GCERF is uniquely positioned to turn community-level learning into insight that shapes the global response to violent extremism and terrorism. This hub brings together insights from GCERF-supported programmes, both ongoing and completed, sharing the evidence, lessons learned, and promising practices emerging from our work to prevent and counter violent extremism.
Recalibrating security-community relations for preventing violent extremism in Northern Kenya
In Northern Kenya's Garissa, Isiolo, and Mandera counties, a GCERF-funded programme revitalised the Nyumba Kumi community policing model, lifting confidence in these structures from 15.1% to 41.03% and transforming once-wary communities into active security partners.
This article is written by Mohamedamin Issack, Monitoring and Evaluation Learning Manager at Regional Pastoralist Peace Link (RPPL) and Samhita Ayaluri, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer at GCERF.
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