“This is the first time I see hope”: Healing in the prisons of Mali

Seeing Ousmane Koné dance, controlling his movements with the grace of a bird, there’s little to hint at the hardship the 29 year-old has overcome. Now, a professional dancer training

Lifting Basic Education and Expectations of Good Governance in the Philippines

To follow Milwida Guevara’s career, through primary school teaching, federal politics in the Philippines and as an economist for the UN, is to inch ever closer the people she set

Mentoring to prevent radicalisation in Nigeria: “My future is in my hands”

Tersoo, an only child who lost his father at age of 3, is from Adikpo in Kwande Local Government in Nigeria. As a teenager, Tersoo found himself in an environment driven

Meet Our Team

What can the private sector do to prevent violent extremism? That’s a question that Kristen O’Connell, GCERF’s lead on private sector partnerships, has been asked on repeat since she started

Empowering the next generation in the Philippines to lead a future without extremism

Like many of her peers, Mira’s dreams for a better future became clouded by the poverty of her circumstances growing up. Around her, she saw malnutrition, abandoned houses and unfinished

Fostering Youth Resilience to Online Radicalisation in Tunisia

Like many of their peers, young Tunisians are fond of social media and YouTube. However, surfing the internet can turn out to be a perilous activity when you do not

Building Trust Between Young People and Police in Kenya

When reporting a crime, few would expect to be put behind bars themselves. But this was how many young people in Kenya’s Kamukunji sub-county felt when the relationship between police and

Recognising Radicalisation in Bangladesh

Even during the pandemic, Arizul,* 18, and his friends Khairul,* Sohel* and Razu* regularly attended the local mosque in Khulna City Corporation, Bangladesh, to pray. The devout young man felt inspired

Safe Spaces in Kenya

When the woman woke up, she was in an unfamiliar setting, deep in the forest. The last recollection she had was accepting a soft drink. This is a story that

Supporting Communities Through COVID-19

GCERF recognised quickly that the spread of COVID-19 threatened to erode hard-worn gains made against the drivers of radicalisation. Young people were spending more time online, heightening their susceptibility to