| dc.description.abstract | This chapter provides a brief introduction and background to the study, the statement of the problem, research questions and objective of the study, literature review which seeks to identify the literature gaps. The chapter will also contain the significance of the study, conceptual framework, methodology used by the research and lastly the chapter outline. In an event of unresolved conflicts, violence sometimes is inevitable and to a larger extent it leaves the society wounded to a level even beyond repair. According to a research by the Human Security Centre, at the beginning of the present century, almost 60 states were involved in different conflicts. The research indicates that several of these countries are amongst the least developed in the world and are ranked as growing or developing countries.1 The effects of these conflicts are far much reaching in a way that it does not only affect the parties involved but also spread to the nearby states. It is therefore necessary to front a clear strategy on how to prevent conflicts from escalating into violence. None Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have been in the fore front in contributing to peacebuilding in developing countries like Kenya. They involve themselves in mediation processes, training communities on how to resolve conflicts peacefully and also in community development programs that ensure progress in their lives. According to Henry and Oliver, the collaboration of NGOs with states is important to tame the escalating conflict situations for communities in places such as Samburu County in Kenya. In our current society, it is very hardtop succeed in peace building missions without agents like NGOs because their ‘role in peacebuilding between conflicting communities is undisputable. They have become very crucial in most local communities especially in social, political, and economical sectors, which are widely known in instigating conflicts.2 This study examines the role played by NGOs in peacebuilding by looking deep into the conflicts in Kenya’s Turkana and Samburu communities living in Samburu County. | |
