CHF International programs build constituencies and progressive leadership for positive transformational change that enhances stability in developing countries and fragile states. We develop and employ effective strategies for sustainable reconciliation, conflict management, and community mobilization by identifying and supporting individuals and groups with stakes in stability–those who stand to benefit most from peace and progressive governance.

CHF’s core expertise in enhancing stability includes:

> Supporting vulnerable youth: CHF programs engage youth susceptible to negative influences and recruitment into extremist groups by working with them on alternatives to protest and revolt, such as vocational training, income-generating activities, leadership development, and other activities.

> Promoting transparent and accountable community management: CHF works with communities to establish effective local mechanisms that are skilled in managing local concerns and potential sources of instability.

> Reintegration: CHF engages refugees, internally displaced people and ex-combatants to help them effectively return to their communities and re-establish livelihoods, thereby reducing incentives to return to violence.

> Engaging the private sector: CHF partners with the private sector to help businessmen and women recognize their stakes in stability and interest in working towards a peaceful future in which their businesses can thrive.

> Building community security: CHF works with communities to develop and implement community policing initiatives and engages the security sector to build positive relationships between security services (especially police) and communities.

> Integrating conflict sensitivity into development programming: CHF implements a broad variety of initiatives–from micro-credit to infrastructure to health–in a wide range of countries and contexts but ensures that each is sensitive to local conflict dynamics and that interventions strictly adhere to the “do no harm” principle.

> Conducting stability assessments: CHF staff are experienced in conducting stability assessments in areas of potential instability, such as Liberia, Ethiopia, Tajikistan, and Sudan. CHF uses these assessments to design programs that directly address potential sources of instability.

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