QPI trains 60 new community peace monitors
A three-day training has prepared 60 volunteers from four counties to spot and report early signs of conflict.
Election early warning & mediation
Watching for the warning signs of electoral violence and responding before it spreads.
Since the violence of 2007/08, Quakers in Kenya have observed elections and trained community monitors. We track early-warning signs, share them with the right authorities and peace actors, and send trained mediators where tension is rising.
What we do
- Training community election monitors
- Early-warning reporting and response
- Rapid-response mediation teams
- Post-election reconciliation forums
Where we work
- Nakuru
- Uasin Gishu
- Kisumu
- Nairobi
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Trained community monitors tracked early-warning signs during a tense by-election, and mediators responded within hours.