Peace Education and Peacebuilding in Dadaab Refugee Camp, UNICEF, December 2015

The Peacebuilding, Education, and Advocacy (PBEA) programme in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp aims to strengthen resilience and social cohesion in the camp (where most refugees are Somali), between refugees and the host community, and in Somalia upon the repatriation of refugees. Refugees residing in Dadaab are vulnerable to frequent natural disasters and also prone to conflicts of varying scale between different communal groups in and around the camp as well as in countries of origin. PBEA is intended to address a number of specific conflict drivers affecting refugees and host communities.

The study focuses on PBEA in Dadaab refugee camp and neighboring Dadaab town and specifically on two peace education initiatives aimed at different populations. The study will look at the opportunities and challenges of peacebuilding through education in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp and how, in this context, PBEA interventions might strengthen social cohesion and community resilience.

It is hoped that the study will contribute to discussions and planning to strengthen peacebuilding through education initiatives designed to increase the capacity of children, adolescents, and youth (as well as parents and other duty bearers) to prevent, reduce, and cope with violent conflict and promote peace and sustainable development. It will also explore opportunities for UNICEF to develop and work with partners to implement PBEA interventions more effectively and overcome the challenges facing programme implementation.

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