Young Africans For Peace And Development-YAPAD

08/06/2026

Under The Mobility & Movement: Moyale Cross-border Resilience Project (M&M:CBRM), We undertook Gender Inclusion, Advocacy and Dialogue Forums for Youth in Moyale, Ethiopia.
The training was aimed at enhancing gender advocacy, inclusion, and reducing cultural and structural barriers to gender equality in Moyale.

YAPAD and Cross-Border Communities appreciate our donors including Life & Peace Institute, Mercy Corps, Pastoralist Concern, European Commission for their support towards achieving this.

European Union in Kenya

01/06/2026

Happy Madaraka Day, Kenya 🇰🇪!

20/05/2026

15/05/2026

Under The Mobility & Movement: Moyale Cross-border Resilience Project (M&M:CBRM), YAPAD undertook Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy Training for Women in Moyale, Ethiopia.
Women traders are key drivers of cross-border trade and household livelihoods and this training was aimed at strengthening women’s entrepreneurship and business management skills to improve their economic independence and resilience.
Life & Peace Institute
Mercy Corps
Pastoralist Concern
European Commission
European Union in Kenya

10/05/2026

Successfully completed Capacity Strengthening: CSOs in Triple Nexus Approach Training by Life & Peace Institute and funded by Embassy of Sweden, Addis Ababa

The training was aimed at strengthening the capacities of local CSOs to advance the Triple Nexus approach, CSOs at the centre of Humanitarian Action, Sustainable Development, and Peacebuilding efforts.
YAPAD's ongoing commitments to building resilient communities through collaboration, learning, and inclusive interventions bridges Humanitarian, Development, and Peacebuilding (HDP) spaces.

Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi
Sweden.se

27/04/2026

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘁 #𝗔𝗥𝗙𝗦𝗗𝟭𝟮? Y𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 🌍

This week, Young Africans For Peace And Development-YAPAD will be attending the 12th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in AddisAbaba.

We will be joining leaders, partners, and changemakers committed to contributing and accelerating progress on the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 across the continent.

Our partners; European Commission, Femnet Secretariat, and SDGs Kenya Forum will be 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 - "𝙁𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝-𝙇𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖'𝙨 𝙎𝘿𝙂 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨."✊🏾✨

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁!

🗓️ 𝙒𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮, 29𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙡 2026
🕛 12:00 𝙋𝙈 - 1:30 𝙋𝙈 𝙀𝘼𝙏
📍 𝙀𝘾𝘼 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝘾𝙍3, 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙖, 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖 🇪🇹 (Inperson)

𝗜𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁! 𝗪𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱. 💻

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀!
𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 👇 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲!

🔗👉https://forms.gle/y7SDUU3XAfajh6Xe6

𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼-𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 🤝

#𝗔𝗥𝗙𝗦𝗗 #𝗔𝗥𝗙𝗦𝗗𝟭𝟮

08/04/2026

Official launch of the Mobility & Movement: Cross-Border Resilience in Moyale Project (M&M:MCRM)!
Today YAPAD, in collaboration with GWEDE successfully undertook project launch and Community Stakeholders' Inception Meeting for M&M:MCRM project in Moyale town, Ethiopia 🇪🇹.

With support from European Commission through Life & Peace Institute, Mercy Corps and Pastoralist Concern, YAPAD will implement an initiative aimed at enhancing gender equality and strengthening the empowerment of women and youth through entrepreneurship skills, advocacy, and leadership opportunities in Moyale, Ethiopia.

08/03/2026

On this International Women’s Day 2026, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and achievements of women and girls everywhere, and recommit to building a world where their voices are heard and their rights are fully realized.

Together, let us empower women, champion equality, and create opportunities for every woman and girl to thrive and lead. 💜✨

05/03/2026

We are pleased to officially announce the signing of a new partnership agreement with Life & Peace Institute that marks an important milestone in our shared commitment to sustainable impact. This collaboration brings together our combined expertise, resources, and vision to deliver meaningful results for the communities we serve.

The contract signing reflects mutual trust, shared values, and a strong commitment to transparency and accountability.

We look forward to working closely together with Pastoralist Concern and Mercy Corps in implementing impactful Mobility & Movement: Cross-Border Resilience Project In Moyale and create lasting change.
European Union in Kenya
European Commission

04/03/2026

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞! 🇰🇪✨

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐂𝐒𝐎 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚? 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮!

𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀 project is 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲!) 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟕 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔-𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐂𝐒𝐎 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟑-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧?
✅ 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬.
✅ 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐄𝐔 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲.
✅ 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐒𝐎𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲.

𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡e links below 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞! 💻🤝

🔹𝐋𝐑𝐄𝐁 - 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - https://bit.ly/4l5W6nh
🔹𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐁 - 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - https://bit.ly/4sqvlwC
🔹𝐅𝐂𝐃𝐂 - 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - https://bit.ly/4b300sw
🔹𝐉𝐊𝐏 - 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - https://bit.ly/4r3dXN1
🔹𝐒𝐄𝐊𝐄𝐁 - 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - https://bit.ly/46xXcCr
🔹𝐌𝐊𝐀 - 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - https://bit.ly/4rMydDZ
🔹𝐍𝐑𝐁 - 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - https://bit.ly/4rLOQ2x

#𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀. #𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬
European Union in Kenya
Femnet Secretariat
SDGs Kenya Forum
WECF International