GENESIS ARTS CREATIONS

1. GENESIS ARTS CREATIONS Sustainable intercommunity Community Peaceful Coexistence Poultry Project. (SICOP) Implemented at the Nakuru Pipeline IDP Camp. Proudly Sponsored by: Japan International Cooperation Agency Japan Centre for Conflict Prevention A STORMP session at the Nakuru Show ground IDP camp.

2. Project Goal:promote peaceful co - existence between IDPs and host community at Lanet location • Activites: • Project orientation • Training • Poultry Rearing • intra-communities peaceful co-existence activities • Sports • SICOP BCC

3. Activity • STAKE HOLDERS ORIENTATION1day stakeholders meeting took place at the Nakuru Muslim Centre, where different stakeholders & beneficiary were oriented on project objectives, activities and outputs so as to have a common understanding and what role each stake holders plays. Present included: Ministry of youth Affairs, District Livestock Production officer, PEACE COP, National AIDS Control Council, District Cooperative Officer, National Council of Churches of Kenya All this was done in the spirit of networking and collaboration exposing youth to different opportunities and linkages that could help them in their projects.

4. Activities Cont’d 2. TRAINING 30 youth were training for 3 days in Nakuru At STEM Hotel on peace building, Poultry husbandry, entrepreneurship and livelihood, the trained youth 6 were selected from each group out of 6 groups comprising of 25 members, the trained youth were to reach the other in the group with information during their meetings and activities. After the training each represented group was issued with training materials During the 3 day training different guests also played part in motivating the youth and giving them key speeches to encourage peaceful coexistence and promotion of business ideas for sustainability.

5. Activities cont’d 3. POULTRY REARING 6 groups were facilitated with poultry, feeds and medication of chicken to facilitate them initiate their projects, Shining Star/Amani received 500 Broilers, Golden Path received 250 Layers, umoja received 250 layers, and indigenous people unlimited received 500 indigenous chicks. Taking care of chicken in each group was a collective responsibility from each member where groups had a time table indicating each member’s duty. JCCP did the duty of providing feeds & medication through GAC . During the project three groups divided their share of chicken , two remaining with their groups intact, later on Golden Path members decided to sustain coexistence but each members to keep their own chicken., remaining with one group intact Some of the notable successes is despite members dividing chicken is the fact that majority of them kept their share to date and they are currently enjoying benefits either by selling eggs, feeding their family.

6. Activities cont’d 4. SPORTS A number of Sporting activities were conducted at the pipeline sport ground, with an aim of bringing the communities together through Sports, the Sports played included Soccer, Volley Ball. This attracted women and men teams. Attracting both spectators and players this was a nice platform to promote peaceful coexistence and show that people can interact and coexist Teams comprised of IDPs and Host Community.

7. Activities cont’d 5. SICOP BCC SICOP BCC had the following sub activities lined up • Training of 20 youth • Youth to Youth Peer Round Talks • BCC Follow Up • Motivational/Inspirational Talks • Sports 1. Training of 20 youth After the rearing of poultry and other lined up activities there was a need to address emerging issues amongst the beneficiary. Some the issuers arising from the same was donor dependency and over reliance on hand outs, youth divided chicken as well as groups dynamics therefore coming up with the concept to address major concerns as a result some of which resulted from Attitude and perception of the youth the training focused on: • Character Education • Behavior change Education • Livelihood • Team Building

8. Activities Cont’d - SICOP BCC Cont’d • 2. Youth to youth Peer Round Talks Peer influence was is basic amongst the youth as it was evident during youth implementing project a lot of decision was based on influence from peer, that’s why BCC focused on training youth on Behavior Change Education and character education and these youth used to reach fellow youth with peer based behavioral change activities, this approach has worked well and produced remarkable results in previous GAC’s interventions, as youth tend to listen and work more with their peers. • 3. BCC Follow Up This included use of the trainers and volunteer who are youth to monitor trends and reactions from the youth as well as to give support to the youth son as to encourage them and promote achieving of the intended behavior, on set days the trainers would visit beneficiary’s sites and home through one on one basis find out any challenges or difficulties as wells as track any notable improvements and changes through response from beneficiary.

9. Activities Cont’d - SICPO BCC Cont’d • Motivational Talks Renowned Motivational and inspirational Speakers were used to address the youth as well as challenge their mind set through use of experiences and youth trained during the BCC training, this was ensure youth do not relent from focusing on accepting attitude and behavior change, it was also focusing on promoting team spirit as well as encouraging them on improving their livelihood through investing in opportunities and those that got their share of chicken to make them productive rather than selling or slaughtering. • SPORTS To bring youth together, promote team spirit and enhance peaceful coexistence between IDP and host community several Sporting activities were organized at both communities with teams from both sides playing active role and participation, the sports were climaxed with talks, peer round talks, motivational talks and other activities which brought youth together, the sports acted as a great puller and a ample opportunity to give youth platform to use their talents as well as get them actively involved in peace building, character education and positive behavior change through interactive Sporting.

10. ACHIEVEMENTS • 30 youth trained in business skills, poultry husbandry and peace building, 30 skills used to reach 120 youth in groups of 25 each 6 groups • Initiating poultry projects for 6 groups minimum of 250 chicken each group • Training 20 youth in SICOP BCC on attitude change and character Education, who in turn had influence to more than 100 youth with behavioral change messages • 50% of beneficiary who got their share of chicken still maintain their chicken for selling products (eggs) or family supply. • There can be spoken interaction between the two communities ( peaceful coexistence) inform of trading together, exchange of ideas, Sporting together, casual labors, borrowing and other initiatives

11. CHALLENGES • Unforeseen and unplanned division of chicken by groups came as a surprise to implementers, therefore unpreparedness in addressing the issue • Groups dynamics in managing the formed groups was a major setback, the project scope did not have a component of training or handling groups stages • Beneficiary expecting hand outs inform of monetary gains some were not motivated to give their input. • youth dynamics, they expected immediate results were not willing to be patient and give in resources with an aim of reaping benefits later.

12. Special Thanks To: • JICA – Japan International Cooperation Agency • JCCP – Japan Center for Conflict prevention • GAC Management & Staff • District Commissioner Nakuru District • Peace COP • Pipeline IDP camp leaders & youth • Host Community • Area Chief & Local Administration

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