Voices from the Peace Frontlines
First-hand accounts of transformed communities where peace paved the path to thriving livelihoods.
Silencing Guns, Opening Corridors: The Suguta Valley Peace Treaty
Decades of cyclic cattle rustling and dry-season pasture clashes once made the border between Turkana and Samburu impassable. CLD deployed accredited Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mediators to host a series of neutral Lomerani elder barazas.
The resulting peace accord codified reciprocal grazing rights and established a shared solar water trough. Today, morans from both communities jointly manage the livestock dipping stations and trade peacefully at cross-border markets.
From Street Warfare to Tech Micro-Enterprises in Mathare
In the dense alleys of Mathare, territorial turf battles between rival youth gangs often disrupted informal markets and subjected young men to violence. CLD peace facilitators conducted confidential peer dialogues to broker a mutual non-aggression truce.
As a direct peace dividend, former rivals were co-enrolled in CLD's Eastlands Youth Digital & Agribusiness Hub. Over 280 ex-combatants have graduated with certified digital livelihoods, operating smartphone repair and vertical sack-farming collectives.
Women as Peace Brokers: Ending Border Clashes Around Water Pans
When scarce dry-season water points triggered recurring ethnic skirmishes in Turkana Central, women bore the brunt of both violence and 5-hour daily water treks. Under CLD's UNSCR 1325 Women Mediators network, local mothers stepped up to lead joint inter-community dialogues.
CLD supported their treaty by drilling a 140m solar borehole at a neutral midpoint. Co-managed by a bi-clan women's committee, the kiosk provides 25,000 liters of safe water daily and irrigates a joint organic vegetable cooperative.