About ARI
Who We Are
A civil society initiative supporting conflict-affected communities through practical recovery programs.
Background and rationale
Conflict does not only destroy buildings. It weakens the systems people depend on, and it leaves behind a set of pressures that reinforce one another:
- Deteriorating services. Health and education systems weakened by conflict, limiting access and the regeneration of human capital.
- Fragile institutions. Local governance and service delivery structures struggle to coordinate sustained recovery.
- Environmental drivers. Land degradation, water scarcity and deforestation undermine livelihoods and social stability.
- Funding mismatch. Short-term emergency interventions dominate; long-term integrated recovery is underfunded.
- Structural exclusion. Inequalities between groups — in access to power, resources and services — create grievances that fuel cycles of violence. Recovery programs that ignore these dynamics risk deepening tensions rather than resolving them.
Grounded in the UN–World Bank Pathways for Peace framework (2018), ARI recognises that durable recovery requires addressing the structural drivers of conflict, not only its immediate consequences.
At a glance
Geographic scope
Sudan, Somalia and Chad
ARI works across conflict-affected environments in the Sahel and Horn of Africa.
Sudan
North Kordofan is the project entry point for integrated environmental and community recovery.
Somalia
Programmes will respond to conflict-affected communities across the Horn of Africa through locally grounded partnerships.
Chad
Work will connect Sahel recovery priorities with practical environmental restoration and essential services.