Additional Context: Resilience for Peace, or R4P, began as a five year, nearly $20 million USAID-funded project implemented by Equal Access International. Supporting the implementation of the 10-year U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability, part of the Global Fragility Act, in the region, it helped Ivorian border communities counter violent extremism through media engagement, governance reform, community-based peacebuilding activities, natural resource management, conflict mitigation and livelihoods initiatives. When U.S. funding was pulled in March 2025, R4P decided to establish itself as an independent local organization.

Their flagship project, the Development & Resilience Index Against Violent Extremism, or DRIVE, supported on-the-ground action by strengthening factors that keep communities and individuals from joining violent extremist movements. They had conducted 21 additional research projects, as well as created seven community-based infographics prior to the USAID project's termination.

Reduced funding has shifted their research priorities toward community-oriented outputs, including infographics and tools for local conflict tracking and prevention.

Source: R4P