Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA)

Peace Building

Peace is a prerequisite for any form of development in any country or region. Wajir County is prone to insecurity and lack of peace characterized by increased i) terrorist attacks, ii) resource based violence, iii) ethnic and intercommunal violence, iv) high levels of sexual and gender-based violence

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Social Empowerment

Gathering and sharing new evidence from current programmes is central to WPDA’s work.

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Governance and Advocacy

Kenya has 47 County Governments that were established through the 2010 Constitution. County governments are mandated by the Constitution to deliver services to the citizens in an equitable and accountable way.

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committed to promoting sustainable peace and self-reliance

The Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) is a National/local civil society organization based in Wajir County with a rich history of its formation. Following a high spate of conflicts in the early 1990s, concerned professionals and actors responding to these conflicts led a campaign to stop violence through holistic community dialogue with targeted special groups – Women, youth, Religious and business communities.

In seeking to coordinate all these efforts, the Wajir Peace and Development Committee (WPDC) was formed in 1995. WPDC evolved as part of the larger movement for peace and reconciliation in the then Wajir district that had been initiated with the Al Fatah council of elders.

OUR WORK

WHAT WE DO

Peace Building

Social Empowerment

Gathering and sharing new evidence from current programmes is central to WPDA’s work. Drawing on many years of experience implementing community peace and security in different contexts.

governance and Advocacy

Environmental Management

Kenya is endowed with abundant natural resources that have potential for transformative effects on the economy if well governed.

Education and Child Protection

North Eastern Counties has low access to primary and secondary school education compared to other counties. In Kenya. The participation of pupils into primary and secondary education in North Eastern Counties remains a key challenge (with primary school most affected)