The story of a conflict prevented or a war averted does not receive the attention that an on-going war or natural disaster receives. Thanks to Google.org, the BEFORE Project is now able to work on changing that with a $10,000/month grant of in-kind online advertising. This Google Grant will enabling BEFORE to get the story [...]
read more After much deliberation, increasing tension and encouragement from the international community, Guinea’s Supreme Court, Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), interim National Unity Government and presidential candidates have agreed on a run-off presidential election date: September 19, after the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan and the rainy season peak.
Under the country’s constitution, the run-off election [...]
Prevention can be tricky – sometimes the more success and impact you have, the less happens.
But when you’re working in a country where the government has done little to invest in its people and infrastructure, work to prevent conflict builds key social foundations at the same time.
This has been the case of BEFORE’s work with [...]
