Responding to Deadly Conflicts in Western Kenya

Transforming Community for Social Change (TCSC) joins the global community in celebrating Giving Tuesday with deep gratitude to all our donors, partners, and friends who generously supported our peacebuilding work this year. Your contributions have directly strengthened the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in Mt. Elgon, a region historically affected by cycles of conflict, trauma, and mistrust among communities.

Mt. Elgon has for many years experienced inter-community tensions, youth radicalization, land-related disputes, and the long-term effects of violence. Through AVP workshops, TCSC continues to offer a transformative, nonviolent approach that equips young people and community members with practical tools for conflict resolution, self-awareness, empathy, and leadership. This work would not be possible without your faithful support.

During the year, TCSC facilitated AVP Basic, Advanced, and Young People workshops in Mt. Elgon, engaging youth, community leaders, and grassroots peace actors. Participants explored key AVP themes such as transforming power, effective communication, managing anger, trust-building, and nonviolent responses to conflict. Many participants shared personal testimonies of how AVP helped them shift from fear, retaliation, and silence toward dialogue, understanding, and reconciliation.

Your Giving Tuesday support enabled us to provide safe learning spaces, training materials, meals, facilitation support, and follow-up mentoring. As a result, participants are now serving as peace ambassadors within their schools, villages, and peer networks—actively mediating disputes and promoting coexistence. These ripple effects are vital in a region where sustainable peace depends on empowered local leadership.

This year’s Giving Tuesday was especially meaningful as TCSC joined AVP programs worldwide in celebrating 50 years of the Alternatives to Violence Project. For five decades, AVP has remained a powerful grassroots movement rooted in the belief that everyone has the capacity to transform conflict without violence. We are honored to contribute to this global legacy by applying AVP principles in the unique context of Mt. Elgon.

To our donors: your generosity is more than financial support—it is a vote of confidence in community-led peacebuilding. You stood with young people choosing dialogue over violence, with communities seeking healing over revenge, and with facilitators committed to nurturing hope in difficult environments. Because of you, stories of pain are being transformed into stories of resilience and peace.

As we reflect on Giving Tuesday and celebrate 50 years of AVP, TCSC recommits itself to expanding peace education, deepening community engagement, and walking alongside those most affected by violence. We invite you to continue this journey with us. Together, we are proving that nonviolence is not only possible—it is transformative.

Thank you for believing in peace. Thank you for standing with TCSC.