January 11, 2024

Summary The goals of the Somalia Women and Youth Peace Project (SWYPP) is to 1) Strengthen the ability of existing local peace and governance structures to become more inclusive and supportive towards young people’s participation in conflict management within communities, and 2) Focus on wider community youth-led civic engagement and community-designed peace initiatives with an […]

Facilitate committee expansion or revitalization through consultation meetings and workshops to become more inclusive and participative of young people The project team facilitated a series of consultative meetings with members of local peace and governance structures to discuss the findings of the review and to develop plans for expanding or revitalizing these structures.   The Meeting

SWYPP FOR YOUR RIGHTS interventions included training on Learn to Lead, Accountable Leadership, Advocacy, and Conflict Management with an Emphasis on Land Issues.  DBG conducted a five-day training titled “Training Provided to Young Men and Women” was conducted with the objective of empowering youth and women in Hawl-Wadaag District.  A total of 60 participants drawn

On December 14, 2023, the DBG project team held a one-day validation workshop for community meetings to review and validate community action plans. Generally, the workshop was intended to host larger workshops and community meetings to review and validate community action. Through the CPDF action plans created, the workshop gathered 200 participants from all community

The DBG project team conducted a one-day workshop session for Hawl-Wadaag community mapping and action planning in Maka-Al-Mukarama hotel on the 12th of December 2023. Generally, the workshop served to organize a wider community mapping and action planning session using the Community Peace and Development Framework (CPDF), including locally defined indicators of peace and good