Our partners in West Africa
We work with partner organizations in local communities, at national level and across the Mano River sub-region of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to strengthen their capacity for conflict resolution, improve people’s access to justice and their involvement in local governance.
Bo Peace and Reconciliation Movement (BPRM)
This network of 11 organizations has successfully helped prevent and resolve armed violence in southern Sierra Leone since 1998 through local peace monitors who identify, mediate and adjudicate in conflicts at community, district and chieftaincy level.
Centre for Development and Security Analysis (CEDSA)
CEDSA is a research institution established in 2000 with the aim of contributing to the realization of sustainable development, peace and stability in Africa through informed research, capacity building and advocacy.
Mano River Women's Peace Network (MARWOPNET)
Formed in 2001 by women of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to work to ensure gender equality in all spheres of nation building, and to teach conflict resolution and negotiation techniques in the Mano River Region.
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) - Talking Drum Studios (TDS)
SFCG began work in West Africa in 1997 with the creation of a radio programme production studio in Liberia called Talking Drum Studio (TDS). TDS’s objective was to support the peace process and the national elections. Building on the success of the Liberia program, a TDS studio was set up in Sierra Leone in 2000 in response to the civil war. SFCG are experienced in developing media programmes which engage local populations in the production and distribution of radio programs and have a strong reputation for community-rooted and innovative initiatives.
Sulima Fishing Community Development Project (SFCDP)
Working since 1999 in a remote war-devastated area between Pujehun District in Sierra Leone and Grand Cape Mount County in Liberia, this local organization supports local conflict resolution and prevention through the work of its men and women peace monitors and community development initiatives.
West Africa Centre for Capacity Development (CENCAD)
Cencad is an NGO based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which promotes the processes of reconciliation, peace-building, accountable and participatory governance and human development by enhancing support for, and contributions to, community, local, national and sub-regional processes and capacities.
Youth in Progress
Conciliation Resources has supported young people and youth organizations in eastern Sierra Leone since 2001 to develop their abilities to deal with conflict without resorting to violence and to engage constructively with their communities. We work with the Ministry of Youth and local authorities to improve understanding of young people’s potential role in the country’s development and recovery from war.