Issue 2: April 2014

STRENGTHENING
HUMAN SECURITY IN THE
RO Nairobi Newsletter | April 2014
BORDER COMMUNITIES
OF TURKANA, KENYA.
THE HUMAN SECURITY TRUST FUND
OVERVIEW
Strengthening Human security in the Border Communities of
Turkana is a three-year project aimed at addressing the human
security concerns of pastoralists living in extreme hardship
and vulnerability to numerous threats in Turkana county of
northern Kenya.

The project is undertaken in the context of UN inter-agency

coordination and is implemented by UNDP, FAO, WHO, IOM,
UNICEF and ILO, in partnership with local community-based
organizations, peace committees, local governments and the
Governmental National Drought Management Authority.

This project is based on a two and half year (July 2009 -

March 2011) assessment and consultation in the context of
Security in Mobility initiative which promotes integrated and
comprehensive interventions that link relief to development in
pastoralists’ communities.

The project focuses on strengthening the resilience of the

dominant livelihoods in the ASALs of Northern Kenya in the
face of natural disasters and other shocks, while providing
alternative coping mechanisms through coordinated,
sustainable interventions in the livelihoods, food security,
education and health sectors.

Considering the mobile nature of pastoral communities, the

project is providing opportunities to peaceful interactions.

Why Turkana?

This is one of the conflict hotspots of the larger Karamoja

region which suffers from a climate-migration-conflict-nexus.

Reccurring severe drought cycles leads to increasingly frequent

out-migrations of pastoralists within Kenya and across the
border, in search of water and pasture for livestock. This in turn
leads to rising levels of violent inter-ethnic conflict through the
region.

The project aims at improving the socio-economic situation

of the target population, stabilizing fragile livelihoods and
preventing disaster by building community resilience to
frequent climatic, environmental and insecurity shocks, and
promoting inter-communal peace in the region.

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 Who Does What

United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Labour

Organization are working to increase access to education
for pre-school and school-age nomadic children through
the implementation of mobile schools and community
mobilization, provision of supply to the government low-
cost boarding schools, and improve life condition of children
through mainstreaming child labour concerns into the project
strategies.

World Health Organization is working to ensure access to

basic healthcare for the communities with special emphasis on
the most vulnerable.

International Organization for Migration and the United Nations

Development Programmes are working together to expand
people’s livelihood choices and support livelihood diversification
and promote peace and prevent recurring conflict among targeted
communities through the provision of early warning information
and peace building activities.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

aims to improve pastoral livelihoods and food security among the
most vulnerable.

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 TAKING CHILD LABOUR PROBLEM HEAD ON IN TURKANA COUNTY
On Christmas Day in 2013, a number of children, reported The design of child labour intervention in this project has
to be 130, living and working in the streets of Lodwar town a strong component on working with community leaders,
were hosted to a Christmas lunch by Turkana community parents and children to address these challenges. Numerous
leaders, led by the Lodwar Town Chief, Ms. Lomosingo and activities have so far been implemented to address the
the County Executive in charge of Education, Ms. Margaret child labour problem, especially addressing community
Kuchal. Everyone expected that after lunch the children perception, with a view to fully engaging their participation.
would return to their ‘homes’ in the streets. This was not to
be. Instead, they demanded to be accommodated in decent Moving from denial that was reported during the baseline
environment, and facilitated to return to school. survey carried out in 2012-2013 to children demonstrating
practical solution to the problem, an integrated stakeholder
130 children eking out a living in a small town like Lodwar engagement may help in unlocking effective coordination
is not a small number. It manifests the magnitude of child potential in tackling child labour.
labour problem that the Human Security Trust Fund project
is confronted with. The good news though, is that child The International Labour Organization entered into
labour is something that children are not ready to engage partnership with two community based organizations,
in. They have a strong desire to live a decent life, aspire to Turkana Women Advocacy and Development Organization
be educated and transformed into productive members of (TWADO) and St. Peters Community Network (SAPCONE) to
society. implement a wide range of interventions in tackling child
labour. TWADO is working with grass root women groups to
It is an eye opener therefore, that the problem is not with form a network of community based interveners.
the children. They are victims of vulnerability brought about
by ineffective child protection systems as well as other A four days Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop was held
natural and man-made problems such as cultural beliefs, for 35 participants representing six women groups from
inadequate and inaccessible learning facilities, perennial Lodwar, Kalokol and Turkwell. Among the trainees were
drought, ill health and insecurity among others. Chiefs and representatives of School Management Boards.

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An initiative to sensitize women groups against child labour It due to the foregoing that ILO is also working closely with
was held shortly after the TOT, where 240 people were the County Government, devoting time and resources to
reached in the villages of Kotela, Lokiriama, Kalemunyan, enhance their capacity to plan and implement development
Lolupe, Turkwel Namukuse and Long’ech. programmes that will lead to sustainable means of preventing
and eliminating child labour.
Trained community members and leaders are engaged in
interventions that should result in reduced incidences of
child labour. In early May 2014, a total of 400 children will
have either been prevented or withdrawn from child labour
and enrolled in school, while their parents will be facilitated
to engage in alternative livelihoods. This will be done in
collaboration with FAO and IOM. The children will be enrolled
in schools like Kanamkemer, Turkana Girls, Kachaimeri, Kalokol
Girls Nabwel Primary schools. Additionally one mobile school
has been identified as enrolment center for children not able
to attend regular school. All these schools are benefitting from
UNICEF interventions including capacity building for teachers
and school managers.

On the other hand, SAPCONE - a local based organization - has

joined hands with Turkana County Government to influence
action on elimination of child labour at the County policy
making level. As part of their planned activities, SAPCONE has
documented cases of families with children in child labour.
The documentation highlights the human security dynamics
of the problem.
Children have become frequent participants in the Turkana fishing industry.

One of the documented cases is of a ten year old boy Meanwhile, the 130 former street children were in January
in Napekopo village, who lives with and herds his aged 2014 enrolled in various schools, courtesy of the County
grandmother’s goats. Although he would like to go to school, Government.
the boy is weighed down by the need to work and cater for
his aged and sick grandmother. Indeed, his hope of going to Prior to the start of the Human Security Project, child labour
school seems to have diminished, and in his words, “I want to in Turkana had never been prioritized. Today, with some
be a better herdsman so that I can inherit my grand mother’s advocacy, capacity building and continuous engagement, child
flock.” The boy is entangled in survival trap where if he does labour interventions are enshrined in the County Government
not work; he and his ailing grandmother are at survival risk. development plans for children. The street children
intervention is one example of the County Government’s
Interventions to uplift such a family will require long term commitment to the Turkana children.
interventions in health, education, livelihood and psychosocial
support, that will go beyond the lifespan of the Human ILO will continue to work with the government and
Security Project. stakeholders to spread anti child labour wings.

“130 children
eking out a living
in a small town
like Lodwar is not
a small number.
It manifests the
magnitude of child
labour problem
that the Human
Security Trust
A young boy prepares lunch for the family in the outskirts of Lodwar town.
Fund project is
confronted with.”

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LINKING HUMANITARIAN AID TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND
NUTRITION SECURITY IN TURKANA
Enhancing Resilience in Fight Against Hunger
In the spirit of “Delivering as One”, the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations has joined forces with five
other UN agencies to address the human security concerns of
pastoralists living in extreme hardships in the most vulnerable
parts of Turkana County.

With financial support from the United Nations Trust Fund for
Human Security (UNTFHS), FAO is implementing the crops,
livestock, fisheries and natural resource components of the
project in collaboration with VSF Belgium as the implementing
partner.

The FAO approach builds on the already existing knowledge

of the communities to provide tested interventions that will
enhance resilience and mitigate against natural and manmade
challenges.
Tree Nursery in Turkana
Given the pastoralist orientation of the local communities in
the county, the project has improved general health of their
livestock herds and increased productivity.

FAO procured 40 basic animal health vet kits for Loima and
Turkana Central sub-counties to enable community animal
health providers to provide basic preventive animal health
services in their own communities in remote locations. The
kits constitute basic and unrestricted veterinary drugs and
equipment approved by local sub county veterinarians.

The project seeks to also diversify the livelihoods of the

people of Turkana so as to reduce their current overreliance
on their traditional way of life. In this regard, FAO bought
eight thousand day- old chicks that are being brooded for
distribution to 1,600 vulnerable households. Bee hives were
Drought resistant sorghum also procured to support forty women and youth groups.

Ten metric tons of drought tolerant crops that included green

grams, cowpeas, maize and sorghum were procured and
distributed in order to boost food production.

Four suitable locations were identified for tree seedling

nurseries to enhance community-based environmental
conservation.

All these interventions enabled FAO to contribute towards the

goals of the larger project by ensuring food and nutritional
security, an integral part of human security.

Day old chicks

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 IOM TAKES SAFE MIGRATION AND PEACE BUILDING ROAD SHOWS
AND RADIO SHOWS TO TURKANA CENTRAL
Lodwar town was engulfed in a carnival mood for two days, actively disseminated messages.
as IOM under the aegis of the United Nations Trust Fund for
Human Security project held a safe migration and peace The event featured a series of music performances by young
building outreach road show to raise awareness on the local artists, dance competitions and free give away of
culture of peace, human trafficking and exploitation. presents which included T-shirts and solar radios.

The town came almost to a standstill as approximately 4,205 “We thank IOM for this initiative. Our school going children
residents came out in droves to participate in the roadshow will grow up better informed about the ills of human
held on 15-16 April 2014 that sought to empower mainly trafficking and conflict and instead they will concentrate on
school going children by spreading peace building and safe their education,” said 34 year old Jane Ajele.
migration messages, in an area which over the years has
been identified as a hub and source for human traffickers Meanwhile, under the same initiative, IOM Project staff,
and resource based conflicts. David Lukiri and Augustine Lambert participated in a local
radio station talk show at Maata FM to sensitize the resident
For two days, the convoy snaked religiously through the on the perils of human trafficking and the need for safer
towns of Lodwar to the delight of the residents who migration.
turned up in numbers and were left yearning for more. The
residents were visibly excited by the caravan that awoke the The interactive one hour show saw 500 callers take part in
rather dull town in North Western Kenya. the show that run for four days at [Link] in the evening. The
callers called from Loima Sub County, Turkana Central and
Messages on peace, safe migration, food security, child South and parts of Pokot County.
labour and trafficking dominated the highly charged caravan
which staged numerous stop overs along the designated Winners who answered questions in the quiz segment of
routes. IEC materials labelled, “Peace starts with me and the show were awarded free T-shirts. The roadshows will
you”, and “Migrate safely and orderly” were also issued to continue in Lodwar.
the audiences. To spice up the event, presenters of a popular
local radio station Maata FM took part in the road show and

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 IOM SUPPORTS THE KENYA PASTORALIST WEEK

Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto talks to an IOM staff during the pastoralist week

Women and children suffer

the effects of conflict and
the resulting death, due to
catlle rustling.

IOM supported the Center for Minority Rights Development "Insecurity among the Turkana/Pokot, Samburu/Turkana,
(CEMIRIDE) and Turkana Advocacy and Development Forum Moyale and other counties occupied by pastoralists must end
(TUDOF) in organizing the Kenya pastoralist week in Lodwar. otherwise I can assure those perpetrating these acts that we
shall get them," he warned.
The Kenya Pastoralists' Week is an annual multi-stakeholder
partnership project that brings together an array of alliances IOM supported community youth and women groups to
drawn from individual pastoralists, pastoralists' associations, showcase their cultural artefacts while selling them to the
government, private sector, academia and mainstream civil participants and visiting guests, while promoting awareness
society. They are tasked to articulate and jointly recommend on safe migration and peace building among mobile border
solutions to the key challenges affecting pastoralists and communities. IOM further used the forum to advocate for
pastoralism as a source of livelihood in Kenya and East Africa the establishment of linkages with developing partners,
region. regional bodies and governments in order to invest more
in appropriate initiatives that have climate adaptation
Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto joined over 3,000 integration into pastoralist areas. Some of the initiatives
members of the public in marking this year’s celebrations include provision of basic services like health care and
where he urged the pastoral communities involved in cattle education, livestock marketing, , market infrastructures and
rustling to shun the damaging practice or face the full force of encouraging alternative economic activities using other
the law. appropriate livestock products e.g. animal hides, milk and
wool.
"I would like to warn those still steeped in practices like
cattle rustling that their time is up and that the government The theme of the four day event held in December was
is closing in on them. They should take the opportunity “protecting and promoting the interest and the rights of the
presented by the vast resources in this region and the pastoralists through devolved governance.”
devolved funds to engage in viable economic activities," he
said.
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 UNHSTF AND WHO SUPPORTS COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION,
HEALTH PROMOTION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN TURKANA
COUNTY
On a day to day basis, most women and their families in In addition, community mobilization and health promotion
Turkana County face odd realities to access basic amenities. activities were conducted by community health extension
They have to walk miles on end to access water and other workers. Topics covered in both activities included good
amenities like a clinic which perhaps explains the low hygiene practices like daily brushing of teeth with ‘eskeon’
vaccination rate and poor health statistics in the vast county. (traditional brush), burning of rubbish waste, boiling of
The health facilities are placed far apart given the vastness drinking water , cooking of food for a longer period of time,
of the county. School-going children also have to walk longer caring for the sick, lactating mothers and elderly.
distances than most children in urban areas.

Communities here are highly mobile due to their nomadic

lifestyle and sometimes children miss on the necessary
vaccination. The area also has poor infrastructure, hence
inaccessible. Communities are also affected by migration
movements from neighbouring Sudan.

These and more make health promotion and outreach

activities critical for families and the communities in the
area. Health promotion and outreaches are activities that Community health outreach session in Turkana
healthcare workers use to deliver health care to populations
that are far from health facilities, underserved or hard-to- Health activities carried out during the outreaches included
reach populations. promotion of exclusive breast feeding and use of long
lasting insecticide treated nets, managing of diarrheal and
fever cases. Women aged 15-49 were provided with family
planning commodities, Vitamin A supplementation, referral
of suspected HIV, Diarrhea, Unvaccinated/not fully vaccinated
children, malnourished cases and children not dewormed.

The support from UN-HSTF and WHO helped increase the

number of health promotion and outreach activities in Loima
and Turkana central sub counties. “We have experienced
great interest from the community and we are now recording
more children coming for vaccination than before, “ one
health worker said. Sometimes they have to follow the
families due to their mobile lifestyle. The activities are
scheduled to continue for another one year with the intention
of building health capacities of the communities.

Positive results have been reflected with an improvement

Community health outreach session in Turkana
in overall health statistics and especially in the number of
vaccinated children which has increased from an average of
Mobile health clinics are health services offered in a 160 monthly to 255 in Loima Sub County and from 463 To
static facility taken to populations far away from a health 563 in Tukana Central Subcounty.
facility. Mobile outreach involves services that are taken to
populations in a specific location away from health facilities
where services are offered and scheduled at regular intervals.

The health outreaches done in Turkana County have over the

years helped to improve the overall health statics of served
population. Funding for the outreaches was provided through
the Human Security Transfer Fund implemented by the WHO
and the Ministry of Health. A total of 48 were done between
the month of October and December 2013 in Loima and
Tukana Central Sub-Counties.

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 OVER 35 COMMUNITIES IN TURKANA COUNTY RECEIVE
MILLIONS IN GRANTS

Reformed Warriors
are part of the grant
beneficiries
On 19 December 2013, a large ceremony was held at the The Deputy Governor thanked the Human Security Project
St. Teresa Hall in Lodwar presided over by the Turkana for demonstrating that peace building is also about tangible
County Deputy Governor, Mr. Peter Lokoel. projects and support that directly benefits the affected in
the grassroots. He promised that in the next Financial Year,
Among the participants were pastoralist men and women, the County Government will provide matching funds to
representatives of youth groups, members of the District the groups which will be supported by UNDP to participate
Peace Committees of Loima, Turkana South, and Turkana in peace building activities. Without peace, investors, and
Central sub-counties, civil society organizations, government more importantly extractive and gas industry investors, now
officials, and representatives of IOM, UNDP and FAO. The that oil has been discussed in Turkana, the County will not
gathering was attended by the CEO of the National Drought realize it’s County Integrated Development Plans (CIDP).
Management Authority (NDMA), Mr. James Oduor, the
Team Leader of the Peace Building Unit of the UNDP, as The County Minister in charge of Public Service,
well as the newly appointed Peace Ambassador for Turkana Decentralization and Disaster Management, Mr. Charles
County, former Turkana Central Member of Parliament Mr Lokyoto told the gathering said they were pleased with the
Emmanuel Imana. UNHSTF project for involving them in conceptualization,
implementation and monitoring of the Peace Dividend
With the kind assistance of funding from the UNHSTF, the Grants. The Grants Committee which helps select
‘Strengthening Human Security in the Border Areas of beneficiary groups, includes the Areas Members of the
Turkana’ project disbursed grants totaling KES 6.3 million to County Assembly, Chairmen of the three District Peace
at least 35 community, reformed warrior, women, and youth Committees, two members of the County Government, the
groups. This support is part of the UNDPs ‘Armed Violence NDMA Manager in the County and representatives of IOM
Reduction Project,’ which works together with five other and UNDP.
UN agencies including UNICEF, WHO IOM, FAO, and ILO to
deliver ‘as one’ in the Turkana County, in a bid to maximize
impact and enhance human security in the border region of
the County.

These grants, called ‘Peace Dividends’, were geared

to enable the beneficiary groups deepen and diversify
their livelihoods in order to cushion them from effects
of conflicts and natural disasters such as drought. Peace
Dividend projects, which are granted to consolidate peace
and building local capacity for peace, have the potential
to encourage communities to embrace peace, and can
also be used to lay frameworks for preventing recurrence
of further conflicts. UNDP, working on armed violence
reduction projects in northern Kenya since 2008, has gained
considerable experience of consolidating peace through Some of the grant benefiries at the event
granting of peace dividends and supporting livelihood and
natural resource projects.

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 peacefully across the border in Uganda, and that this was
made possible by the prevailing peace between the Turkana
and Methiniko community of Uganda. He challenged the
gathering to think seriously on establishing such peace
across the internal boundary with other Counties in Kenya.

The UNDP Team Leader for Peace building, Dr Roba

Sharamo, told the gathering that UNDP will partner with
other stakeholders and County and National governments
to help develop policies and legal frameworks to address
how the local communities and their governments can
benefit from oil and mineral discoveries in Turkana. He said
the UNDP will mobilize expertise in this emerging industry
as well as support conflict sensitive exploration and mining
of oil and minerals across the country.

The NDMA CEO handing over a cheque to beneficiary group It was agreed that the establishment of a County Peace
members Forum, and a Secretariat under the Office of the County
Peace Ambassador to enhance coordination among the
The beneficiary groups, who included women, youth, peace stakeholders in the County needed to be speeded up,
disabled and Village Community Banking (VICOBA) groups, to reduce wastages associated with duplication of efforts.
proposed to engage in such projects like bee keeping, honey The CEO of the NDMA informed the gathering that peace
processing and marketing, marginal farming, livestock building was being mainstreamed in the IGAD regions
trade, and small scale retailing of goods. Each group is ‘Ending Drought Emergencies’ Policy Document and the
assisted to implement their grants through technical advice Government of Kenya’s Second Medium Term Plan (MTP
from line Ministry experts, who are sourced by the NDMA, II), emphasizing that peace and security were also national
the implementing agency, while IOM assisted in the training priorities.
the groups in enterprise management.

The reformed warriors promised to shun rustling and road

banditry and concentrate on proposed income generating
activities to improve their livelihoods, and work advance
their families, their knowledge and skills. The Deputy
Governor noted that already they have seen changes in
terms of thinking and livelihoods amongst some reformed
warriors, who have benefited from the training by IOM and
the grants from UNDP. For instance, it was announced that
a reformed warrior in Kangirisai, a hotspot within Turkana
Central Sub-County, has gone back to school and rejoined
Primary Standard Seven, the class he dropped from when
he became a rustler.

Speaking during the ceremony, a representative of the Beneficiary groups include women, youth, disabled and Village
Community Banking groups
beneficiary groups, Mrs. Paulina Lokwai, said that, “with
this support, we are better able to support our families and
relieve the pressures on our sons and husbands who go to
raids as a means of livelihoods. I can assure you that with
my contribution to family upkeep, my husband will be a
reformed warrior.”

A representative of the Disabled Groups who also received

the Peace Dividend grant said “today, we are happy that
the forgotten people like us were remembered”. He added
that most of the many disabled people in Turkana County
were victims of raids that occasioned their disability, and
that is why they are in the fore front in peace building. The
Turkana County Peace Ambassador, HE Imana, said that
over 30,000 drought affected Turkana herders were grazing

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 BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE THROUGH QUALITY EDUCATION
Unicef Enrolls Nomadic Children in Schools
The education component of the UNHSTF project is The campaigns resulted in 7,000 boys and girls joining
implemented by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). ECDE and primary schools. A total of 1,200 parents were
This component seeks to address accessibility of quality reached through this intervention which has positively
basic education for nomadic children in Turkana Central contributed to an increase in enrolment in schools by 7 per
and Loima sub-counties. Improved access to education will cent. Furthermore, a total of 20 schools were established to
strengthen community resilience to the complex hardships of accommodate the first-time pupils following the enrolment
the pastoralist way of life with its numerous threats to human drive.
security.
Through the campaign, community participation was evident
The education project has focused on building strong as exemplified by their willingness to construct a temporary
partnerships and capacities in Turkana County, targeting local shelter for school-going children. These temporary structures
NGOs, county education departments, teachers, as well as provided learning spaces for the children in some of the
school management committees. These partnerships will newly-opened schools.
strengthen the efficiency of local education systems and
provide education services that are responsive to the nomadic UNICEF also provided 188 boarding supplies to 17 low-cost
lifestyle and related threats to education rights for pastoralist’ boarding schools in order to ensure safety and an inclusive
children. environment for nomadic children in Turkana. A total of
376 children (216 boys and 160 girls) are beneficiaries of the
Enrolment drive campaigns is a key highlight in this supplies and now have a safe and secure place to sleep. This
programme. UNICEF developed key partnerships with the has improved school enrolment and retention for nomadic
Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) and children in Turkana, especially girls.
Turkana Education For All (TEFA), a local county-based NGO,
to increase access for out-of-school children (OOSC) and “My concentration in class has improved because I sleep
retention for most vulnerable boys and girls in the nomadic better and I am protected from scorpion bites since our
communities of Turkana Central and Loima sub-counties. dormitory is a thatched, mud-walled hut”, said Akai, a 15 year
old girl in Class 8 at Nakiria primary school. Akai aspires to be
The enrolment campaign kicked off in December 2013. The a paediatrician when she completes her studies.
County Education team spearheaded rigorous enrolment
campaigns to sensitize participants on the need to improve “Thank you for the beds in this dormitory which keeps the
enrolment, analyze and appreciate the current enrolment girls safe from crawling scorpions and spiders.”
situation, enlighten participants on policy issues in education,
identify and assign roles to key stakeholders; and identify The 14 mobile schools participating in the programme were
strategies that can improve enrolment of children in schools supplied with mobile school kits, the nomadic children are
in the targeted sub-counties. more secure and protected from the scorching sun, rain
and wind, hence a substantive improvement in the learning
environment. Consequently, there has been an increase in
enrolment with 3,103 nomadic children (1,751 boys and 1,352
girls) enrolling in mobile schools.

The multi-grade teaching by the trained teachers has led to

the improvement of education in the three levels of learners
(ECD, young people and adults) in the mobile schools. More
specifically, the training has improved the teachers’ skills to
manage children of different levels who are in the same class
by grouping according to age or levels of understanding of
content. Such close attention to the learning pace and needs
of each child improves teacher- learner interaction as well as
learning outcomes. This training was also key to mobilizing
It is a challenge for pastoralist children to stay in school as their families migrate in youth and parents (especially in the pastoralist communities)
search of water and pasture. to enrol more learners in schools. The retention of learners in
the mobile schools has improved as the teachers engage the
In addition, the enrolment campaigns created awareness community leadership and parents to allow their children to
amongst communities and government officials on the at least get basic literacy skills at the nearby mobile schools.
importance of education in reference to current policy
frameworks and laws that stipulate education as a right for
the pastoralist communities and children in Turkana County.

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 30 ENVOYS SELECTED TO CHAMPION PEACE INITIATIVES IN
TURKANA CENTRAL
The Turkana Women Advocacy and Development (TWADO), one
of IOM’s implementing partners in February seected 30 peace
ambassadors to spearhead peace activities in three locations of
Turkana Central.

The peace ambassadors who were selected by members of the

community will now be the champions of peace and will work in
close partnership with peace actors such as Chiefs, District Peace
Committees, the County Government and Non-Governmental
Organizations.

To promote sustainable peace, the envoys picked from Kalokol, Kerio

and Lodwar areas will work with and encourage members of the
community to report emerging cases of conflict and how to quell the
same.

Among the initiatives lined up include; instilling peace values among

school going children by initiating peace clubs in their respective
schools. They will also be community peace watchdogs and will serve
to identify law breakers within the community and neighbouring sub
counties and escalate their concerns to local authorities.

Separately, TWADO led members of the local community in planting

over 200 trees in an elaborate exercise meant to enlighten members
of the community on the importance of conserving the environment.
The three week event targeted Kerio and Kalokol areas in Turkana
Central.

The initiative comes against the backdrop of rampant charcoal burning

menace that has led to extensive environmental degradation.

SUPPORT FOR THESE ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM THE
GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN, THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS TRUST FUND FOR HUMAN
SECURITY.
SPECIAL APPRECIATION ALSO TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF GREECE , THAILAND, MEXICO
AND SLOVANIA FOR THEIR INVALUABLE SUPPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS TRUST
FUND FOR HUMAN SECURITY

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 This joint United Nations Trust Fund for Human security is an
initiative championed by six United Nations agencies.
For further information, please contact:

Abdi Umar
Program Officer- Peace Building & Conflict Prevention
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Tel: +(254)-720 385531
Email: [Link]@[Link]

Amina Ibrahim
Education and Gender Specialist
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Tel: +(254)-717 717886
Email: amibrahim@[Link]

Bernard Kiura
National Project Coordinator
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Tel: +(254)-700 353966
Email: bkiura@[Link]

Fatma Said
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
National Program Officer- United Nations Trust Fund for Human
Security (UNTFHS) Kenya Coordination.
Tel: +(254)-728 600507
Email: fsaid@[Link]

Dr. Ganda Nollascus

National Program Officer- Outbreak Disaster Management and
Nutrition
World Health Organization (WHO)
Tel: +(254)-716 470710
Email: gandan@[Link]

Dr. Wilson Ronno

Head - Crops Unit
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Tel: +(254)-726 949434
Email: [Link]@[Link]