Moyale-Moyale Cluster

Building Resilient and Peaceful Communities Across the Ethiopia-Kenya Border

Mobility and Movement: Cross-Border Resilience in Moyale (M&M: CBRM) Project is a three-year cross-border resilience project implemented by Life & Peace Institute in partnership with Mercy Corps, and Pastoralist Concern. The project is funded by the European Union under the broader Peaceful and Resilient Borderlands Programme, which seeks to strengthen peace, resilience, and sustainable development in border communities across the Horn of Africa.

The Project aims to enhance the effectiveness of conflict prevention and mitigation, disaster risk reduction and management, and resilience building among cross-border communities that are frequently affected by conflict, climate shocks, resource competition, and economic vulnerabilities.

Years

cross-border corridors

PRBP M&M: CBRM

Programme

PRBP M&M: CBRM

Women at the forefront of building social cohesion: Women from Borana and Gabbra communities during a Community Participatory Action Research (PAR) dialogue exchange in Forolle, Kenya, strengthening relationships and fostering peaceful coexistence across borderland communities.

Strategic Work Packages:

01-Capacity and Learning
Commonly held understanding of political, economy, livelihoods, climate and conflict dynamics, enhanced ability to act on this understanding

02-Peace building and conflict transform
Mutually beneficial relationships across conflict lines, and infrastructures for peace built/strengthened to maintain these relationships

03-Resilient Livelihoods
Sustainable avenues for income generation and resource management and use that to strengthen peaceful coexistence and facilitate climate change adaption

04-Policy engagements
Local perspective and needs reflected in decision-making, communities shape policy processes, policy frameworks becoming more meaningful

M&M PILLARS

M&M is guided through the following three pillars:

PILLAR 1: Conflict Transformation
Strengthening peace and social cohesion through inclusive dialogue, community-led peacebuilding, strengthened peace structures, and early warning and response mechanisms that prevent and mitigate conflict.
PILLAR 2: Resilient Livelihoods
Promoting sustainable and inclusive economic opportunities through livelihood diversification, skills development, savings groups, and cross-border trade initiatives that enhance resilience and reduce conflict drivers.
PILLAR 3: Natural Resource Management
Supporting community-led governance of shared natural resources through joint planning, sustainable resource use, environmental restoration, and cross-border cooperation over water, pasture, and rangelands.

The Mobility and Movement (M&M) Project is guided by a Systems Thinking and Triple Nexus (Humanitarian–Development–Peace) approach, recognizing that conflict, livelihoods, climate change, governance, and natural resource management are interconnected.

M&M PROJECT PRINCIPLES

Conflict Sensitivity

We recognize the interaction between our interventions and the local context, ensuring that project activities do not exacerbate tensions and instead contribute to peace and social cohesion.

Gender Transformation

We integrate gender considerations throughout the project, addressing barriers to inclusion and promoting equitable participation, leadership, and opportunities for women, men, girls, and boys.

Meaningful Participation

Communities are at the center of the project. Through participatory and inclusive processes, local actors actively shape, implement, monitor, and adapt interventions that affect their lives.

Policy Linkages

We connect local knowledge and experiences with policy processes, ensuring that community priorities inform decision-making at county, national, regional, and international levels.