USAID NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) FY 2018 Q3 PROGRESS REPORT

JULY 2018 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by DAI Global, LLC.

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USAID KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) FY 2018 Q3 PROGRESS REPORT

1 April – 30 June 2018

Award No: AID-OAA-I-13-00013/AID-615-TO-16-00010

Prepared for John Langlois United States Agency for International Development/Kenya C/O American Embassy United Nations Avenue, Gigiri P.O. Box 629, Village Market 00621 , Kenya

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DISCLAIMER The authors’ views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

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CONTENTS

I. NIWETU EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... vii

II. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS (Qualitative Impact) ...... 9

III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS (Quantitative Impact) ...... 20

III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS (QUANTITATIVE IMPACT) ...... 20

IV. CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ...... 39

V. PERFORMANCE MONITORING ...... 40

VI. PROGRESS ON GENDER PLAN ...... 41

VII. PROGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND MONITORING ...... 42

VIII. PROGRESS ON LINKS TO OTHER USAID PROGRAMs ...... 42

IX. PROGRESS ON LINKS WITH GOK AGENCIES ...... 42

X. PROGRESS ON USAID FORWARD ...... 43

XI. SUSTAINABILITY AND EXIT STRATEGY ...... 43

XII. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (if applicable) ...... 43

XIII. SUBSEQUENT QUARTER’S WORK PLAN ...... 43

XIV. FINANCIAL INFORMATION...... 44 Cash Flow Report and Financial Projections (Pipeline Burn-Rate)...... 44

CHART 1: OBLIGATIONS VS. CURRENT AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES ...... 46

TABLE 2: FINANCIAL TABLE ...... 46

TABLE 3: BUDGET DETAILS ...... 47

XV. ACTIVITY ADMINISTRATION ...... 49

ANNEXES and attachments ...... 50 Annex 1: Meetings and Conferences ...... 50 USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 iii

Annex I: Success Story (1) ...... 53 Annex II: Success Story (2) ...... 54 Annex III: Success Story (3) ...... 55 Annex IV: GPS Information ...... 56 Annex V: List of Deliverable Products ...... 56

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AID-Africa Access Initiatives for African Development (AID-Africa) AMEP Activity Monitoring & Evaluation Plan AP Action Plan ASDEF Africa Social Development Focus BAWAKI Baraza La Walimu Kibra CCN Champions for Change Network CIDP County Integrated Development Plan COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CBOs Community Based Organizations CSOs Civil Society Organizations CVE Countering Violent Extremism GMC Mediation Council BRICS Building Resilience in Civil Society DA Delta Africa DAI DAI Global, LLC. DCC Deputy County Commissioner DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DDPDG Dadaab District Peace and Development Group DGO Director of Grants and Operations EOP Executive Office of the President FOAID Focused Approach and Development Concern (FADC) FGD Focus Group Discussion FOAID Focus on Arid Lands & Integrated Development FY Fiscal Year GLO Government Liaison Officer GOK Government of Kenya IPL Peace Link IWOF Isiolo Women of Faith K-YES Kenya Youth Employment and Skills Program KEPSA Kenya Private Sector Alliance

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KIfPDF Kibra Interfaith for Peace and Development Forum KDF Kenya Defense Force KII Key Informant Interview M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MCPR Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation MDPC District Peace Committee NIWETU NiWajibu Wetu NCTC National Counter Terrorism Center NSCVE National Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism RC Nairobi Regional Commissioner’s Office RVI Rift Valley Institute RDI Raia Development Initiative ROAD Rights Organization for Advocacy and Development ROO Reach Out Organization RSM Royal Media Services, Ltd SCORES Sensitization of Community on Radicalization and Empowerment Solutions SUPKEM Supreme Council of Kenyan Muslims TO Task Order USAID United States Agency for International Development USIU-A United States International University Africa VE Violent Extremism VEOs Violent Extremism Organizations WCC Women Care and Concern WCYBN County Youth Bunge Network WFPD Mandera Women for Peace and Development WPDA Wajir Peace and Development Agency

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I. NIWETU EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Qualitative Impact Some highlights from the past three months include:

Progress on County Action Plans (CAPs) During Q3, NIWETU made significant progress on the CAPs in Garissa, Isiolo, Mandera, and Wajir. Partner Isiolo Peace Link (IPL) completed a final draft of the Action Plan (ICAP) and held its first validation meeting with government and civil society representatives. The ICAP represents NIWETU’s first successful collaboration with county and national government to produce a county CVE strategy. The final ICAP is scheduled to be presented in August.

The ICAP process has provided the NIWETU team with a number of important lessons learned and good practices as the project works on similar CAPs in Garissa, Wajir, and Mandera. These three CAPs are in varying stages of development, with a draft Action Plan (GCAP) already under review and sensitization forums ongoing in Mandera and Wajir.

Empowering Women and Youth During Q3, NIWETU continued to improve the CVE knowledge and skills of 952 women and youth in the project’s hotspot areas. NIWETU worked with partners to: • Support a youth debate tournament to discuss the effects of VE in Wajir; • Develop a series of trainings for police and local women that both improved knowledge on CVE good practices and fostered stronger relationships between communities and security forces; • Empower local mentors in Nairobi to impart CVE messages to the youth that they work with. The project recognizes the essential and unique roles that women and youth play in CVE efforts and will continue to work with these groups going forward.

Development of the NIWETU project Gender Plan and Learning Agenda During Q3, the NIWETU team developed a draft Gender Plan and Learning Agenda: • The NIWETU Gender Plan draws upon the Q1 2018 research agenda, which included a gender analysis in hotspot locations and reviewed gender in the project’s internal business operations. The completed plan will inform how the project incorporates gender into implementation for the second half of the project. The NIWETU Gender Plan Team devised an initial strategy and outcome, which was then reviewed by the Gender Review Board. The draft Gender Plan recognizes the different ways that women and men are involved in VE and devises ways to better understand and integrate these dynamics into NIWETU’s operational and programmatic decision-making. The Gender Plan will be finalized and approved next quarter. • The Learning Agenda will improve NIWETU’s use of project learning in order to inform project decision-making and support NIWETU’s ability to act as a flexible and adaptive program. Furthermore, the Learning Agenda will help the project better communicate important learnings and emerging good practices to the wider CVE audience. Furthermore, learning will be incorporated into NIWETU’s performance management system in order to inculcate a culture of learning among project staff and partners. The Learning Agenda will be implemented next quarter.

In addition, NIWETU awarded two new grants to local partners during the reporting period. These include: • Royal Media Services (RMS): Live National Television Program Creating CVE Awareness at Garissa University. • African Social Development Focus (ASDEF): Training of Chiefs on CVE Knowledge and Skills in . USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 vii

These sub-grants are a critical component to providing support for local CVE solutions, and a vehicle for providing technical assistance and building the capacity for local partners.

Quantitative Impact Quantitative impact to date is based on USAID-approved methodology and indicators of the NIWETU Activity M&E Plan. We are pleased to report that NIWETU made progress on 12 of 13 indicators during the reporting period.

Indicator This Indicators # Quarter 1.1 # of civil society organizations that partner with Government of Kenya in CVE activities 2

1.2 % of community members (non-government officials) trained who indicate they are likely to 100% implement what they learned during training 1.3 # of people participating in USG-supported events, or activities designed to build mass 1725 support for CVE 1.4 # of community-based organizations supported by USG assistance 10

1.5 # of domestic NGOs engaged in monitoring or advocacy work on human rights receiving 0 USG support 1.6 # of community members (non-governmental officials) trained, mentored, provided TA 20

1.7 # of women, youth, and marginalized individuals who are beneficiaries of USG-funded 952 interventions 1.8 # of local women participating in a substantive role or position in CVE supported with USG 97 assistance 1.9 # of local youth participating in a substantive role or position in CVE supported activities 179 with USG assistance 2.1 # of initiatives directly supported or adopted by county/national government, designed in 4 response to community concerns around VE 2.2 % of county/national officials trained who indicate they are likely to implement what they 66% learned during training 2.3 # of county/national officials trained, mentored, provided TA because of USG assistance 45

2.4 # of county/national entities receiving USG support 3

Constraints and Opportunities Constraints: - Shifting VE Dynamics: VE dynamics in target counties are continuously shifting, necessitating a highly adaptive approach. New al-Shabaab tactics and areas of operations in Mandera and Wajir in particular have forced NIWETU to consider new activities and expanding to new hotspot areas. - Deteriorating Security Situation in Some Areas: A number of security incidents—including al- Shabaab attacks on security forces in Garissa and Wajir and banditry in Isiolo—have occurred in NIWETU hotspot and adjacent areas during Q3. In some cases, insecurity threatens to undue NIWETU successes or can interrupt project activities until the risk subsides. - USAID Official Approval Delays: Long delays in USAID branding and marking (B&M) approval have delayed project implementation and in some cases might damage partner relationships with NIWETU and USAID.

Opportunities: - NIWETU Participation in the Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG): Joining PREG provides NIWETU will opportunities to partner with other donor-funded

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projects and to ensure that CVE is taken into account by other development and humanitarian actors across Kenya. - Strong Support from County and National Government for the CAP process: During Q3, NIWETU built strong relationships with national and county government officials, including at NCTC and each of the county governments in NIWETU’s five hotspot counties. - New knowledge products that support capacity building and sustainability: By developing two new training materials that promote CVE good practices, NIWETU is working to ensure that CVE actors on the grassroots level have tools to help them implement CVE activities after the life of the NIWETU project.

Subsequent Quarter’s Work Plan Looking ahead, NIWETU will continue to support Kenyan communities and government institutions to take the lead on CVE by achieving the two objectives: (1) Enhancing community mobilization to address VE; and (2) Improving government responsiveness to VE.

Highlights for the upcoming quarter: - Launch of the CVE Champions for Change Network - Launch of the Isiolo County Action Plan (ICAP) - Launch of the Strategic Communications Partnership with Tanashati - Hedayah will conduct a CVE assessment in Kenya (pending USAID approval) - Launch of Kamukunji evaluation activity (pending USAID approval) - Launch and implementation of three new NIWETU internal strategies: the Gender Plan, Learning Agenda, and Communications Strategy - Completion of the CVE Facilitation Guide and CVE Mentorship Roadmap - Continued progress on the Wajir County Action Plan (WCAP), Garissa County Action Plan (GCAP), and Action Plan (MCAP) - Facilitating partnership between KSG and NIWETU through work planning session with Swordfish Consulting. KSG will sign an MOU with USAID to formalize future engagement - Partners Delta Africa and AID-Africa will launch youth-produced radio programs in Wajir County and Garissa County, respectively. This is the first time that a NIWETU partner will use youth-produced media products to effect CVE change

II. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS (QUALITATIVE IMPACT)

Objective 1: Enhancing Community Mobilization to Address VE Task 1.1 Complexity Aware Planning Cycle Framework: Conducting a New Quarterly Research Cycle Assessing the Impact of School Closure on VE Vulnerability in Wajir County Wasafiri Consulting carried out the Q3-2018 quarterly research, which generated a clearer understanding of the impact of the disruption in educational services in Wajir on local youth. The research was particularly focused on how this disruption relates to increasing marginalization and vulnerability, and strengthens local grievances against the state that can be exploited by VEOs. At the same time, the report also considers the relationship between clan conflict and VE to understand if and how these issues are interrelated and mutually reinforcing. Understanding the linkages between clan violence and VE can help NIWETU develop a clearer understanding of the local VE context that will help the project better tailor activities to target CVE interventions. Recommendations borne out of this research target the importance of improving the dialogue and relationship between the security and local communities—particularly in the absence of a solution to ongoing political disputes related to the 2017 elections—and point to the need to identify concrete strategies at the community level to better engage idle, vulnerable youth, who increasingly feel disenfranchised with few alternatives.

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While the report is still under review, NIWETU has compiled the following preliminary conclusions:

1. The link between VEOs and clan conflict supports a self-sustaining conflict system. 2. The withdrawal of teachers from Wajir and subsequent half-hearted efforts to resolve the educational crisis lead to further marginalization and lend support to AS recruitment narratives. 3. A number of structural factors are currently at play in Wajir, including an unresolved political crisis, clan conflict, widespread and increasing drug usage, and school closures. Respondents’ focus on the impact of other issues in Wajir rather than the school closure demonstrates that attention could be concentrated elsewhere, and there be a lack of impetus to resolve this issue urgently.

Wasafiri will submit the final draft of the report next quarter.

Task 1.2: Sub-Grants to Address Locally Relevant Drivers of VE: Garissa GR-NIW-17-030 – Royal Media Services Limited (RMS): Live National Television Program Creating Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Awareness at Garissa University. RMS’s three-month grant culminated on April 10 with a live television and radio broadcast at Garissa University to ignite a national conversation on CVE. This was the first time that a media company broadcast a live televised program from Garissa University since the April 2015 al-Shabaab attack that killed 147 students and staff at the university.

The live broadcast hosted an in-studio audience of 100 participants, including current students, national and county government officials, and civil society actors from Garissa County. Panelists for the broadcast conversation included the Vice-Chancellor of Garissa University, the North Eastern Regional Police Commander, and the Chairman of the Garissa Civil Society Network. The focus of conversations on the program centered on how the community around Garissa University has moved forward three years after the attack—the A member of the studio audience asks a question during second most deadly terrorist incident in Kenya’s RMS’s live broadcast program at Garissa University. history. Participants discussed what the university, security agencies, and civil society actors have accomplished to improve security, implement a “soft” approach to CVE, and boost community resilience, respectively. Event participants supplemented this panel discussion with comments and questions about how security can improve and how authorities can better support at-risk groups.

Initial findings from RMS suggest that the program reached a large swath of the Kenyan population— between 913,000 and 966,000 viewers watched the live broadcast on television, with another 492,000 to 615,000 listeners tuning in to the live radio broadcast.i By reaching a large audience, this activity was able to contribute to the national dialogue about the Garissa attacks and CVE in general. Additionally, the program introduced viewers to three “streams” of CVE efforts—the university’s activities, the government’s activities, and civil society’s activities.

GR-NIW-18-044 – Access Initiatives for African Development (AID-Africa): Community Dialogues and Radio Messaging to Strengthen Youth Resilience to Violent Extremism NIWETU and USAID approved AID-Africa’s grant proposal and budget—the first activities will begin in the next quarter. AID-Africa will organize youth-led conversations and radio programs targeting at-risk populations in Garissa Township, Dadaab, Hulugho, Fafi, and Ijara. Importantly, this will be the first USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 10

NIWETU grant to target groups in Hulugho, Fafi, and Ijara, which are outside of NIWETU’s hotspot areas. In recent meetings with county officials, NIWETU staff have learned that these three locations are highly vulnerable to VE, meaning that AID-Africa’s activities will present an important opportunity to make in-roads into these new areas.

Isiolo GR-NIW-17-011 - Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM): Training of Secondary School Teachers on VE Skills and Early Signs of Radicalization During the previous period, SUPKEM trained secondary school teachers to identify and counter the early signs of radicalization. As part of that training, each teacher developed an action plan that he or she would implement in his or her school. During this period, SUPKEM made 15 random visits to schools in Isiolo to monitor the implementation of each CVE action plan. See Annex III for more information about SUPKEM’s training program in Isiolo County.

GR-NIW-18-033 – Sensitization of Community on Radicalization and Empowerment Solutions (SCORES): Building Capacity of Youth on CVE Knowledge and Skills in Isiolo County SCORES conducted their inception meeting on June 29, bringing together representatives from NIWETU, the county government, Amani Clubs, and youth representatives to brief participants on the SCORES grant and to crowdsource ideas for CVE training for youth. Next quarter, SCORES will conduct CVE knowledge and skills trainings for youth boda-boda operators, out-of-school youth, and college and university students. This is the first time that a NIWETU activity will specifically target boda- bodas—the ubiquitous motorcycles-for-hire that young people use and operate across Kenya. Recently, government officials in other counties have noted the important role that boda-boda drivers can play in CVE activities. For example, county officials in Wajir recently told NIWETU staff that they would like to start training boda-boda operators in Wajir Township—due to their low-cost and informality, boda-bodas are frequently used by al-Shabaab militants and sympathizers traveling on the town periphery. SCORES’ work with boda-boda operators in Isiolo might improve NIWETU’s understanding of the role that these young people can play in CVE. In turn, NIWETU can use this knowledge to help government and civil society actors in other counties design more effective interventions that target boda-boda operators.

GR-NIW-18-041 – Isiolo Women of Faith (IWOF): Engaging Parents to Strengthen Family Influence on Youth to Reduce Appeal to Support Violent Extremism NIWETU’s grant to IWOF is designed to confront a VE dynamic identified by the project’s Isiolo Actors and Opportunities Mapping Report produced in 2017. VE recruitment is often triggered by financial hardship within individual families, who find themselves in debt due to school fees, hospital bills, or unexpected calamities. Desperate for opportunities to pay off their debt, these families sometimes turn to respected individuals in the community for assistance. In return for a loan, parents sometimes send their sons to work for these respected individuals. It is in this vulnerable condition that young people are most vulnerable to VE groups, who find ways to recruit them voluntarily or by force. NIWETU’s partnership with IWOF is specifically designed to disrupt this recruitment channel by helping families understand the early warning signs of VE recruitment and providing them with skills and knowledge to dissuade their children from joining VE groups. IWOF will hold its inception meeting in August 2018. .

Mandera GR-NIW-17-021 – Focused Approach and Development Concern (FADC): Training Out of School Youth on CVE Knowledge and Skills in Mandera East NIWETU’s grant to FADC will enhance the CVE knowledge and skills of at-risk youth. Part of this training will also involve the convening of a CVE working group to select the youth who will participate. This process will create dialogue and improve communication between CVE actors in Mandera—an important side-effect of this training.

GR-NIW-18-023 – Women Care and Concern (WCC): Strengthening the Capacity of Women and Girls on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in Mandera South. Based in Elwak, Mandera South Sub-county, WCC boasts a strong network of women and girls in rural areas of Mandera County. WCC will provide CVE knowledge and skills training to women and girls—

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focusing specifically on girls and young and single mothers—in order to help these women resist and identify VE in their communities. Scheduled to launch next quarter, this grant reflects NIWETU’s growing acknowledgement of the key role that women and girls play in both VE and CVE activities.

Nairobi GR-NIW-17-014 – Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA): Measuring the Effects of Violent Extremism (VE) on the Private Sector in Kenya and Exploring Private Sector Interventions to Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) During this reporting period, KEPSA submitted a number of deliverables for its second milestone, including a literature review of current information available on the effects of VE on the private sector. This literature review included a number of key findings that will inform NIWETU’s partnership with KEPSA as well as any future work undertaken on CVE and the private sector. These findings included: • Informal and illicit businesses have proliferated in Kenya in recent years—this increase leads to untraceable, “dirty” money that finances VE organizations. The private sector should use existing business forum mechanisms to screen new companies and police existing enterprises. Additionally, the business community should cooperate with security agencies to investigate businesses that are suspected of supporting VE groups. • The private sector should coordinate with religious institutions, the media, NGOs, security agencies, and other stakeholders in order to maximize the effects of CVE activities. In addition to offering financial resources, the private sector can lend its branding and marketing acumen to help promote CVE efforts. The private sector also offers an intimate understanding of their customer base that other CVE actors (including the government and aid agencies) might lack.

GR-NIW-18-027 – Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation (MCPR): Supporting CVE Mentorship in Kibra MCPR successfully trained twenty mentors in CVE best “[Mentoring youth] is what I do practices using NIWETU’s CVE mentorship model. These mentors comprised a diverse swath of well-known figures in informally at the grassroots with no Kibra, including football players, media personalities, and formal training; however this has influential religious leaders and civic activists. What these been helpful since it gave a guide on individuals had in common was that they had all previously how to structure it as well as widen served as community mentors working with at-risk youth in the scope in reaching out to the Kibra. By working through existing mentors, NIWETU and larger community.” MCPR were able to inject CVE themes into sustainable, grassroots mechanisms across five of Kibra’s wards. At the - MCPR Trainee same time, mentors were able to tap into mentoring best practices, thereby improving their interactions with mentees.

GR-NIW-17-019 – Baraza La Walimu Kibra (BAWAKI): Training Baraza La Walimu Kibra (BAWAKI) Network on CVE Skills and Knowledge During the reporting period, 50 teachers in the BAWAKI network received training in CVE knowledge and skills. BAWAKI and NIWETU found that community teachers were well placed to identify the first signs of radicalization in their pupils and advise these at-risk youth on how to resist VE. Furthermore, the trainees were able to incorporate CVE messaging into their existing social media presences and into the curricula they teach in schools, churches, mosques, and madrassahs. The grant also provided an opportunity for Christian and Muslim community leaders to collaborate on CVE initiatives. This collaboration led to greater tolerance between different religious communities, with trainees developing inter-religious CVE discussions with Christian and Muslim congregations during times of worship. For example, several imam trainees visited the Olympic Catholic Church during a Sunday service to share CVE messages with the Christian community.

BAWAKI submitted their end of grants assessment during this reporting period, sharing the key finding that their members now have the confidence to discuss CVE with their communities and with local

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government officials. Their ability to speak authoritatively about CVE has made them credible voices in their communities.

GR-NIW-18-037 – Kibra Interfaith for Peace and Development Forum (KIfPDF): Training Kibra Interfaith for Peace and Development Forum on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Knowledge and Skills During the next quarter, KIfPDF will train 60 of its members in CVE knowledge and skills. By working with a separate network of religious and civic leaders in Kibra, KIfPDF will complement the work done by BAWAKI during this quarter.

Wajir GR-NIW-17-015 – Raia Development Initiative (RDI): Training the Wajir Youth on CVE Skills and De-Radicalization Efforts NIWETU’s partnership with RDI encourages uptake of CVE skills among youth in Wajir East through training and an inter-school debate tournament on CVE and radicalization. By using debate teams as a platform for teaching students about CVE, this activity inspired critical debate about how to prevent VE. By encouraging students to debate and discuss CVE, NIWETU inspired young people to carefully consider and propose homegrown solutions to radicalization in their communities.

Fifty students from 10 schools in Wajir East attended the event, where they debated how the mass exodus of non-local teachers in the wake of an al-Shabaab attack on a school in Qarsa has affected the education system in Wajir. The students argued that al-Shabaab recruiters will fill this leadership vacuum in the education sector, and that parents need to monitor their children carefully when they are out of school. By encouraging students to demonstrate their own ideas and knowledge in a debate setting, this activity facilitated the spread of CVE good practices from some of the stronger debaters to the rest of the participants.

GR-NIW-18-038 – Delta Africa (DA): Supporting Youth Voices to Counter Violent Extremism NIWETU’s partnership with DA is the project’s first activity that will empower young people in Wajir to develop their own media products to counter VE in Northeastern Kenya. Over the next year, DA will train 60 youth influencers from the towns of Diif and Gherille in Wajir South to produce 10 public service announcements (PSAs) and five radio programs that will spread CVE skills and knowledge on local radio. This partnership represents an important milestone as the NIWETU project pursues new strategic communications avenues for propagating counter-narratives. DA’s activities will officially begin in the next quarter. GR-NIW-18-035 – Wajir County Youth Bunge Network (WCYBN): Training of Youth Bunge Network on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Knowledge and Skills NIWETU will support WCYBN’s efforts to train 120 members of the WCYNBN network in Diif, Gherille, Khorof-Harar, and Konton. While grant activities will launch next quarter, NIWETU’s partnership with WCYBN already represents an important success for the project—the project lead for WCYBN is one of the youth leaders trained through NIWETU’s partnership with RDI. By successfully inculcating CVE knowledge and skills in an influential young leader, NIWETU has ensured that CVE good practices can spread to a new network in its hotspot areas.

Task 1.3 Organizational Capacity Building NIWETU continued to support the organizational capacity building of local partners in hotspot areas. This quarter, NIWETI supported 23 partners across five counties in the design, implementation, and measurement of CVE activities. NIWETU staff traveled to Abu Dhabi to meet with subcontractor is continuing to work with Hedayah to design a formalized approach to organizational capacity building, with a focus on designing a CVE Toolkit with organizational capacity modules and rolling it out to CSOs and government partners. Task 1.4 CVE Community Champions USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 13

This quarter, NIWETU partnered with the Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution (CSCR) to pilot and finalize the CVE Champions for Change guide and complementary training (GR-NIW-18-029). CSCR conducted two training sessions in Nairobi and Garissa with 11 Champions chosen from Nairobi, Isiolo, Garissa, and Wajir. NIWETU and Building Resilience in Civil Society (BRICS) staff also attended the event. The pilot served as a test of the Champions for Change curriculum for the five-day training and for the entire engagement process for working with Champions going forward. NIWETU made a number of changes to the Champions program based on learnings from the pilot process: - The guide was initially only produced in English, which would have excluded Somali and Kiswahili speakers from the mentorship program. After the pilot session, NIWETU has decided to conduct separate training sessions for English, Somali, and Kiswahili speakers to ensure that non-English speakers can participate in the program. - The project will use group action plans for mentors instead of individual action plans. - The Champions for Change project will utilize the online Mango Apps platform to facilitate information sharing and communications between champions. Based on feedback from the pilot session, NIWETU will explore ways to provide basic support to the champions so that they can continue to use the Mango Apps platform after the project ends. - NIWETU will consider ways to provide in-kind support for certain aspects of the Champions’ plans. - NIWETU determined that CSCR will not be able to provide the level of service to Champions that is needed. For this reason, NIWETU decided to hire a Program Officer to run the Champions project. Catherine Mbindyo will join NIWETU in August 2018. Task 1.5 Strategic Communications Project During Q3, NIWETU selected a partner to implement the project’s strategic communications project and submitted an approval request for this partnership to USAID. Tanashati Communication Ltd will produce a 12-part web-series that will blend music and drama in an innovative “rap opera” that will be hosted on YouTube and disseminated through school outreach events, local video dens, and matatu video screens. The rap opera will star a prominent Nairobi rap artist and will feature a supporting cast or musicians and actors from Northeastern Kenya and the coast. By including prominent local artists from CVE hotspots and filming in Isiolo and , NIWETU and Tanashati will design and distribute a 12-part web-series with a national appeal that reaches the core at-risk audience of 15-24 year olds. The grant is currently scheduled to launch in Q4.

Task 1.6: Rapid Response While NIWETU did not launch any rapid response interventions during Q3, the project is planning to use this unique mechanism in the next quarter to study the potential effects of a land dispute in Kibra on VE dynamics in Nairobi. Task 1.7: Expansion into Counties and Other Emerging Hotspots NIWETU is currently considering processes for expanding into emerging hotspot areas in Garissa County and Wajir County through new grants and rapid assessments. For example, NIWETU’s partnership with AID-Africa will support media activities in the sub-counties of Hulugho, Fafi, and Ijara in Garissa County. While NIWETU does not currently include these sub-counties in its list of hotspot areas, conversations with county officials and reports of emerging VE trends have highlighted these regions as particularly vulnerable to al-Shabaab attacks and recruitment. Similarly, NIWETU is carefully monitoring the deteriorating security situation in parts of Wajir East. While towns like Qarsa and Kutulo are not currently in NIWETU’s hotspot regions, recent attacks in these areas and the towns’ proximity to current project sites like Konton and Khorof-Harar have prompted the project to consider expanding to these communities in the coming months.

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Objective 2: Improving Government Responsiveness to VE

Task 2.1: Enhance Research and Generate Knowledge Products Kenya School of Governance Partnership NIWETU is in the process of finalizing its partnership with the Kenya School of Governance. Please see Task 2.4 below for a description of NIWETU’s engagement with the KSG during this period.

National Counterterrorism Center Engagement NIWETU is supporting research conducted by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to synthesize Kenyan studies on VE and CVE. After conducting this literature review, NCTC will convene a research roundtable that will inform NCTC’s future research agenda.

CVE Facilitation Guide and Roadmap to CVE Mentorship During Q3, NIWETU hired an independent consultant to produce two practical guides on CVE good practices in Kenya. The consultant compiled these guides using previous guides developed by NIWETU partners. The CVE Facilitation Guide was created using five documents from partners, while the Roadmap to CVE Mentorship draws upon three partner guides. Once the guides are finalized in Q4, NIWETU will conduct a Training of Trainers (ToT) with PDOs, who will then directly train partners and community participants using the guides.

Task 2.2: Targeted Assistance to County Governments

County Action Plan Development

Garissa GR-NIW-18-024 – Rights Organization for Advocacy and Development (ROAD): Development of Garissa County Action Plan NIWETU partner ROAD made significant process in ensuring buy-in and drafting the Garissa County Action Plan (GCAP). During Q3, ROAD held an inception meeting, 12 stakeholder forums, and a review of the first draft of the GCAP. During the inception meeting, ROAD found that many of the county’s key CVE stakeholders were unfamiliar with the National Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism (NSCVE). Because of the lack of existing knowledge about national CVE mechanisms, ROAD used this first meeting to both improve the CVE capacity of participants and build consensus between key stakeholders on the roles they will play in advancing the GCAP. Following this initial session, ROAD hosted 12 sensitization forums with participation from 308 religious influencers, traditional leaders, civil society actors, the businesspeople, and government officials from across Garissa County. ROAD designed these sessions to give diverse actors from across Garissa County a voice in the GCAP process.

While participants specifically highlighted the role that government overreach plays in driving VE dynamics, key security actors—including the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU)—did not attend the forums. Partners have found it particularly difficult to coax security forces to participate in NIWETU events in Garissa County, where high-profile human rights abuses have driven a wedge between security agencies and communities (see the DDPDG activity below). ROAD will prioritize ATPU participation in future activities.

Finally, ROAD hosted a Draft One Review Meeting in order to receive feedback from key stakeholders on the initial GCAP draft. Participants provided three additional pillars to the GCAP in addition to the nine adopted under the NSCVE. These three pillars—Women, Citizenship and Refugees, and Rule of Law—reflect the context in Garissa County, where a large refugee population and extrajudicial killings have colored CVE efforts.

Isiolo GR-NIW-17-020 – Isiolo Peace Link (IPL): Development of the Isiolo County Action Plan

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During the reporting period, IPL completed the final draft of the Isiolo County Action Plan (ICAP) and held its first validation meeting with representatives from NCTC, Isiolo County officials, and local religious and civil society leaders. The participants at the meeting validated the draft and the official ICAP will launch next quarter. The ICAP process represents the first successful collaboration between NIWETU, a county government, and the national government to build a tailored county CVE strategy in line with the NSCVE. Indeed, the ICAP will be only Representatives from the Isiolo County Ministry of Education the third CAP produced nationwide. For discuss VE dynamics during the ICAP validation meeting. Photo this reason, the ICAP process will serve Credit: DAI/NIWETU as an important groundtruthing opportunity for NIWETU’s work with NCTC and other national government organs and will serve as an example for future CAP-development processes. For example, NIWETU has learned that, in order for the CAP process to be effective and efficient, the project must: • Cultivate relationships with the county government and NCTC early in the process to ensure buy-in. • Build a county CVE network to ensure CSO engagement in the CAP process.

Mandera GR-NIW-18-023 – Mandera Women for Peace and Development (WFPD): Development of the Mandera County Action Plan WFPD delayed its activities due to unconfirmed reports of impending al-Shabaab attacks in Mandera during Ramadan. WFPD will complete its 12 stakeholder sensitization forums and its first draft of the MCAP next quarter.

Wajir GR-NIW-18-026 – Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA): Development of Wajir County Action Plan During the reporting period, WPDA organized both an inception meeting and a series of sensitization workshops designed to solicit ideas for the Wajir County Action Plan (WCAP). After meeting facilitators presented the NSCVE and the rationale for developing county action plan, partners began to advocate for additional pillars to complement the nine in the original NSCVE. These pillars included regionally relevant issues like corruption, human rights abuses by state authorities, and inter-clan violence. The final WCAP will launch in November 2018.

Other Assistance to County Governments

Garissa GR-NIW-18-028 – Reach Out Organization (ROO): Training of County and National Government Administrators on CVE Knowledge and Skills NIWETU’s partnership with ROO is designed to increase basic CVE skills and knowledge among chiefs, sub-county administrators, and ward administrators in Garissa County. During Q3, ROO conducted a three-day training for county and national government administrators in Garissa County. ROO trained participants in the basic CVE frameworks used in Garissa and Kenya as a whole; drivers and early warning signs of VE; the model of radicalization; the use of counter and alternative narratives; the national CVE strategy; and the development of the Garissa County Action Plan. Importantly, this was the first time that Garissa County and national government administrators convened to discuss CVE issues. USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 16

The training provided a platform for dialogue between these two groups to discuss how to best cooperate to counter VE. For example, at the start of the training many county government officials expressed their belief that security was the mandate of the national government. However, the training demonstrated that VE is rooted in social, economic, and political phenomenon that are fully in the purview of the county administrators. By revealing to county officials their role in CVE while simultaneously improving their skills and creating a platform for cooperation, this activity will improve government response to VE.

GR-NIW-18-036 – Dadaab District Peace and Development Group (DDPDG): Strengthening Relations Between Security Agencies and Community in Dadaab In the last year, 26 young men and religious leaders have disappeared from their homes, mosques, and workplaces in Dadaab Sub-County. These forced disappearances—frequently blamed on security forces—have created an environment of paranoia in Dadaab and have deteriorated relations between the military and community members. NIWETU’s partnership with DDPDG is intended to defuse this tension and improve cooperation between local leaders and security forces. In June, DDPDG convened a Garissa County High Level Security Meeting designed to help community leaders better understand the security agency presence in Dadaab. While members of the community attended the meeting, none of the invited security chiefs participated. Though the county commissioner and the security chiefs explained that the no-show was due to a scheduling mix-up, many of the Dadaab elders in attendance at the event thought that security forces were attempting to avoid questions about the spate of disappearances. Regardless of the true reason, the absence of the security officers represented a missed opportunity to build confidence and trust between community leaders and the government. DDPDG will host a second security meeting next quarter, and the county commissioner has personally vowed that security forces will attend.

Mandera GR-NIW-17-021 – Mandera District Peace Committee (MDPC): Training of County and National Government Administrators on CVE Knowledge and Skills MDPC submitted their end of grant report during this period, highlighting some of the outputs and outcomes of this partnership. NIWETU supported MDPC to conduct a three-day training exercise for county and national government administrators based in Mandera County, including senior chiefs, law enforcement officers, representatives from the County De-Radicalization Department, and sub-county administrators. As a direct result of MDPC’s training, chiefs in Mandera city have interceded with the Mandera Mosque to include CVE messages in their sermons. These sermons serve as important counter narratives to religious justifications for extremism preached by al-Shabaab-affiliated sheikhs. Additionally, area chiefs have organized at least two public barazas—community meetings—to share CVE practices with local youth and the broader community.

Nairobi GR-NIW-18-031 – CVE Consultative Meetings: Nairobi Regional Commissioner’s Office (RC) Participants in these consultative meetings discussed the need to strengthen and build community awareness for Mulika Uhalifu as an existing early warning and response mechanism for detecting and reporting VE. Mulika Uhalifu is a GoK initiative that allows citizens to anonymously report corruption and crime. Additionally, while NIWETU will not be supporting the Nairobi County Action Plan directly, the project provided guidance to the RC for convening a committee to coordinate the CAP process.

Wajir GR-NIW-18-039 – African Social Development Focus (ASDEF): Training of Chiefs on CVE Knowledge and Skills NIWETU’s recent assessment of activities in Wajir County revealed the important role that chiefs play as a conduit between their communities and CVE authorities. Chiefs play a unique dual role in their towns and villages; while they are grassroots representatives of the GoK Executive Branch, they are also local leaders imbued with tremendous traditional legitimacy. Because they are both highly respected locally and entrenched in national level security mechanisms, chiefs play an important part in detecting, preventing, and reporting VE activities in their communities.

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ASDEF will conduct their first training of chiefs in Wajir East in July. This activity is also important and unique because ASDEF will implement it across all six sub-counties in Wajir. By expanding activities outside of NIWETU’s hotspot areas, this activity will help the project respond to new trends in al- Shaabab movements (see Wajir meetings under Annex I for more information).

Task 2.3: Targeted Assistance to National Government and Inter- Governmental Platforms NIWETU increased targeted assistance to and collaboration with NCTC during Q3. NCTC is a key NIWETU partner in the development of the CAPs, providing important feedback on the ICAP and attending the ICAP validation workshop held in June. NIWETU and NCTC have also discussed a tentative schedule for WCAP, MCAP, and GCAP finalization. Sharing the tentative development and implementation timeframe for the upcoming CAPs ensures NCTC’s involvement in the process, which guarantees national government buy-in during CAP development.

Task 2.4: Developing Indigenous CVE Research Capacity During Q3, NIWETU established its partnership with the Kenyan School of Government (KSG) through the development of a technical committee and work plan to guide future collaboration. Following a kick-off summit meeting between KSG and NIWETU staff, KSG began to undertake the activities outlined in the work plan, including organizing a brainstorming session aimed at identifying the training and research needs of the proposed “Centre for the Study of VE and CVE.” This session is tentatively planned for August 2018. Concurrently, USAID and KSG will sign an MoU to formalize future collaboration.

At the same time, NIWETU finalized its grant to Swordfish Consulting, a U.S.-based consulting firm that specializes in CVE research and programming. Swordfish will establish linkages between KSG and U.S. universities, professors, and relevant resource persons working on VE and CVE research and training. With an extensive network of CVE-focused institutions in New England and Washington, D.C., lead consultant William Farrell will help KSG establish itself as a premier CVE and VE research center in Kenya. Swordfish will also provide technical guidance during an August work planning session.

Task 2.5: Expansion to Counties and Other Emerging Hotspots NIWETU successfully finalized its expansion into Mandera County during Q3. The project is prepared to expand into new counties and emerging hotspots as necessary.

Additionally, NIWETU has documented the positive impact of last quarter’s Rapid Response Assessment. NIWETU staff organized an assessment of VE dynamics in Marsabit after the arrest of a prominent madrassah instructor and subsequent rioting by Muslim youth in Marsabit Town. While Marsabit is not one of NIWETU’s target counties, the project was able to share what it learned with the Pact-implemented PEACE III and NCTC. Please see Annex IV below for more information about this assessment.

Lessons Learned Over the course of the reporting period, NIWETU has learned a number of lessons that we will use to strengthen our programs moving forward. Summaries of lessons learned include:

Project Reflection Workshop in Wajir County: During the reporting period, NIWETU M&E and Communications staff conducted a series of interviews and focus groups in Wajir County to assess project results. The interviews targeted government officials who were trained under the Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) grant, while focus groups included citizens trained under grants to Wajir Women for Peace (WWFP), Focus on Arid Lands and

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Integrated Development (FOAID), and Raia Development Initiative (RDI). Highlights from the reflection workshop include the following: • All of the government officials interviewed convened formal or informal meetings to impart their new CVE knowledge to the communities they serve. For example, a representative from the Department of Livestock used farmer extension meetings to share CVE knowledge. Similarly, officials from the Quality Assurance department of the Ministry of Education incorporated CVE risk factor awareness lessons into teacher training exercises. These results indicate that training a diverse swath of government officials might increase the reach of the project across different sectors and communities. • From the community focus groups, NIWETU learned that trainings in Diif, Khorof Harar, Konton, and Gheirelle have inspired local youth and women to organize neighborhood watch efforts. The team learned of at least two incidents where community vigilance—as a direct result of NIWETU training and sensitization—led to the arrest of al-Shabaab recruits attempting to cross into . At the same time, chiefs and other male elders in these communities have come to appreciate the unique and important role that women play in security. Similarly, NIWETU learned that interactions between citizens—particularly women—and security forces have improved as a direct result of NIWETU activities. In each of the aforementioned communities, citizens expressed their previous apprehension to work with security forces. After sensitization efforts and group trainings, trust between security forces and the communities they serve has improved: women told the NIWETU team that they now greet security forces when they enter their towns and have developed informal communications networks with them. KEPSA Literature Review Learning • Informal and illicit businesses have proliferated in Kenya in recent years—this increase leads to untraceable, “dirty” money that can be used to prop up VE organizations. The private sector should use existing business forum mechanisms to screen new companies and police existing enterprises. Additionally, the business community should cooperate with security agencies to investigate businesses that are suspected of supporting VE groups. • The private sector should coordinate with religious institutions, the media, NGOs, security agencies, and other stakeholders in order to maximize the effects of CVE activities. In addition to offering financial resources, the private sector can lend its branding and marketing acumen to help promote CVE efforts. The private sector also offers an intimate understanding of their customer base that other CVE actors (including the government and aid agencies) might lack.

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III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS (QUANTITATIVE IMPACT)

III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS (QUANTITATIVE IMPACT)

All indicators are illustrative pending USAID approval of NIWETU Activity M&E Plan. Table 1: Performance Data Table

INDICATOR TITLE: # of civil society organizations and private organizations that partner with Government of Kenya in CVE activities INDICATOR NUMBER 1.1 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of civil Geographic Location Activity Title Date Number Subtotal society Royal Media Services (RMS) - Live National organizations Garissa County 10/4/2018 Television Program Creating Countering Violent 1 1 Extremism (CVE) Awareness at Garissa University Wajir County Training of Chiefs on CVE Knowledge and Skills in 23/5/2018 Wajir County - African Social Development Focus 1 1 (ASDEF) Totals 2 2 Results: NIWETU supported one civil society organization and one private sector organization Additional Criteria If other criteria are important, add lines for Results setting targets and Achieved This Reporting Period tracking Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 FY2018 Target FY 2019 Target End of Activity Target

Achieved Achieved Target Target Target Number of civil society organizations and private 0 15 2 17 17 50 partner

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TABLE 2: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: % of community members (non-government officials) trained who indicate they are likely to implement what they learned during training INDICATOR NUMBER 1.2 DISAGGREGAT DISAGGREGATE BY: E BY: Geographic Activity Title Date % Geographic Location Subtotal Location Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation (MCPR) - Training of Mentors on the Nairobi 19-21/6/2018 100% 100% Nairobi Kibra CVE Mentorship Model Wajir County Totals Totals 100% 100% Results: During this quarter, 100% of community members trained by MCPR indicated they are likely to implement what they learned. Additional Criteria This Reporting End of If other criteria are important, add lines for setting targets Results Achieved Period FY2018 FY 2019 Activity and tracking Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr-30-June-18 Target Target Target

Achieved Achieved Achieved Target Target Achieved 0% 89% 100% 60% 60% 60% Number of community members trained

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TABLE 3: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: # of people participating in USG-supported events or activities designed to build mass support for CVE INDICATOR NUMBER 1.3 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of people Geographic Activity Title Date W M Subtotal participating Location Reach Out Organization (ROO) - Inception meeting 17/4/2018 2 12 14 Garissa County 8/5/2018- Reach out Organization - Training of County and National Government Administrators on 1 34 35 10/5/2018 CVE Knowledge and Skills Rights Organization for Advocacy and Development (ROAD)- Stakeholders’ Inception Meeting 7/4/2018 19 54 73 Development of County Action Plan Rights Organization for Advocacy and Development (ROAD - Stakeholders’ Sensitization 5-17/5/2018 43 267 310 Forums on NSCVE and Garissa CAP-CVE Dadaab District Peace and Development Group (DDPDG) - Garissa County High Level 23/6/2018 3 26 29 Security Meeting Royal Media Services (RMS) - Live National Television Program Creating Countering 10/4/2018 38 62 100 Violent Extremism (CVE) Awareness at Garissa University Isiolo Peace Link (IPL) - Development of Isiolo County Action Plan Stakeholders Forum 10/1/2018 26 44 70 Isiolo County Isiolo Peace Link (IPL) - Stakeholders Sensitization Forums 6-18/2/2018 112 222 334 9-13/4/2018 Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution (CSCR) - Piloting Community Champions Guide – 7- 9 11 20 – Nairobi/Garissa 11/5/2018 Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation (MCPR) - Training of Mentors on the Kibra 19-21/6/2018 7 13 20 CVE Mentorship Model Nairobi County Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) - Research on Measuring the Effects of Violent 18-19-23-24- Extremism on the Private Sector in Kenya, and Exploring Private Sector Interventions to 25/4/2018 – 36 55 91 Countering Violent Extremism (Garissa, Nairobi and Mombasa)- (enumerators and 3/5/2018 facilitators training) Nairobi Regional Commissioner's Office (RC) 10/4/2018 5 17 22

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Women for Peace and Development (WFPD) – Development of MCAP Stakeholder 16/4/2018 13 49 62 Inception Meeting Mandera County Women for Peace and Development (WFPD) - Development of Mandera County Action 26/6/2018 – 49 160 209 Plan Stakeholders Sensitization Workshops 30/6/2018 Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) - Development of Wajir County Action Plan Stakeholders Forum 13/4/2018 10 52 62

Wajir County Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) - Development of Wajir County Action 25-31/5/2018 46 228 274 Plan Stakeholders Sensitization Workshops

Totals 419 1306 1725 Results: This quarter, 1725 people participated in USG supported events or activities designed to build mass support for CVE.

This Reporting End of Results Achieved FY 2018 FY 2019 Baseline Period Activity Q1,Q2 Target Target 1-Apr to 30-June-18 Target Additional Criteria If other criteria are important, add lines for setting Achieved Achieved Target Target Target targets and tracking End of Annual W M W M W M Annual Target Activity Target Target Sex*: 0 0 330 533 419 1306 4500 6000 14526 Women (W), Men (M)

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TABLE 4: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: # of community-based organizations supported by USG assistance (disaggregated by focus on women, youth and other) INDICATOR NUMBER 1.4 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of CBOs Geographic Activity Title Date Number Subtotal supported Location Dadaab District Peace and Development Group (DDPDG) - Strengthening Relations 28/5/2018 1 1 Between Security Agencies and Community in Dadaab, Garissa County Access Initiatives for African Development (AID-Africa) - Community Dialogues and 29/6/2018 1 1 Radio Messaging to Strengthen Youth Resilience to Violent Extremism Isiolo Women of Faith (IWOF) - Engaging Parents to Strengthen Family Influence on 26/6/2018 1 1 Youth to Reduce Appeal to Support Violent Extremism Isiolo County Sensitization of Community on Radicalization and Empowerment Solutions (SCORES) - 22/5/2018 1 1 Building Capacity of Youth on CVE Knowledge and Skills in Isiolo County Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation (MCPR) – Training of Mentors on the Kibra CVE Mentorship Model 2/5/2018 1 1

Nairobi County Kibra Interfaith for Peace and Development Forum (KIfPDF) - Training Kibra Interfaith for Peace and Development Forum on Countering Violence Extremism (CVE) 4/6/2018 1 1 Knowledge and Skills Focused Approach Development Concern (FADC) - Training out of school youth on Mandera County 6/6/2018 1 1 CVE knowledge and skills in Mandera East- African Social Development Focus (ASDEF) - Training of Chiefs on CVE Knowledge 23/5/2018 1 1 and Skills in Wajir County Wajir County Delta Africa (DA) - Supporting Youth Voices to Counter Violence Extremism (CVE) in 7/6/2018 1 1 Wajir South Wajir County Youth Bunge Network (WCYBN) - Training of Youth Bunge Network on 31/5/2018 1 1 Countering Violence Extremism(CVE) Knowledge and Skills Totals 10 10 Results: This quarter NIWETU supported 10 community-based organizations. Additional Criteria This Reporting End of If other criteria are important, add lines for setting Results Achieved Period FY 2018 FY 2019 Activity targets and tracking Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 Target Target Target

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Achieved Achieved Target Target Target 35 35 120 Number Number Number

15 10 35 35 120 # of CBOs 0

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TABLE 5: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: # of domestic NGOs engaged in monitoring or advocacy work on human rights receiving USG support INDICATOR NUMBER 1.5 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of domestic Geographic Location Activity Title Date Number Subtotal NGOs Totals 0 0 Results: No result for this quarter. This Reporting Results Period Achieved 1-Apr to Baseline Q1,Q2 30-Jun-18 FY 2018 Target FY2019 Target End of Activity Target Additional Criteria

If other criteria are important, add lines for Achieved Achieved Target Target Target setting targets and 1 1 1 tracking Number Number Number

0 0 1 1 1 # of domestic NGOs

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TABLE 6: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE

INDICATOR TITLE: # of community member (non-government officials) trained, mentored provided TA INDICATOR NUMBER 1.6 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of Geographic Location Activity Title Date W M Subtotal community member Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation (MCPR) – Training of Nairobi County Mentors on the Kibra CVE 19-21/6/2018 7 13 20 Mentorship Model

Totals 7 13 20 Results: During this quarter, 20 community members trained to be mentors. Results This Reporting Achieved Period Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 FY 2018 Target FY2019 Target End of Activity Target Additional Criteria If other criteria are Achieved Achieved Target Target Target important, add lines for setting targets and 500 500 tracking W M W M W M 1867 Sex*: 90 35 7 13 500 500 1867 Women (W), Men (M)

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TABLE 7: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: # of women, youth, and marginalized individuals who are beneficiaries of USG-funded interventions INDICATOR NUMBER 1.7 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of women, Geographic Location Activity Title Date W M Subtotal youth, and marginalized Reach Out Organization (ROO) - Inception 17/4/2018 2 2 4 meeting Reach out Organization - Training of County 8/5/2018- and National Government Administrators on 1 13 14 10/5/2018 CVE Knowledge and Skills Rights Organization for Advocacy and Development (ROAD)- Stakeholders’ 7/4/2018 19 20 39 Inception Meeting Rights Organization for Advocacy and Garissa County Development (ROAD - Stakeholders’ 5- 43 104 147 Sensitization Forums on NSCVE and Garissa 17/5/2018 CAP-CVE Dadaab District Peace and Development Group (DDPDG) - Garissa County High Level 23/6/2018 3 6 9 Security Meeting Royal Media Services (RMS) - Live National Television Program Creating Countering 10/4/2018 38 62 100 Violent Extremism (CVE) Awareness at Garissa University

Isiolo Peace Link (IPL) - Development of 10/1/2018 26 20 46 Isiolo County Action Plan Stakeholders Forum Isiolo County 6- Isiolo Peace Link (IPL) - Stakeholders 112 86 198 Sensitization Forums 18/2/2018 Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution Nairobi County (CSCR) - Piloting Community Champions 9- 9 7 16 Guide – Nairobi/Garissa 13/4/2018 – USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 28

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Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation 19- (MCPR) - Training of Mentors on the Kibra 7 5 12 21/6/2018 CVE Mentorship Model Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) - Research on Measuring the Effects of Violent 18-19-23-24- Extremism on the Private Sector in Kenya, and 25/4/2018 – 36 40 76 Exploring Private Sector Interventions to 3/5/2018 Countering Violent Extremism (Garissa, Nairobi and Mombasa)

10/4/2018 5 0 5 Nairobi Regional Commissioner's Office (RC) Women for Peace and Development (WFPD) 16/4/2018 13 12 25 - Stakeholder Inception Meeting Mandera County Women for Peace and Development (WFPD) 26/6/2018 – - Development of Wajir County Action Plan 49 50 99 30/6/2018 Stakeholders Sensitization Workshops Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) - Development of Wajir County 13/4/2018 10 7 17 Action Plan Stakeholders Forum Wajir County Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) - Development of Wajir County 25- 46 99 145 Action Plan Stakeholders Sensitization 31/5/2018 Workshops Totals 419 533 952 Results: 952 women and youth benefited from USG funded interventions this quarter.

Additional Criteria Results If other criteria are Achieved This Reporting Period important, add lines for Baseline Q1, Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 FY 2018 Target FY2019 Target End of Activity Target

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setting targets and tracking Achieved Achieved Target Target Target

2700 3600 TABLE 8: W M W M W M 8826 PERFORMANCE Sex*: DATA TABLE 300 340 419 533 2700 3600 Women (W), Men (M) 8826

INDICATOR TITLE: # of local women participating in a substantive role or position in CVE supported with USG assistance INDICATOR NUMBER 1.8 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of local Geographic Location Activity Title Date W Subtotal women Rights Organization for Advocacy and Development (ROAD)- Development of 7/4/2018 3 3 County Action Plan Garissa County Dadaab District Peace and Development Group (DDPDG) - Garissa County High 23/6/2018 2 2 Level Security Meeting Isiolo County Isiolo Peace Link (IPL) - Development of 10/1/2018 57 57 Isiolo County Action Plan Nairobi County Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution 9-13/4/2018 (CSCR) - Piloting Community Champions – 7- 1 1 Guide – Nairobi/Garissa 11/5/2018 Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation (MCPR) - Training of 19-21/6/2018 1 1 Mentors on the Kibra CVE Mentorship Model Wajir County Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) - Development of Wajir County 13/4/2018 9 9 Action Plan Women for Peace and Development Mandera County 26/6/2018 – (WFPD) – Development of Mandera 24 24 30/6/2018 County Action Plan

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Totals 97 97 Results: 97 local women participated in a substantive role in quarter one. Results This Reporting Achieved Period Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 FY2018 Target FY 2019 Target End of Activity Target Additional Criteria If other criteria are important, add lines for Achieved Achieved Target Target Target setting targets and tracking W W W W W W Sex*: 0 101 97 113 137 373 Women (W)

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TABLE 9: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: # of local youth participating in a substantive role or position in CVE supported with USG assistance INDICATOR NUMBER 1.9 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of local Geographic Location Activity Title Date W M Subtotal youth Rights Organization for Advocacy and Development (ROAD - Development 7/4/2018 12 15 27 of County Action Plan Dadaab District Peace and Development Group (DDPDG) - 23/6/2018 0 7 7 Garissa County Garissa County High Level Security Meeting Royal Media Services (RMS) - Live National Television Program Creating 10/4/2018 1 6 7 Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Awareness at Garissa University Isiolo County Isiolo Peace Link (IPL) - Development 10/1/2018 15 27 42 of Isiolo County Action Plan Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution (CSCR) - Piloting 9-13/4/2018 – 7- 3 3 6 Community Champions Guide – 11/5/2018 Nairobi/Garissa Nairobi County Muslim Center for Peace and Reconciliation (MCPR) - Training of 19-21/6/2018 5 5 10 Mentors on the Kibra CVE Mentorship Model Wajir Peace and Development Agency Wajir County (WPDA) - Development of Wajir 13/4/2018 6 30 36 County Action Plan Women for Peace and Development 26/6/2018 – Mandera County (WFPD) – Development of Mandera 24 20 44 30/6/2018 County Action Plan Inception Meeting

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Totals 66 113 179 Results: 179 local youth participated in a substantive role in quarter one. Additional Criteria If other criteria are important, add lines for Results This Reporting setting targets and Achieved Period tracking Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 FY2018 Target FY2019 Target End of Activity Target

Achieved Achieved Target Target Target

150 489 W M W M W M 150 Sex*: 0 0 51 41 66 113 150 489 Women (W), Men (M) 150

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TABLE 10: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: # of initiatives directly supported by or adopted by county/national government, designed in response to community concerns around VE INDICATOR NUMBER .2.1 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of initiatives Geographic Location Activity Title Date Number Subtotal Garissa County Royal Media Services (RMS) - Live National 10/4/2018 Television Program Creating Countering 1 1 Violent Extremism (CVE) Awareness at Garissa University Nairobi County Kibra Interfaith for Peace and Development 4/6/2018 Forum (KIfPDF) - Training Kibra Interfaith for Peace and Development Forum on 1 1 Countering Violence Extremism (CVE) Knowledge and Skills Nairobi Regional Commissioner's Office (RC) 10/4/2018 1 1 Wajir County African Social Development Focus (ASDEF) - Training of Chiefs on CVE Knowledge and 23/5/2018 1 1 Skills in Wajir County Totals 4 4 Results: This quarter 4 initiatives directly supported by or adopted by county/national government, designed in response to community concerns around VE

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Additional Criteria If other criteria are important, add lines for Results This Reporting setting targets and Achieved Period tracking Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 FY2018 Target FY2019 Target End of Activity Target

Achieved Achieved Target Target Target

Number Number Number Number Number Number

0 9 4 10 10 33 Number of Initiatives

TABLE 11: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: % of county/national officials trained who indicate they are likely to implement what they learned during training INDICATOR NUMBER: 2.2 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: % of Geographic Location Activity Title Date % Subtotal county/nationa l officials Reach out Organization - Training of County and National Government Administrators on CVE 8- Garissa County Knowledge and Skills 10/5/2018 66% 66% Totals 66% 66% Results: 66% of county/national officials trained indicated they are likely to implement what they have learned

Additional Criteria Results This Reporting Period If other criteria are Achieved important, add lines for Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 FY2018 Target FY2019 Target End of Activity Target setting targets and tracking Achieved Achieved Target Target Target % of County/national 0 99% 66% 60% 60% 60% Officials

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TABLE 12: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: # of county/national officials trained, mentored, provided TA as a result of USG assistance INDICATOR NUMBER: 2.3 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of Geographic Location Activity Title Date W M Subtotal county/nationa l officials Reach out Organization - Training of County and National 8-10/5/2018 3 42 45 Government Administrators on Garissa County CVE Knowledge and Skills Totals 3 42 45 Results: This quarter 45 county/national officials were trained. Results This Reporting Achieved Period End of Activity Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 FY2018 Target FY2019 Target Target Additional Criteria

If other criteria are Achieved Achieved Target Target Target important, add lines for setting targets and 200 200 488 tracking W M W M W M Sex*: 0 0 7 57 3 42 200 200 488 Women (W), Men (M)

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TABLE 13: PERFORMANCE DATA TABLE INDICATOR TITLE: # of county/national entities receiving USG support INDICATOR NUMBER 2.4 UNIT DISAGGREGATE BY: # of Geographic Location Activity Title Date Number Subtotal county/nationa l entities Garissa County Dadaab District Peace and Development Group 28/5/2018 (DDPDG) - Strengthening Relations Between 1 1 Security Agencies and Community in Dadaab Nairobi County Nairobi Regional Commissioner's Office (RC) 10/4/2018 1 1 African Social Development Focus (ASDEF) - 23/5/2018 Wajir County Training of Chiefs on CVE Knowledge and Skills in 1 1 Wajir County Totals 3 3 Results: 3 county/national entities received USG support during this reporting period. Additional Criteria If other criteria are important, add lines for Results setting targets and Achieved This Reporting Period FY2018 tracking Baseline Q1,Q2 1-Apr to 30-Jun-18 Target FY2019 Target End of Activity Target

Achieved Achieved Target Target Target Number of 0 8 3 10 10 30 County/national entities

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IV. CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

CONSTRAINTS Shifting VE Dynamics – As reported during the last quarter, VE dynamics in Kenya are constantly evolving, necessitating a flexible approach that can quickly identify and tackle new al-Shabaab movements and tactics. For example, in June NIWETU received reports from the Mandera County Commissioner’s office that al- Shabaab had kidnapped as many as 11 young people from Warqadud Ward in Mandera South. While prevalent in Somalia, forced recruitment had not previously been an al-Shabaab tactic in Kenya. Similarly, VE hotspot locations continue to shift as hard and soft approaches to countering terrorism drive al-Shabaab out of their traditional stomping grounds into new territories. In Wajir, NIWETU staff report that al-Shabaab militants are operating in new communities. At the same time, continued al-Shabaab presence on the periphery of NIWETU hotspots threatens our gains in project sites.

Deteriorating Security Situation in Some Areas – This reporting period saw an uptick in security incidents in NIWETU hotspots and adjacent areas. Al-Shabaab launched deadly IED attacks against security forces in Wajir and Garissa, and inter-clan fighting over livestock has consumed some parts of Isiolo County. At the same time, security agency reactions to insecurity have been excessive, including extrajudicial killings of suspected al-Shabaab members in Wajir East and the forced disappearance of a prominent religious leader in Dadaab. Insecurity poses a number of potential threats to the NIWETU project, including: • Al-Shabaab attacks—and subsequent security operations—threaten to erode community-security relations, which have been a key NIWETU success in Northeastern Kenya. • Insecurity poses risks to NIWETU staff and partners. In some cases, violence might force the postponement of NIWETU activities until conflict subsides. • Specific security incidents might have unintended consequences for the project. For example, during the reporting period, cattle rustlers ambushed a convoy of police officers in Isiolo, killing three officers and gravely wounding the captain of the Kenyan police in Isiolo. This captain had proven to be a willing and enthusiastic ally of the NIWETU project and had been an early supporter of the CAP process. The attack deprived the CAP process of a prominent and influential voice from the security sector.

USAID Official Approval Delays – Prolonged waits for USAID approval for branding and marking (B&M) exemptions has delayed project activities and risks damaging NIWETU and USAID’s relationships with key partners. While USAID has promptly responded to Branding and Marking (B&M) and non-partisan review (NPR) approvals, requests that require CO approval have been delayed for months. For example, NIWETU has waited for 8 months for a B&M exemption approval for a banner produced by partner KEPSA. These long delays risk damaging USAID’s relationship with KEPSA, a key local partner on multiple USG initiatives. Additionally, postponements risk disrupting the implementation schedule for this grant and NIWETU’s general grant pipeline.

OPPORTUNITIES NIWETU participation in the Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG) – During Q3, NIWETU joined PREG, a multi-donor platform that seeks to reduce the humanitarian caseload in Kenya. NIWETU staff have attended PREG meetings in Nairobi, Isiolo, and Garissa. Participating in regular PREG meetings will provide NIWETU staff with invaluable opportunities to partner with other projects and to infuse CVE thinking into the overall development and humanitarian conversation across Kenya. In Isiolo, PREG created a new sector working group for security, conflict, and peace, which also encompasses CVE issues. Currently, NIWETU is the main organization providing information on this sector at the PREG meetings.

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bureaucrats and village chiefs. These relationships create buy-in for NIWETU’s activities, especially the CAPs.

New knowledge products that support capacity building and sustainability – During Q3, NIWETU developed two new training materials for inculcating CVE stakeholders with good practices. Both the CVE Facilitation Guide and the CVE Mentorship Roadmap serve as easy-to-use tools for ensuring that CVE actors on the grassroots level have the most up-to-date knowledge of CVE good practices. At the same time, by providing these tools to our partners and teaching them how to use the tools, NIWETU can ensure that these practices are sustainably shared after the life of the project.

V. PERFORMANCE MONITORING

During the reporting period, NIWETU continued to use a hands-on performance monitoring approach through which staff, partners, and beneficiaries work together to document activity progress. The M&E team continued to enhance staff and partner understanding of the value of credible data and how data can be used to tell NIWETU’s story.

Key performance-monitoring activities for this quarter:

Reflection Workshop in Wajir: During the reporting period, the M&E team conducted a reflection workshop in Wajir County. The workshop included a series of focus group discussions and key informant interviews with purposively selected government officials and activity beneficiaries. The project spoke with 44 beneficiaries, including 8 government officials and 36 local community beneficiaries. The interviews targeted government officials trained under the Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) grant, while focus groups included local community members trained under grants to Wajir Women for Peace (WWFP), Focus on Arid Lands and Integrated Development (FOAID) and Raia Development Initiative (RDI). From these interviews, we learned that:

• After the training, government officials convened formal and informal meetings to impart their new CVE knowledge to the communities they serve. For example, a representative from the Department of Livestock used farmer extension meetings to share CVE knowledge with his communities. Similarly, officials from the Quality Assurance Department of the Ministry of Education incorporated CVE risk factor awareness lessons into teacher training exercises. • The government officials observed that initially they were focused on peacebuilding and stability— CVE was not a priority. NIWETU introduced the CVE concept to the attention of government and local communities. Both of them now know how to differentiate and manage the two related but distinct concepts. • From the community focus groups, NIWETU documented that the trainings in Diif, Khorof-Harar, Konton, and Gherille have inspired local youth and women to organize neighborhood watch efforts. The team learned of at least two incidents where community vigilance—as a direct result of NIWETU training and sensitization—led to the arrest of al-Shabaab recruits attempting to cross into Somalia. At the same time, chiefs and other male elders in these communities have come to appreciate the unique and important role that women and pastoralists play in security. Similarly, NIWETU found that interactions between citizens—particularly women—and security forces have improved as a direct result of NIWETU activities. One women respondent explained: “Once the security forces visit, community members quickly assemble and sit down under the acacia tree at the center of town and have a chat, drink tea, and ask about security needs.” The Wajir Town chief noted that there has been a 20% increase in information sharing from the public since the training took place.

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• Community members in Wajir Town increasingly use the County Commissioner’s hotline to report security concerns.

Kick-off Meetings: NIWETU held ten kick-off meetings with partners, explaining to partners the M&E sections of each grant, including indicators. performance indicator reference sheets (PIRS), standardized reporting templates, and data quality expectations. The meetings included: 1. Muslim Center for Peace and 7. Wajir County Youth Bunge Reconciliation (MCPR) Network (WCYBN) 2. Kibra Interfaith for Peace and 8. Dadaab District Peace and Development Forum (KIfPDF) Development Group (DDPDG) 3. Isiolo Women of Faith (IWOF) 9. Access Initiatives for African 4. Sensitization of Community on Development (AID-Africa) Radicalization and 10. Focused Approach Development Empowerment Solution Concern (FADC) (SCORES) 5. African Social Development Focus (ASDEF) 6. Delta Africa (DA)

Field support: As mentioned above, the M&E and Communications team participated in a weeklong field visit to Wajir to meet with beneficiaries and assess project impact. In addition to conducting key informant interviews and focus group discussions, the team provided M&E support to partners, including reviewing partners’ M&E data and guiding partners on M&E best practices.

Documentation of achievements: The team also documented three success stories, end of grant assessments and took action-oriented photos to demonstrate that activities took place.

Off-site M&E support: The NIWETU team continued to support field-based staff and partners through phone calls and emails to provide feedback on M&E products submitted. The M&E team assessed the quality, content, and general flow of information in addition to ensuring utilization of NIWETU tools. The team proactively participates in activity design.

M&E in TAMIS: The M&E unit continued to populate the M&E sections of TAMIS. The archiving of data in the designated database makes data retrieval easy, faster for use, and ensures data backup.

VI. PROGRESS ON GENDER PLAN

During Q3, NIWETU made significant process in developing a Gender Plan to guide program implementation during the second half of the project. In April, the NIWETU COP launched a Theory of Change strategy design process to help the Gender Plan Team conceptualize a strategy and desired outcome for the Gender Plan. The Gender Plan Team is comprised of a diverse group of NIWETU staff from the programming, operations, and grants teams, with an additional Gender Review Board drawn from the grants, M&E, and research divisions of the project. During the ToC process, the Gender Plan Team affirmed the importance of gender in CVE, while also recognizing gaps in the team’s understanding of the role of women in VE and CVE. Ultimately, the team developed the following draft ToC:

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“IF NIWETU systematically understands and integrates gender considerations into all levels of operational and programmatic decision-making, THEN NIWETU activities will have a more strategic and significant impact on countering violent extremism, BECAUSE there are differences in women and men’s involvement and engagement in VE.” This ToC—and the accompanying draft gender plan—recognizes the need to apply a gender lens to all aspects of NIWETU, including the project’s research, grants and activities, and internal operations. Grants Officer Yasmin Mohamed will present the draft Gender Plan at the Project Review Workshop in Garissa next quarter. NIWETU anticipates the final plan to be approved in Q4.

VII. PROGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND MONITORING

All NIWETU activities this reporting period were screened and determined as categorical exclusion with negative determination, and none needed mitigation. Future activities will continue to be screened to determine their environmental impact continuing compliance with USAID Regulation 216 (22 CFR 216).

VIII. PROGRESS ON LINKS TO OTHER USAID PROGRAMS

During the reporting period, NIWETU worked closely with several other USAID programs. These included: • NIWETU staff met with counterparts from the Kenya Youth Employment and Skills (K-YES) Program, a USAID initiative implemented by RTI. Staff from the two projects discussed avenues for collaboration that link NIWETU beneficiaries to K-YES-sponsored economic opportunities and life skills training in Nairobi and Garissa. This new partnership is important because lack of opportunities and socio-economic grievances are push factors that drive young people to join violent extremist organizations (VEOs). • NIWETU participation in PREG meetings connects the project to various USAID projects in Nairobi, Isiolo, and Garissa.

IX. PROGRESS ON LINKS WITH GOK AGENCIES

During the reporting period, NIWETU has engaged with the GOK in a number of ways, including: 1. Close collaboration with local, county, and national government officials on the CAPs: During the CAP process, NIWETU staff and our partners worked with a wide variety of government officials in each of the target counties. From local chiefs (who represent the Executive Branch on the grassroots level) to the NCTC Deputy Director for Devolution, NIWETU forged lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with the government officials who will be tasked with implementing and ensuring the sustainability of the 4 CAPs. 2. Assisting the Kenyan School of Government with the development of a CVE Research Center: See Section 2.4 above for more information about this partnership. 3. Training government officials at the grassroots level: In addition to high-level cooperation with the GoK, NIWETU has trained county and local government officials on CVE knowledge and skills and worked to improve relations between local government and national security authorities. For example, during Q3 NIWETU launched its grant to African Social Development Focus (ASDEF) to provide training to chiefs in Wajir County. As the local representative for the Kenyan Executive Branch—and as civic leaders imbued with traditional authority—chiefs serve as an important bulwark against VE at the grassroots USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 42

level. NIWETU will continue to build relationships with local and county government officials in the next quarter.

X. PROGRESS ON USAID FORWARD

All concepts approved by USAID during this reporting period are to local entities. Currently, the NIWETU team is comprised of 88 percent local staff. All sub-activities incorporate USAID Forward objectives by prioritizing awards to local entities and establishing a grant-making mechanism that enables local partners to co-design, co-implement, and co-measure effects of activities in partnership with NIWETU.

XI. SUSTAINABILITY AND EXIT STRATEGY

NIWETU engages local organizations as partners and builds their capacities in CVE, enabling them to continue CVE activities beyond the life of the project. All concepts and grants are designed with this end in mind. Over the course of the reporting period, NIWETU has worked to ensure our CVE trainings and progress with CAP development are further integrated into existing structures to ensure their long-term adoption and sustainability. This has included: • Building the capacity of existing networks of civic activists, religious leaders, and youth ensures that CVE knowledge and skills are embedded in sustainable institutions. By working through networks that are already engaging in peace building, livelihoods promotion, and youth empowerment, NIWETU ensures that CVE knowledge and skills will continue to proliferate after the project ends. • Helping four target counties develop County Action Plans (CAPs) creates a sustainable legal framework for CVE work in Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, and Isiolo. Additionally, working with local, county, and national government officials—along with local CSOs, religious leaders, and activists— during CAP development creates county-level networks dedicated to CVE. • Strengthening indigenous institutions’ ability to carry out cutting-edge CVE research and analysis after the project is over ensures that CVE knowledge in Kenya continues to adapt to changing CVE dynamics. • Working on sustainable products like the Champions for Change guide, the CVE Toolkit, the CVE Facilitator’s Guide, and the CVE Mentorship Roadmap guarantees that NIWETU’s good practices are proliferated to new CVE actors after the project ends.

XII. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (IF APPLICABLE)

Not applicable.

XIII. SUBSEQUENT QUARTER’S WORK PLAN

Highlights for the upcoming quarter: - Launch of the CVE Champions for Change Network - Launch of the Isiolo County Action Plan (ICAP) - Launch of the Strategic Communications Partnership with Tanashati - Hedayah will conduct a CVE assessment in Kenya (pending USAID approval) - Launch of Kamukunji evaluation activity (pending USAID approval).

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- Launch and implementation of three new NIWETU internal strategies: the Gender Plan, Learning Agenda, and Communications Strategy. - Completion of the CVE Facilitation Guide and CVE Mentorship Roadmap - Continued progress on the Wajir County Action Plan (WCAP), Garissa County Action Plan (GCAP), and Mandera County Action Plan (MCAP) - Facilitating partnership between KSG and NIWETU through work planning session with Swordfish Consulting. KSG will sign an MOU with USAID to formalize future engagement. - Partners Delta Africa and AID-Africa will launch youth-produced radio programs in Wajir County and Garissa County, respectively. This is the first time that a NIWETU partner will use youth- produced media products to effect CVE change.

XIV. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Cash Flow Report and Financial Projections (Pipeline Burn-Rate)

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CHART 1: OBLIGATIONS VS. CURRENT AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES

TABLE 2: FINANCIAL TABLE

Expenditure Pipeline

Obligation Invoiced to Date Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q1 2019 Q1 2019 through Q2 2018 Actual Expenditures Projected Expenditures Projected Expenditures Projected Expenditures

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TABLE 3: BUDGET DETAILS

T.E.C.: Cum Obligation: Cum Expenditure:

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BUDGET NOTES

Labor

Fringe Benefits

Allowances

Travel

Equipment

Supplies

Other Direct Costs

Subcontracts

Consultants

Programmatic Consultants

Grants

Indirect Costs

Fixed Fee

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XV. ACTIVITY ADMINISTRATIO N

Personnel This quarter NIWETU completed hiring all remaining long-term staff. The project successfully recruited three new staff members. Details of the positions, candidates and start dates are below:

Name Title Start Date Hank Nelson Communications Officer 6-June-2018 Catherine Mbindyo Program Officer – CVE Champions 1-Aug-2018 Nelly Kiarie Community Mobilization Officer – Nairobi 1-Aug-2018

County Offices The PDO and CMO for Mandera County are now fully housed in the Red Sea Resort Hotel.

Contract, Award or Cooperative Agreement Modifications and Amendments

No modifications or amendments to the contract were received during the reporting period.

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ANNEXES AND ATTACHMENTS

Annex 1: Meetings and Conferences

Throughout Q3, NIWETU staff continued to hold regular meetings with GoK government partners from the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Ministry of the Interior (MOI), and Kenya School of Government (KSG), and county governments. NIWETU has cultivated a strong working relationship with high- ranking staff from these key government partner agencies, including Mr. Njenga Miiri from NCTC. As Director of Devolved Units with the Center, Miiri is responsible for coordinating with county governments to accomplish national counterterrorism initiatives. NIWETU COP John Sampson (left) and Isiolo PDO Ibrahim Shabo (right) Through informal and formal meet with Isiolo County Commissioner John Ondego to discuss the Isiolo meetings with Miiri and his staff, County Action Plan (ICAP). Photo Credit: DAI/NIWETU NIWETU has ensured NCTC’s buy-in for the NIWETU-supported County Action Plan (CAP) initiatives in Isiolo, Mandera, Wajir, and Garissa. NIWETU has made similar progress in its coordination with MOI, KSG, and county and local-level governments in target counties.

On April 25, NIWETU staff and USAID COR John Langlois traveled to Abu Dhabi to meet with proposed subcontractor Hedayah to discuss the planned CVE Toolkit. The NIWETU team presented the overall program to Hedayah staff and discussed feedback and concerns with the proposed CVE Toolkit scope. Furthermore, the meeting provided an opportunity for both USAID and NIWETU to share their respective visions for how the tool will empower both civil society and government partners.

On June 6, NIWETU staff attended a pre-launch consultative meeting for the IGAD Center for Excellence on CVE, a national CSO hub.

On June 20, NIWETU staff attended a CVE Policy Series event at the American Corner titled “Does CVE Work in Kenya?” While participants agreed that CVE programs have generally been effective, successes were attributed to number of diverse programmatic features. For example, relying on existing community structures both increases community buy-in and contributes to the overall sustainability of CVE projects. Similarly, ensuring that grassroots organizations have a voice in the design, implementation, and assessment of a project ensures that citizens have a stake in CVE activities. Finally, enhancing trust between communities and security forces while simultaneously building the knowledge and skills of these two groups—including interceding with the government to promote a “soft approach” to CVE—has created an environment in some communities where citizens and the government can safely discuss CVE issues together.

Garissa County Meetings and Events On June 5, NIWETU’s Garissa staff met with the Deputy Director for Peace, Security, Cohesion, and Integration, who also serves as the Garissa governor’s advisor on CVE. NIWETU organized the meeting in USAID/KENYA NIWAJIBU WETU (NIWETU) PROGRESS REPORT FOR Q3 FY 2018 50

order to establish a working relationship with the Garissa County government and secure their support for building a CVE network in the county. The Deputy Director agreed that coordinating CVE efforts was essential and offered his support for the CVE network. The meeting attendees also affirmed that in addition to NIWETU’s current hotspots in county, the regions of Fafi, Hulugho, and Ijara are increasingly vulnerable to VE. In order to confront this emerging trend, NIWETU partner AID-Africa will conduct youth-led community dialogue sessions in Fafi, Hulugho, and Ijara sub-counties.

Also in June, NIWETU held two meetings with Garissa County Commissioner Mr. J.K. Chepchieng to discuss building a CVE network and to ensure the government’s commitment to NIWETU activities after security officials failed to attend an event organized by partner Dadaab District Peace and Development Group (DDPDG). The commissioner agreed to support the development of a network of state and non-state actors in Garissa and reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to NIWETU activities.

Isiolo County Meetings and Events NIWETU organized a CVE networking and coordination event with Merti Integrated Development Program (MID-P) and the Al-Muntada Islamic organization on April 23. The participants introduced their respective activities and highlighted areas of partnership and cooperation in CVE in Isiolo.

On June 5-6, NIWETU staff and partners in Isiolo participated in a CVE stakeholders’ forum organized by the Program for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA). PROCMURA is a Christian organization that works to bring together Christians and Muslims through constructive engagement in 20 countries across Africa. The forum encouraged dialogue and collaboration between Christian and Muslim religious leaders, Isiolo County officials, and CSO representatives. Forum participants made a number of proposals for improving inter-faith solutions to CVE, including enhancing nyumba kumi networks in mixed religious neighborhoods and encouraging inter-faith dialogue between Christian and Muslim leaders on CVE efforts.

One June 20, NIWETU staff met with Amani Club officials in Isiolo. Amani Clubs are a national network of school-based organizations that manage conflict and promote peace and cohesion in secondary schools. NIWETU staff in Isiolo are currently considering avenues for cooperation with Amani Clubs on CVE in secondary schools in the county. These efforts would complement previous NIWETU programming in Isiolo that has targeted vulnerable high school students.

Mandera County Meetings and Events NIWETU staff in Mandera organized a coordination meeting for CVE partners on April 3. The meeting served in part as a partner learning session so that partners could collectively address implementation challenges. The partners highlighted important obstacles, including the lack of regular CVE coordination meetings, which caused miscommunication and duplication of work between different CVE actors. To tackle this issue, NIWETU staff in Mandera resolved to lead a bi-monthly coordination meeting with partners to discuss lessons learned, security updates, and any challenges or opportunities based on changes in the operating environment.

On June 7, NIWETU met with the Mandera County Commissioner Kutswa Olaka to introduce new PDO Mohamed Edin. This courtesy call and subsequent relationship building will prove essential to ensuring that the county government supports and implements the NIWETU-sponsored Mandera County Action Plan (MCAP). A subsequent meeting held on June 25 provided an opportunity for NIWETU staff, the county commissioner, local security forces, and non-state actors to enhance cooperation, improve relationships, and generally provide an enabling environment for the MCAP to succeed.

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On April 25, NIWETU staff met with Nairobi County Commissioner Amos Mariba to discuss the formation of a Nairobi CVE steering committee to launch the Nairobi County Action Plan. Ultimately, NIWETU chose not to continue the CAP process for Nairobi County, but the meeting did provide an important opportunity to share NIWETU’s objectives and activities with county officials.

NIWETU convened a partners’ network meeting in Nairobi in May, marking the first step in building a CVE network in the county to improve coordination and collaboration.

On May 29, NIWETU staff met with Kamukunji Deputy County Commissioner Moses Lilan to brief him on current and impending NIWETU interventions. The Deputy County Commissioner also serves as the chair of the Kamukunji Security Committee, meaning that his support for NIWETU programming is particularly important. Mr. Lilan endorsed NIWETU’s activities in Kamukunji and promised to mobilize 41 security stakeholders from his sub-county to attend the Nairobi County CVE Consultative Meeting convened in June.

Wajir County Meetings and Events On April 9, NIWETU convened a meeting for Wajir-based staff, the Wajir County Commissioner, the CEO of NIWETU partner Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) and the Chairman of the Al-Fatah Elders of Peace to choose participants for the CAP drafting and validation process. Participants affirmed the need to include stakeholders from across the county and to ensure the participation of women and youth.

NIWETU continued to organize courtesy calls with the Wajir County Commissioner throughout the quarter to inform him of project activities and to discuss security trends. The county commissioner was able to provide valuable information about al-Shabaab activity outside of NIWETU’s chosen hotspot locations, including an estimated 25 militants operating in Tarbaj sub-county. These sightings were unusual because al- Shabaab had not previously been active near the town of Ogarale, north of Tarbaj town. Information sharing with the county government and local civil society actors across Wajir County is essential for ensuring that NIWETU is responding to the latest adjustments in al-Shabaab tactics in Wajir. As al-Shabaab changes its methods and areas of operation, the project is considering ways to pivot to adapt to these new dynamics. For example, NIWETU staff have identified distinct “corridors” in which al-Shabaab operates in Wajir. In some cases, NIWETU has activities in some towns in these corridors, but not in others. For example, the towns of Kutulo, Qarsa, Konton, and Khorof-Harar have been identified as one corridor. By only operating in Konton and Khorof-Harar, the project might fail to address the broader VE dynamics in Wajir East. NIWETU is considering how to expand activities to these areas adjacent to current hotspots.

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Annex I: Success Story (1) Improved Community-Security Relations Generates CVE Solutions in Wajir

In the center of the town of Konton stands an ancient acacia tree. The shade of this tree serves as a public forum for this small community, a place for villagers to debate local issues, socialize, and strengthen community bonds. In the past, when security forces entered this public space, residents would run for cover. Responding to reports of al-Shabaab activity along the adjacent border with Somalia, security officers would train their guns towards the frontier, ignoring the terrified locals. In doing so, they not only inspired fear of security forces in the citizens of Konton, but also missed important opportunities to discuss security issues and CVE with local stakeholders. This dynamic played out in many of the towns that dot the Kenya-Somalia border in Kenya’s Wajir County. Husseinii, a health worker in another town in Wajir East sub-county, summed up the prevailing feeling in his community succinctly: “fear with no solutions.” “There was fear of radicalization and terror, but there was no relationship between police and the community,” he explained. “Furthermore, everyone was afraid that if you did speak with the police, you would be arrested or questioned.” Seeking to bridge the gap between citizens and security forces, Kenya NiWajibu Wetu (NIWETU) supported two local organizations to host a series of joint trainings for locals and security forces in Konton and other towns along the Somali border in Wajir East and Wajir South sub-counties. Wajir Women for Peace (WWFP) and Focus on Arid Lands & Integrated Development (FOAID) collectively trained 153 participants— including security officers, single mothers, youth, and chiefs—in CVE knowledge and skills. Just as important as the skills training, however, was the sensitization that took place when locals and security officials sat down together, often for the first time.

Aliiii, a young businessman from Hussein’s village in Wajir East, noticed the change almost immediately. While the police and community members initially self-segregated on opposite sides of the room, by the end of the training everyone was mingling and conversing amicably. “Here I was, speaking with a police officer about things that affected my community—is the world coming to an end?” Ali recalled with a laugh. “I’m sitting in the same room as the Officer Commanding Station [the highest-ranking police officer in the area] and he is sharing his telephone number with us. He is telling us that we can call him freely if we have any concerns.” In Konton, visiting police officers now share a cup of tea with local women under the shade of the acacia tree and discuss security issues facing the community. In each of the other participating communities, trainees— including Ali and Hussein—have established neighborhood watch committees to better facilitate community- security communication and CVE efforts. NIWETU activities have led to distinct paradigm changes in Wajir County: both townspeople and the police in participating communities now recognize that maintaining a friendly, collaborative relationship can improve security for everyone.

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Annex II: Success Story (2) Empowering Teachers to Build CVE Plans in Isiolo

Amina takes great pride in her work as a history teacher at a secondary school in Isiolo County. After joining the faculty in 2013, Amina has spent the last six years tirelessly working to improve the futures of her young students.

“I love my job—it is a noble profession,” Amina said. “If I touch my students’ lives, I can change their lives!”

However, Amina and other teachers have increasingly seen violent extremism creeping into Isiolo secondary schools. While rarely affected by VE attacks, Isiolo has quickly gained a reputation as one of the most prominent recruitment sites in Kenya—a county where al-Shabaab has constructed so-called sleeper cells that entice youth to join their cause. As of late 2017, more than 200 youth had been reported missing by schools across Isiolo County. Many are suspected to have joined al-Shabaab and traveled across the porous border with Somalia. While these young recruits are often targeted at their jobs or during their leisure time at the ubiquitous social clubs that abound in Isiolo Town, NIWETU original research has also identified schools as a primary recruitment location. Schoolchildren are particularly vulnerable due to reported cases of teachers acting as recruiters.

In order to stem the spread of violent extremism in Isiolo’s schools, NIWETU partnered with the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) to provide CVE training to Amina and 80 other teachers and education officials. Importantly, this training was highly collaborative. Each participant would not only learn about VE dynamics and CVE good practices, but they would also use what they learned to put together individual action plans that they could implement in their schools.

While Amina was aware of the VE dynamics that were playing out in schools across Isiolo County, she was not aware of the concept of CVE before taking part in the SUPKEM training. The training and subsequent action plan exercise inspired Amina to become a CVE advocate at her school.

“My main goal is to be a peace ambassador who will contribute to fighting radicalization and terrorism in our country,” she said.

Amina built an action plan that seeks to counter some of the key drivers of VE in her school. These drivers include institutional issues like discrimination and tribalism, but also individual drivers like poor academic performance and truancy. Her plan also involves working closely with parents and school peace clubs to increase CVE dialogue both at home and in schools.

NIWETU’s work with SUPKEM represents an important milestone for the project. The project was able to identify a key VE dynamic through original research conducted in Isiolo County, partner with a local organization to address these dynamics, and see this issue addressed at the grassroots level. The success of this process validates research as a key component of NIWETU’s programmatic design.

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Annex III: Success Story (3) Rapid Response Assessment Illuminates CVE Options in Marsabit

When Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) soldiers burst into Marsabit’s Taqwa Madrassah on January 13 and arrested Sheikh Guyo Gorsa at gunpoint in front of his students, many Muslim youth in the town felt that this constituted a personal attack on them and their faith. Youth demonstrators destroyed a number of Christian-owned businesses and sacked the Marsabit Catholic Church before they were confronted by security forces. During this final confrontation, security forces gunned down two demonstrators and killed another in a hit- and-run. Tensions remained high after this string of incidents, with Muslim youth continuing to blame the government for excessive use of force and Christian youth calling for reprisals against their Muslim neighbors.

Recognizing the need to better understand the VE dynamics in Marsabit following the arrest of Sheikh Guyo, NIWETU launched a “Rapid Response Assessment” within days of the initial violence. The Rapid Response mechanism is a unique feature of the NIWETU project that allows the team to mobilize researchers and service providers to any location in Kenya—even those outside of NIWETU’s hotspot areas. Despite Marsabit not being one of NIWETU’s target counties, the team recognized the importance of contributing to the broader CVE community’s understanding of the VE dynamics in Marsabit Town.

In the days following the arrest of Sheikh Guyo, NIWETU hired consultant Leonard Wambua, an experienced conflict researcher, to travel to Marsabit to assess the prevailing VE dynamics. For Dr. Wambua, the Rapid Response Assessment was a unique experience.

“I have conducted research [on similar issues], but the Rapid Response Assessment is unique because of the urgency of the feedback—the previous research projects did not require such quick reporting,” he said.

Within 10 days of Sheikh Guyo’s arrest, Dr. Wambua had compiled a report that included key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and recommendations for quelling VE and conflict dynamics in Marsabit. Many of Dr. Wambua’s findings revealed dynamics that were not captured by the prevailing media narratives about the conflict in Marsabit. For example, while major news outlets focused on acrimony between Christians and Muslims, Dr. Wambua found that there was also a strong interfaith effort in Marsabit to quell the violence. Prominent Christian and Muslim leaders were collaborating to address the religious issues underpinning the violence. According to Dr. Wambua, findings like these are essential for appropriately addressing VE.

“Research projects like the Marsabit Rapid Response are useful for establishing the different causes of VE as well as the necessary interventions,” Dr. Wambua said. “Countering violent extremism is dependent on research because appropriate and timely data is needed to guide the process. The root causes of violent extremism might be different from one area to the other, which can be captured through proper research.”

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Indeed, Dr. Wambua’s research has served as the bedrock for GoK and donor CVE work in Marsabit. The assessment triggered collaboration between USAID PEACE III and NCTC to address prevailing VE dynamics in Marsabit. NCTC is currently conducting follow-up research in Marsabit, which the GoK and PEACE III will use to inform the development of a CVE County Action Plan. The Rapid Response mechanism allows NIWETU to reach beyond its target counties to better inform CVE efforts across Kenya.

Annex IV: GPS Information

Please see separate attachment.

Annex V: List of Deliverable Products

• Bi-weekly Reports for April through June 2018

i Kenya Audience Research Foundation, Q2 Report ii This beneficiary’s name was changed to protect his identity. iii This beneficiary’s name was changed to protect his identity.

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