Preventing Deadly Conflict in Kenya: A Visit from Getry Agizah
By Cassidy Regan on 03/28/2011 @ 10:00 AM
Getry Agizah, Quaker colleague and Kenyan peace coordinator, outside of the FCNL office.
From March 23rd to March 25th, FCNL was lucky enough to host Getry Agizah, a Quaker colleague and Kenyan peace coordinator who traveled to the United States to speak about her work. By the time Getry arrived at FCNL, she had already visited Friends in Indiana, Ohio, and New York, and we were thrilled to continue the conversation.
Getry’s tour focused on her experience as Coordinator of the Friends Church Peace Teams, an organization formed in response to Kenya’s post-election crisis of 2007/2008. After violence based largely on disputed electoral results and rising ethnic tension, Kenya suffered the loss of at least 1,000 people and the displacement of over 350,000. Quakers, who have a higher concentration in Kenya than any other country, established FCPT in order to address the devastation.
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