BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Isiolo Peace Link (IPL), was formed in 2006 under Ministry of Gender and Social Services. IPL and has been instrumental in articulating Peace and Reconciliations issues. It has resolved various pastoral and urban conflicts, as well as offering auxiliary services in giving alerts, to various actors in peace-building and conflict prevention, and the government law enforcement agencies in and outside the County. The Group uses traditional conflict resolutions mechanism as well as other conventional structures in arbitrating, and negotiations to stop conflicts. Isiolo Peace Link also aims to ensure that Violence Extremism is countered through positive youth engagements and empowerment programs. Isiolo Peace Link is part of a network which also acts as a preventive mechanism within communities. In this sense they form a wider institutionalized conflict early warning and early response system which monitors and reports so that preventive action can be taken. Isiolo Peace Link has proven to be a valuable interface structures between the government and community in ensuring Governance structures adopt and operationalize conflict sensitive approaches that enhance peace security and equitable sharing of resources and responsive to community needs..
Isiolo Peacelink promoting Peaceful Co-existence in the Northern Frontier Counties
VISION
A well-informed society that values and practices peace and promotes development
MISSION
Influence and promote the participation of local communities in peace building, human rights advocacy, community governance and development through collaboration and network process.
OUR CORE BUSINESS
To contribute to the holistic development of communities in conflict prone areas for peace and development.