Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation in Northern Kenya (PARAN)
Organization name
Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation in Northern Kenya (PARAN)
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Organization type
Network
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Current focus/area
Advocacy
Capacity building
Climate change
Community empowerment
Pastorialism
Knowledge sharing
Community leadership
Resilience building
Ecosystems
Territorial management
Land use
Food security
Livelihood improvement
Description/notes
The Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation in Northern Rangelands (PARAN) is a collective social movement uniting a variety of pastoralist institutions and organizations, including customary institutions, women and youth groups, community-based and non-governmental organizations, as well as other formal and informal networks.
PARAN seeks to strengthen and promote sustainable pastoralism. It does so by developing the leadership and expertise of its members to facilitate their engagement with relevant stakeholders, from governments to the private sector. PARAN mainly engages in advocacy and capacity-building initiatives.
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Signatory of the People's’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival
0° 1' 24.96" S, 37° 54' 22.32" E
Capacity building
Climate change
Community empowerment
Pastorialism
Knowledge sharing
Community leadership
Resilience building
Ecosystems
Territorial management
Land use
Food security
Livelihood improvement +Longitude: 37.9062 +
