Hadin Kan Mu Karfin Mu (“Our unity, our strength”): Reinforcing the resilience and reintegration of conflict affected women and children and promoting community peacebuilding in North East Nigeria

Building on more than 3 years of work done to promote peaceful reintegration of women and girls survivors of Boko Haram captivity and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), International Alert (Alert) proposes a 2-year programme with an overall goal to reinforce the resilience and reintegration of conflict affected women and children and promote community peacebuilding. The specific objectives are: 1. Community and religious leaders are equipped to understand and address challenges to reintegration 2. Stigma against women and children associated with Boko Haram is reduced 3. Community members work collaboratively to identify and resolve conflict related to reintegration The project will target women and children survivors of Boko Haram violence, community and religious leaders, and communities displaced by conflict. The project will be implemented in Gubio IDP camp, Teacher’s Village IDP camp, Sulumri host community, and Shehuri North host community in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council; Bulabulin Sallake and Kamchege IDP camp in Dikwa LGA; GSSS IDP camp and host community in Bama LGA, with a total budget of £900,471 and in partnership with 2 local NGOs. It will use a community-based methodology, employing mapping and capacity building of local peacebuilding actors; culturally appropriate psychosocial and economic support to vulnerable survivors; dialogue and targeted community-led actions to manage conflict peacefully; shared social and cultural activities for groups divided by conflict; and sensitisation on peacebuilding through media. The project will also ensure engagement and advocacy with relevant government and international stakeholders to push for lessons learned to be integrated into broader peacebuilding and reintegration strategies and policies.