PEACE BUILDING AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
The HoA countries are situated in a region that is exposed to recurrent natural shocks coupled with political instability. The region is characterized by both internal and cross-border displacement of large parts of its population. Conflict is the root cause of food insecurity in HoA. It causes massive internal and cross-border displacement, preventing households from engaging in typical livelihood activities, and inhibits economic growth by hampering the extraction natural resources and disrupting markets and trade routes as well as limiting access and sharing of grazing resources. As a result, income-earning opportunities are limited leading to high rates of poverty. HARDA will implement the following initiatives to achieve peace: -
- Cross Border Peace Building and Conflict Management in the Horn of Africa
- Reduction of armed violence
- Interclan/community peace engagement program
- Countering violent Extremism (CVE)
- Community capacity building and trauma healing program
- Countering gender-based violence in all its forms and shapes.