Additional Context: This information was collected as part of The Aid Report’s original reporting, “A US-funded atrocity prevention system is going dark.” This feature story examines how local peacebuilders warn that remote communities in Central Africa are becoming harder to reach — and harder to protect.

Local peace committees had been supported through programming from the organization Invisible Children with funding from USAID and the State Department. Invisible Children was working on atrocity prevention across the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan, as well as on reunification programs for children and youth abducted by armed groups. Olivier Rugemintwaza, regional director of programs and operations at Invisible Children, noted that continued in-person visits would have been essential to help communities update strategies in response to armed violence and abductions. Maintenance to communications equipment, such as high-frequency radios, would have allowed communities to continue sharing incidents and threats of violence.

Source: Devex