Our Focus Areas
Advocacy &
Community Voice
We strengthen pastoralists’ advocacy capacities and mobilize their governance structures to engage in evidence‑based policy processes, influence decisions, and improve food security and sustainable pastoral livelihoods.
Peace building & Social Cohesion
We support conflict‑affected pastoralist and agro‑pastoralist communities to engage in inclusive dialogue, strengthen traditional peace arrangements, and transform natural‑resource scarcity into cooperation, resolving intra‑ and inter‑community conflicts peacefully
Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment
We empower vulnerable women and girls to strengthen their economic choices, build confidence, diversify incomes, and participate in household and community decisions, while engaging men, families, and leaders to champion gender equality.
Livelihoods & Climate Resilience
We help impoverished pastoralist and agro‑pastoralist women and men build resilient livelihoods by strengthening agroecological skills, improving livestock and fodder management, and supporting community‑led rangeland and water resource development and sustainable use.
Humanitarian Response & Protection
We ensure crisis‑affected communities receive timely, accountable, needs‑based humanitarian assistance that protects safety and dignity, delivering Cash and Voucher Assistance, protection services, and essential shelter and NFI support to reduce human suffering.
Along the Oromia–Somali border in Moyale, years of drought, administrative tensions, and rumor driven fear had eroded trust among Borana, Gabra, and Garri communities, turning shared spaces into sources of caution. “One rumor was enough markets emptied, children stayed home, and greetings disappeared,” recalled Amina Ibrahim.
In 2025, APCfC and PIDA, with support from the Embassy of Ireland, launched a joint initiative that placed women at the center of peacebuilding. Six Women’s Social Forums (WSFs) were formed, bringing together 156 women across six kebeles to lead dialogue, rumor verification, and early warning. Through regular meetings, savings groups, and training in mediation and non-violent communication, women transformed fear into coordinated calm. “Saving together kept us meeting; meeting helped us verify rumors; and verified information reduced fear,” explained Amina Adan Ali.
The impact was clear during the 2025 Wachile–Hudet crisis, when women prevented escalation and displacement.
Impact Highlights & Stories
Pastoralists benefited from improved peace and security.
Once devastated by drought, Acure rebuilt her life through the APCfC–Trócaire Women’s Self‑Help Group under “Resilience, Empowerment and Sustainable Economic Wellbeing for Vulnerable Communities project.” She now runs two shops, engaged in livestock production and earned 250,000+ birr, “When I learned how to manage money, my fear disappeared. Now I want to help other women rise with me,” says Acure.
