Linking peace, gender equality, and climate resilience for sustainable change.

Across the Karamoja Cluster, communities live at the intersection of insecurity and environmental stress. The challenges of cross-border conflict and climate change cannot be solved in isolation — they require integrated, community-driven approaches.

With support from the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and in partnership with Saferworld, Herdersof the Horn (KHH) is implementing the Strengthening Integrated Peace, Resilience, and Disaster Risk Reduction project (2024–2025).

Locally Led Peacebuilding, Gender Inclusion, and Climate Adaptation

This initiative empowers community-based organizations (CBOs) to lead peace and development solutions. We provide training in peace building, gender-responsive planning, and small-scale enterprise development — ensuring that interventions reflect local realities. Women’s and youth groups play central roles, designing initiatives that promoteboth security and livelihood resilience.

Our collaboration with Saferworld combines financial oversight, joint monitoring, and technical support with KHH’s on-the-ground relationships and contextual expertise. Together, we are creating safe spaces for dialogue, strengthening local governance, and embedding conflict sensitivity in every activity.

Building Dialogue Platforms that Connect Communities, Leaders, and Institutions

Already, the project is expanding local governance capacity, reducing tensions over natural resources, and promoting innovative approaches to adaptation. By combining peace building,gender equality, and climate action, we are demonstrating how integrated development can transform fragile pastoral regions.

This Strengthened local peace committees and women’s groups; reduced resource-based conflicts; supported gender-responsive, community-led livelihood initiatives.
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Over the next year, we will scale community-driven peace infrastructures, link them to district and national coordination platforms, and ensure that lessons from the Karamoja Cluster inform broader regional peace and resilience frameworks.