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Meet Adama Diarra, a young electrician from Mali whose journey from employee to entrepreneur shows how determination and targeted support can transform lives – and communities.
After earning his ...
Meet Hawa, a young entrepreneur building stability for her family and community while navigating a complex security context in Mali.
Like many young people in her hometown, Ségou, Hawa faced sys...
Peace is possible, but it doesn't just happen. Peace is built. It's repaired. It's protected.
Across the world, violent conflict is rising – taking lives, displacing families, and holding back p...
Meet Mamadou Sylla from Ségou, Mali. He's 28, and his journey embodies this year's #InternationalYouthDay theme of local youth action for the Global Goals better than anything else.
Mamadou's dre...
Localisation: how can this hot topic be turned into practical action?
Both international donors and #peacebuilding organisations strive for sustainable positive impact in communities we support. ...
What is key to the success of climate action in conflict-affected communities? Women's leadership.
In the remote villages of Northern Kenya, climate change is hitting communities hard. But women l...
Close to zero - that's how much climate finance reaches remote communities in Northern Kenya.
But Kenneth from Baringo County isn't letting that stop him. As a youth leader, he's rallying local p...
“Because of climate change, we have been impoverished by the frequent fights with our neighbours over grazing land”
Living in an increasingly unpredictable climate has its consequences – not only...
"Difference does not mean disagreement", says Manal Okaily, a mediator from #Lebanon.
Her words, captured during a training for women mediators in June 2024, carry profound meaning today as war r...
2024 marks thirty years since the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. To this day, communities continue to grapple with its legacy.
Over the last thirty years Rwandans have worked to process tr...
Marginalised communities in Nepal are experiencing some of the worst effects of climate change.
Dependent on the country’s once teaming waters and fertile land for their livelihoods, they now find...
Before joining the Living with Dignity project, Firuza didn’t have a job and was experiencing “lots of family problems”.
Through the project, she was trained as a dressmaker and given a sewing mac...
International Alert has been working with ARCT-Ruhuka since 2007 to help support reconciliation between those affected by the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi as well as to facilitate open and inclu...
After the genocide, Theobald fled to Burundi but “was always haunted by the crimes that I committed”. Upon returning home to Rwanda, he served 12 years in prison for his role in the genocide.
“Aft...
“The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi left me with severe trauma because my husband was killed before my eyes,” explains Marie-Josée. Her son was also killed during the genocide, as were her brother...
“I always had conflict with my neighbours but, since the project, I have changed how I approach the problem. I don’t quarrel and look for a peaceful solution. My neighbours have seen this and also ...
“In the beginning, it was very difficult for me to talk about my personal problems,” Munira explains. “But we learned to express ourselves.”
As part of the Living with Dignity project, Munira rece...
As the UN's once-in-a-decade Financing for Development conference kicks off in Spain, the stakes couldn't be higher for conflict-affected regions still striving toward the Sustainable Development G...
International Alert's Executive Director, Nic Hailey CMG, was at the UK Houses of Parliament on 20 May 2025, giving evidence to the International Development Select Committee, in the context of upc...