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Peace in Kenya
Peaceinkenya.net is an initiative under the Electoral Violence Response Initiative (EVRI-1)
How did EVRI-1 (every-one) start?
Following the outbreak of violence in Kenya on December 29th 2007, members of the Partnership for peace, hosted by PeaceNet convened and initiated an Electoral Violence Response Initiative (EVRI), consisting of civil society organizations (Maendeleo ya Wanawake, PEACENET TRUST, Amani Parliamentary Forum, and Nairobi Peace Initiative), The Kenya Private sector alliance (KEPSA), The Ministry Youth Affairs, The National Steering Committee on Peace building and Conflict Management. The Media Owners Association and the Media Council of Kenya. The team was joined by Action Aid, Oxfam, and World Vision. Since the initial meeting on the 29th December, a number of organizations have joined the initiative, including The Amani Counseling centre, Pamoja Trust, Youth Initiatives Kenya, Global Coalition against Poverty (GCAP), Saferworld
What does EVRI-1 do?
The Electoral Violence Response Initiative has begun to support and advise rapid peacebuilding initiatives particularly at the community level . These include: a white ribbon campaign, community level dialogue in Eldoret, Kasarani and Kibera, and is participating in the humanitarian initiatives of the Kenya Red Cross. PeaceNet regional committees in North Rift (Eldoret), Coast (Mombasa), Central Rift (Nakuru), Nyanza (Kisumu and Ugenya). Through the Media Council and the Media Owners Association, the participation of the media in peace building has grown phenomenally, as seen in the carrying of joint headlines by the Daily Nation and the Standard and the airing of National Prayers on all major broadcast media on Sunday January 6th January 2008.
See full list of participating orgaisations
See organisational principles for EVRI-1
For more information on EVRI-1 please contact PeaceNet Kenya who is hosting the initiative on peacenet@peacenerkenya.org |
About EVRI-1