recovery model
    Practical handbook on a peace-building methodology developed by ACORD through work in Burundi and Kenya. It is intended for communities and groups who have been torn apart by conflict and it promotes community-led mechanisms for finding durable solutions.
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    Further resources

    Peace team

    Salome Zuriel

    ACORD Conflict Thematic Manager

    Phone: +254 20 27 211 85
    Contact us by e-mail