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Title: Youth As Agents of Peace.....Kenya
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Categories: Peace, Conflict & Governance
Human Rights & Equity
Culture & Identity
Status:
In Planning
Timeline:
January 10 08 to December 19 08
Description:
UN-HABITAT hasl provided financial support to the Kenya Red Cross to mobilize and facilitate youth representatives to promote peace and reconciliation efforts in slum areas in Nairobi. This would entail the deliver emergency relief, while mobilizing our existing youth members as outreach workers to identify needy families and geographic areas that may be not is adequately served by current relief efforts. The youth would also be integral to mapping post-conflict shelter reconstruction needs within their communities, producing youth peace building media, help with post conflict shelter construction, and finally identify those who can receive job training and start micro-businesses.
Background:
Following the announcement of the results of the general elections held in Kenya, the country has witnessed sporadic violence that resulted in looting, destruction of property, loss of homes and lives. Environmental Youth Alliance and Stay Alive Youth Support Group have mobilized youth networks to to ascertain the situation on the ground. This is a composite picture from observers living in slum areas, as well as the Red Cross who is providing emergency aid in affected areas. The Red Cross has sent out two appeals for assistance to support on going post conflict relief efforts across Kenya.
The Kenyan Red Cross has also informed UN-HABITAT that it faces challenges distributing supplies to affected informal settlements, especially in areas where those in need of emergency assistance are difficult to reach. On the other hand, there has been a cry from the youth living in these areas to receive aid beyond relief camps. At the same time, Youth Groups working with UN-HABITAT at different capacities have informed the Agency of their willingness and capacity to provide the necessary assistance required to ease the current logistical challenge of aid reaching the interior areas of slums.
In addition, the Kenyan Red Cross has issued an appeal for 15.4 million to serve the projected needs for the over 500,000 people in need of humanitarian aid. In Nairobi, the response has been swift. The involvement of local radio stations has resulted in food and clothing being given at a faster rate than can be distributed. In this regard, the Kenya Red Cross has requested UN-HABITAT to provide support for the mobilization and facilitation of youth groups to help in facilitating peace efforts by supporting humanitarian relief efforts in informal settlements in Nairobi. In addition to this request was agreed that the technical experience and expertise of UN-HABITAT’s Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch and the Agency’s Disaster Management Programme would be of value to the dire water and sanitation emergency situation being experience in many parts of the country.
Objectives:
Intervention one
Support youth distribution of relief items in areas of
• Dandora
• Kibera
• South B – Fuata Nyayo slums
• Mathare
• Huruma
• Korogocho
• Kawangware
Intervention two
Assist in post-conflict peace building and reconstruction
• Organization of umbrella CSO and CBO youth groups to receive peace building training
• Organization of umbrella youth groups to receive employment and entrepreneurship training Support to Youth groups to map post-conflict shelter reconstruction needs
• Multimedia Youth Peace/Positive Role Model Messages produced targeting slum youth
• UN-HABITAT innovative slum upgrading and reconstruction concepts used to create peaceful and enabling environments in slums
• Slum upgrading peace initiatives created to attract donors to support post conflict peace building and reconstruction efforts.
Needs:
GOAL
The overall goal is identify and mobilize youth groups to provide youth led support to promote peace building and humanitarian assistance to the Kenya Red Cross in support of their on going post election conflict relief.
Objective 1
To support peace initiatives through the distribution of food items and non food items
Activities
•Provision of a daily allowance to youth volunteers
Output
•packaging of relief items as per red cross guidance
•Youth led relief distribution of food and non food items
Objective 2
To identify needy families within the areas affected by post election violence
Activities
•Conduct a rapid assessment to identify needy families
•Distribute relief as per Red Cross plan
Output
•Identification of affected families in need of relief services
•Affected families of post election conflict and violence benefiting from emergency aid
Objective 3
To strengthen youth capacity in promoting peace and knowledge in red cross principles
Activities
•Youth in affected areas trained in peace building and conflict resolution mechanisms and strategies
•Selected youth trained by the Kenya Red Cross in peace building and humanitarian relief support
•Multimedia peace materials produced and widely disseminated in informal settlements
Out put
•Youth ability to respond to relief operations enhanced
• Peace building efforts in affected communities documented and disseminated
Objective 4
Identify and make recommendations of UN-HABITAT post conflict interventions in the affected areas.
Activities
• Identify and mobilize youth groups to receive employment and entrepreneurship training
• Identify post conflict reconstruction needs and make recommendations for interventions
Output
• Areas for improving the livelihoods of those living in slum identified for UN-HABITAT intervention
Contact Name: Christabell Opudo, Faith mullumba, christine Nzillani
Contact Email Address: copudo@gmail.com,faith.mullumba@gmail.com
Contact Phone Number: 0722888385,0722815404
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