The most food insecure countries in Africa are frequently also the most conflict affected areas. The landscape of armed conflicts has changed from inter-state to increasingly internal conflict. Most of these internal conflicts are fought in the rural areas of the continent. The rural population has borne severe effects of internal conflicts especially mass violence, internal displacements, abductions, rape, torture and refugee movements.
ACORD's work on conflict and peacebuilding
ACORD works in the region worst affected by conflict. Because of the trans-border ethnic makeup, conflicts in Africa often have a regional dimension and are seldom confined to one country, thus further aggravating food insecurity in different regions simultaneously.
ACORD works to enable communities to address the underlying causes of
violence and to build meaningful peace at a grassroots level.
ACORD's current work includes:
- Promoting the community social contract methodology in Burundi, Kenya and Uganda and extending its implementation to other countries
Photo: Traditional peace ceremony in Kenya
- Supporting the socio-economic reintegration of child-headed households, youth, women and solders in conflict and post-conflict situations, such as Angola, Burundi, Chad, CAR, Guinea, Uganda, Sudan and Rwanda
- Challenging impunity for sexual and gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict situations (DRC, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda)
Photo: Child-headed household in Rwanda
Photo: Woman from DRC giving an SGBV testimony
Community social peace and recovery model