Mafaz Global Solutions (MGS) provides comprehensive peace and community integration services across the Horn of Africa. The organization promotes peacebuilding and social cohesion as foundations for sustainable development and protection, recognizing that protracted conflicts, displacement, and intercommunal tensions undermine stability and development across the region. Our services are designed to address drivers of conflict and displacement, support the integration of displaced populations and returning migrants into host communities, and strengthen relationships within and between communities. We work with governments, international organizations, civil society, communities, and local leaders to design and implement responses that are rights-based, evidence-driven, and locally owned. Our approach recognizes that sustainable peace and integration require coordinated action across community, institutional, and policy levels, and that local ownership and inclusive participation are essential to building lasting peace and social cohesion.
Dialogue Facilitation Services
MGS facilitates dialogue processes that bring together diverse groups to address tensions, build trust, and promote mutual understanding. Our services include facilitation of community dialogue sessions, support for intercommunal and cross-border dialogue, engagement of community and religious leaders, support for women’s and youth dialogue initiatives, mediation and conflict resolution support, and documentation of dialogue outcomes and agreements. We serve communities affected by conflict and displacement, community leaders, women’s and youth groups, and local institutions. Our dialogue facilitation is designed to create safe and inclusive spaces where communities can address grievances, negotiate differences, and build consensus on shared priorities for peace and development.
Conflict Sensitivity and Analysis Services
MGS conducts conflict sensitivity and analysis to ensure that interventions do not inadvertently exacerbate tensions and that they contribute to peace and stability. Our services include conflict analysis and mapping, stakeholder analysis, conflict sensitivity training for partners and institutions, integration of conflict sensitivity into programme design and implementation, monitoring of conflict dynamics and early warning, and development of conflict-sensitive approaches and tools. We serve governments and institutions, international organizations, civil society organizations, and community-based organizations. Our conflict sensitivity work is grounded in the principle of doing no harm and is designed to ensure that all interventions contribute positively to peace and social cohesion.
Social Cohesion Services
MGS promotes social cohesion by strengthening relationships, trust, and solidarity within and between communities. Our services include community events and cultural activities, support for youth and women’s groups, sports and recreational activities, support for community-based organizations and networks, social cohesion and peacebuilding initiatives, and support for community infrastructure and shared spaces. We serve communities hosting displaced populations, returning migrants, host communities, and diverse social groups. Our social cohesion approach is designed to build bridges between different groups, reduce tensions, and create shared identities and interests that contribute to peaceful coexistence and collective action.
Integration of Displaced Populations and Returnees Services
MGS supports the integration of displaced populations, refugees, and returning migrants into host communities. Our services include support for community-based integration initiatives, facilitation of access to services for displaced populations, support for livelihood and economic integration, engagement of host communities in integration efforts, support for documentation and administrative processes, and mediation and conflict resolution support. We serve displaced populations, refugees, returning migrants, host communities, and local institutions. Our integration approach is designed to ensure that displaced populations and returnees can rebuild their lives, contribute to local development, and live in dignity and security alongside host communities.
Community-Based Peace Structures Services
MGS supports the development and strengthening of community-based peace structures that can prevent, manage, and resolve conflicts at the local level. Our services include establishment and support of community peace committees, training on peacebuilding and conflict resolution, support for early warning and early response systems, support for traditional conflict resolution mechanisms, linkage of community peace structures to formal institutions, and mentorship and technical assistance. We serve communities affected by conflict, community leaders, local institutions, and community-based organizations. Our approach is designed to build sustainable local capacity for peace, ensuring that communities can prevent and resolve conflicts without external intervention.
Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Services
MGS supports peacebuilding and reconciliation processes that address the legacies of conflict and build sustainable peace. Our services include support for truth-telling and reconciliation initiatives, support for transitional justice processes, community-based reconciliation and healing activities, support for victims and survivors of conflict, documentation of human rights violations, and support for peace agreements and implementation. We serve communities affected by conflict, victims and survivors, local institutions, and civil society organizations. Our peacebuilding and reconciliation approach is designed to address the root causes of conflict, heal wounds, and build the foundations for lasting peace and social cohesion.
Service Outcomes
Through our peace and community integration services, MGS aims to achieve reduced tensions and improved relationships within and between communities, enhanced integration of displaced populations and returning migrants, strengthened community-based peace structures and mechanisms, improved social cohesion and trust across diverse groups, strengthened institutional capacity for peacebuilding and conflict resolution, increased participation of women and youth in peace processes, improved community resilience to conflict and displacement, and strengthened foundations for sustainable peace and development. These outcomes are achieved through integrated, evidence-based, and locally owned interventions that respond to the specific needs and realities of the Horn of Africa region.
Geographic Coverage
MGS delivers peace and community integration services across the Horn of Africa, with operations in Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and South Sudan. In Somalia, our focus includes dialogue facilitation, social cohesion, community-based peace structures, and integration of displaced populations. In Ethiopia, we focus on conflict sensitivity, social cohesion, peacebuilding, and reconciliation. In Djibouti, our services include integration of migrants and displaced populations, social cohesion, and community-based peace structures. In South Sudan, we focus on peacebuilding, reconciliation, social cohesion, and community-based peace structures. This regional presence enables MGS to address peace and integration challenges in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.
Why Choose MGS
Mafaz Global Solutions brings deep local expertise and knowledge of Horn of Africa conflict and peace dynamics to every engagement. Our work is rights-based, grounded in a commitment to human rights, protection, and dignity for all people. We are evidence-driven, ensuring that research and data inform all interventions. We are partnership-oriented, working collaboratively with governments, UN agencies, NGOs, and communities. Our approach is locally owned, with a focus on empowering communities and institutions to lead and sustain peace. We prioritize sustainable impact through capacity building for long-term change. We remain adaptive and responsive to rapidly changing dynamics across the region.
Contact Us
For inquiries about our peace and community integration services, please contact Mafaz Global Solutions at info@mafazglobal.org or through our website at https://mafazglobal.org. We welcome partnerships and collaboration with governments, international organizations, donors, and communities committed to advancing peace and community integration in the Horn of Africa.
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