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

GSN launched its first impact report “Growing Connection, Resiliency and Agency: The impact of community-led trauma-informed peacebuilding in response to violent extremism in Kenya” at the second annual Paris Peace Forum (12 November 2019).

Empower

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

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.

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.

Stories

Captain Suleiman Kombo’s Story

Rehema Abdala’s story

Ahmed Ibrahim’s Story

GSN Stories

Check out our short insightful stories!

GSN
Stories

Check out our short insightful stories!

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)

Kumekucha (It’s a New Dawn)

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.