Empower

By looking at the world's problems
through a trauma-informed lens,
community restores hope,
one life at a time.

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By looking at the world’s problems through a trauma-informed lens, community restores hope, one life at a time.

Our Approach

GSN incorporates limited-resource methods, building upon the cultural practices and traditions of the areas where our interventions are implemented.

Our materials have been adapted for Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia by using local folk tales, case studies and artwork.

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Our Approach

GSN incorporates limited-resource methods, building upon the cultural practices and traditions of the areas where our interventions are implemented.

Our materials have been adapted for Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia by using local folk tales, case studies and artwork.

LEARN MORE

Stories

Captain Suleiman Kombo’s Story

Rehema Abdala’s story

Ahmed Ibrahim’s Story

GSN Stories

Check out our short insightful stories! 

Take me there!

GSN
Stories

Check out our short insightful stories! 

Take me there!

Programs

The Kumekucha program is a community-led social cohesion program that focuses on the transformative power of what is often overlooked the courage and grace of ordinary people; the communal impulse to be whole again and the will to move past the ravages of violence.

Kumekucha (It’s a New Dawn)

Kenya

Kumekucha (It’s a New Dawn)

Kenya

The Kumekucha program is a community-led social cohesion program that focuses on the transformative power of what is often overlooked the courage and grace of ordinary people; the communal impulse to be whole again and the will to move past the ravages of violence.

Muamko Mpya (Healing the Uniform)

Kenya

Muamko Mpya is an adaptation of Kumekucha for the Kenyan National Police Service (NPS) and other security actors. It builds on Kumekucha and examines the cycle of violence, trauma, resilience and healing.

The Quraca Nabadda (Tree of Peace) translates actual experiences of Somalia, cases into paintings that are used to facilitate dialogues- based around the methodology of storytelling.

Quraca Nabadda (Tree Of Peace)

Somalia

Quraca Nabadda (Tree Of Peace)

Somalia

The Quraca Nabadda (Tree of Peace) translates actual experiences of Somalia, cases into paintings that are used to facilitate dialogues- based around the methodology of storytelling.

Yegarachin (It's Ours)

Ethiopia

Yegarachin is a social healing programme designed to promote the long process of community healing and social reconciliation within Ethiopia’s diverse cultural landscape.

Our Impact

We research the communities we serve to better understand their contexts and to monitor and evaluate the impact of our programs. Our team is collecting data in under-researched, hard-to-reach areas where the experiences of these populations highlight the importance of trauma as a critical variable to conflict transformation.

Our post-intervention findings show positive changes in attitudes, with decreases in levels of distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Our numbers

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COUNTRIES

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COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS

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LEADERS TRAINED WEBR

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WEEKLY COMMUNITY HEALING SESSIONS

We have a comprehensive collection of videos,

articles and publications.

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GSN Resources

GSN Resources

We have a comprehensive collection of videos, articles and publications.

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info@old.green-string.org