Organisational Principles for the Election Violence Response Initiative (EVRI-1)

 

We come together as coalitions, organisations and individual citizens to respond to the rising hatred, violence and displacement that is occurring in several parts of our beloved Kenya;

 

While we recognise that a political resolution to the disputed General Elections is necessary to restore peace, we acknowledge that there are other initiatives working on this. We will consequently focus our efforts on mobilising all initiatives and energies towards monitoring violence, advocating for peace and coordinating humanitarian efforts to respond to the needs of people currently displaced and threatened by violence.

 

While the membership of this team shall be open, new organisations and individual citizens will join based on these principles. The undersigned organisations reserve the right to reject a request for membership. Membership maybe rejected on the basis of confidentiality and trust concerns.

 

The Peace and Development Network Trust (Peace-net) shall act as the convenor for this initiative. Representatives from member organisations will be called upon to speak, represent and otherwise act in the name of this initiative. Representatives of member organisations or a smaller group delegated to do so will sign off all public statements that carry the names of member organisations.

 

Signed

 

Partners for Peace

Peace and Development Network Trust

Maendeleo ya Wanawake

ActionAid

Oxfam

World Vision

 

 

January 1st 2008

 

Contact

Mutuku Nguli +254-(0)722-350827 nguli@peacenetkenya.org

Roselyn Mungai +254-(0)733-785856