Case Study: The Sahel 2013-2015

Rodney Stubina

Training unemployed and uneducated youth in the Sahel by enrolling them in trade schools, such as: carpentry, welding, mechanics, and baking.

Training unemployed and uneducated youth in the Sahel by enrolling them in trade schools, such as: carpentry, welding, mechanics, and baking. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)

Train unskilled men and women in mechanics in the cities to improve self sufficiency and family support mechanisms.

Training unskilled men and women in mechanics in the cities to improve self-sufficiency and family support mechanisms. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)

Introducing rural youth, targeted to become insurgents to local and regional government agencies through a program called Local Heroes to mitigates fears of local government fears.

Introducing rural youth, targeted to become insurgents, to local and regional government agencies through a program called Local Heroes to mitigate local government fears. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)

Train local Imams (religious leaders) to be more tolerant teachers in rural areas and act as mediators in their villages after Bokol Harum incursions.

Training local Imams (religious leaders) to be more tolerant teachers in rural areas and act as mediators in their villages after Boko Haram incursions. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)

Three men, dressed in traditional attire, are engaged in a discussion at a table, surrounded by others in a classroom-like setting.

Local Imams in mediation training. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)

Create rural radio stations (Radio in a Box - RIB) to ensure transparency in local governance. Rural listeners can call the stations to ask questions to their local government and security services.

Creating rural radio stations (Radio in a Box - RIB) to ensure transparency in local governance. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)

Create rural radio stations (Radio in a Box - RIB) to ensure transparency in local governance. Rural listeners can call the stations to ask questions to their local government and security services.

Radio in a Box helps rural listeners calling the stations to question their local government and security services. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)

Three individuals in traditional colorful outfits participate in a cultural activity during a training session, with a banner in the background.

Radio in a Box programming. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)

Improving educational facilities and resources to rural girls' madrasas (community schools) in the Sahel

Improving educational facilities and resources to rural girls' madrasas (community schools) in the Sahel. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)

Improving educational facilities and resources to rural girls' madrasas (community schools) in the Sahel

Students at a rural girls' madrasas in the Sahel. (Source: Rodney Stubina, photo archive)