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Like an Egg, Peace Needs Nurturing

Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan

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Location: Palais des Nations
Date: 20/09/2013

Fatuma talks about innovative methods of promoting peace and development in Kenya. She tells us how she organized football programmes with special rules that reward fair play and team work. By doing this, Fatuma empowers youth to solve conflicts without resorting to violence.

Tags: Diversity,  Ethnic Tensions,  Football,  Gender,  Identity,  Kenya,  Peacebuilding,  Positive Change, 

Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan

Founder and Director of the Horn of Africa Development Initiative

Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan is the Founder and Director of the Horn of Africa Development Initiative and a law graduate from Moi University. Her organization has implemented various development projects in Kenya with an emphasis on youth living in conflict-affected areas.

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