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It was a great pleasure and honour for the Alliance for Peace Research and Diplomacy (APReD) to have been part of the CARE USA-led team that successfully planned and executed the Congressional Learning Tour in Turkana County, northwestern Kenya. The grand purpose of this tour was to check the progress and impact of US foreign […]

APReD's Managing Director Mr. Paulson Erot Tadeo (standing) sharing his professional and technical insights in regards to the nexus between Conflict, Climate Change and Nutrition during USAID Nawiri's workshop held in Eldoret, Kenya. The USAID Nawiri program has made significant progress in its 5-year initiative (funded by USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance/BHA) to better understand and take forward concrete solutions to persistent acute malnutrition (PAM) particularly in Samburu and Turkana Counties. The workshop brought together over 4o key stakeholders drawn from government (national & county), Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs), Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and private institutions working particularly in Samburu and Turkana Counties. The main goal of the workshop was to jointly reflect and co-create the relationship between acute malnutrition, violent conflict and climate change, as well as to establish entry points (appropriate interventions) for USAID's Nawiri's program in <strong><em>Holistically and Sustainably</em></strong> addressing difficulties associated to this nexus. This served as a guiding framework for the program's continued design, testing, and adaptation of Nawiri activities, painting a clear picture of the program's collective understanding of the current context as it relates to the linkages between conflict, climate and nutrition, proposed change pathways, and how activities will be monitored and refined based on learning.

APReD's Managing Director Mr. Paulson Erot Tadeo (in a blue T-Shirt) participated in a strategic consultation meeting with ACDI/VOCA's Cross-Border Community Resilience (CBCR) Program Team and Agency for Cross-Border Pastoralists Development (APaD) Team in Lodwar, Turkana County. The main agenda of the meeting was to critically analyse the security situation in Karamoja Cluster and existing intervention strategies for addressing the same in preparation for the rolling out of the USAID funded CBCR Program in the region.

APReD's Managing Director Mr. Paulson Erot Tadeo (3rd from the left, holding the banner) engaged with Life and Peace Institute's Horn of Africa Regional Program team from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The overall agenda of the meeting was to identify key strategic areas and opportunities for partnership in enhancing sustainable peace and development in the IGAD's Karamoja Cluster.