The August women's peace crusade & The July women's peace crusade. 2001
Women as ambassadors of peace: an effective means of reducing cattle raiding
among East African pastoralists?
Akabwai, D. CAPE, OAU , 2001
These articles looks at a CAPE inspired innitiative to use women as ambassadors
of peace. Pastoralists in East Africa have considerable problem with cattle
raiding and cross-border conflict. Women can play a particularly important
role in diminishing this problem.
The articles finds that:
Pastoralist harmonisation initiative: second international meeting. How
to harmonise pastoralism in Karamoja? Findings from a conference. 2001
Grace, D. CAPE, OAU , 2001
The Pastoral Harmonisation Meeting at Mbale was the second International
Meeting convened by OAU/IBAR to support peace building in the Karamoja Cluster.
The key messages emerging from the 14 communities of the Karamoja cluster
include:
Breaking the spears and cooling the earth: an analytical review of the Pastoral
Communities Harmonisation Initiative. From community-based animal health to
peace-maker: the shifting role of OAU/IBAR. 2001
Waithaka, D. CAPE, OAU , 2001
This article describes the role OAU/IBAR plays in peace-making among the
Karamajong in Kenya, Uganda, Sudan and Ethiopia.
OAU/IBAR's main interaction was previously focused on eradicating rinderpest
and other livestock diseases through community-based animal health approaches.
However, the organisation has already won the confidence of the livestock
owners in this area. People in this region now consider OAU/IBAR as a trustworthy
partner.
This has led to the Pastoral Communities Harmonisation (PCH) initiative.
This has:
The herd instinct: children and livestock in the horn of Africa. 1999
by Andy Catley. Working Paper 21, Save the Children. 1999. (80 pages) ISBN
1 84187-0070-2; ISSN 0966-6931
Available from: Publications Sales, Save the Children, 17 Grove Lane, London
SE5 8RD, UK. www.savethechildren.org.uk
Summary: As a child-focused organisation, Save the Children must be able
to demonstrate that its work makes a real difference to children's lives.
While it is generally accepted that projects in sectors such as education
and health offer obvious benefits to children, the links between livestock-related
work and child welfare are not always understood. This working paper looks
at pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa and describes the fundamental
ways in which the ownership of animals affects children, both positively and
negatively. The paper focuses on basic needs in communities that have been
increasingly marginalised, experienced long-term conflict and suffered recurrent
food security problems.
Using case studies from Save the Children projects in south-east Ethiopia,
the paper shows how livestock projects can be developed according to local
priorities, capacity and knowledge. It also offers suggestions for learning
more about the impact of livestock projects, both on communities as a whole
and on the children living in these communities.
The paper concludes that practical experience in community-based approaches
to livestock development is crucial when working with pastoralists. Crucially,
pastoralists and their children are highly dependent on livestock as sources
of food, income and social well-being. As livestock problems are often a local
priority, animal health or similar initiatives can be a useful entry point
for understanding a range of issues affecting pastoral livelihoods.
The paper will be useful for readers who wish to learn more about the role
of animals in herding communities.