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Emergency Trust Fund for Africa
  • News article
  • 7 December 2020
  • 1 min read

The RASMI project: Building peace in Africa’s Mandera Triangle

Building peace in Africa’s Mandera Triangle
PACT

Communities in the Mandera Triangle region connecting Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have long endured conflict and political instability. With support from Pact's RASMI project, funded by the European Union Trust Fund for Africa, they are now leading their own efforts to manage conflict and build peace.

Details

Publication date
7 December 2020
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
Thematic
  • Improved governance and conflict prevention
Partner
  • PACT

Programmes in the region

The action aims to enhance the ability of women and children in the States of Red Sea, Kassala and Gedaref to lead socially and economically productive lives, and in doing so strengthen their resilience and that of their communities.

Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
Thematic
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • World Food Programme

The specific objectives and focus of the interventions in Ethiopia are the following:1.

Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
  • Improved governance and conflict prevention
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • Plan International
  • Save the Children
  • Danish Church Aid
  • Norwegian Refugee Council
  • International Rescue Committee

The specific objective is strengthening economic opportunities and resilience of the most vulnerable communities to human-induced and natural disaster crises, through measures that will increase livelihoods and employment, and better access to basic services.

Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
  • Improved governance and conflict prevention
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • Action Contre la Faim
  • International Development Entreprises UK
  • Cordaid
  • CARE
  • Danish Church Aid
  • Vita Ethiopia
  • Save the Children
  • International Rescue Committee

To strengthen the local health systems to better deliver basic packages of health services in West Darfur with the final aim of creating a more conducive and sustainable living environment for host communities and displaced populations through: (1) greater access to and quality of primary health...

Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
Thematic
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • Concern Worldwide
  • International Medical Corps

The main objective is to strengthen the local health systems to better deliver basic packages of health services in selected areas of Eastern Sudan, with the final aim of creating a more conducive and sustainable living environment for host communities, displaced populations and refugees.

Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
Thematic
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • Italian Development Cooperation