We will build, expand, and improve local communication systems to ensure that every community in central Africa has access to lifesaving information and the ability to call for help when threatened with violence. We will train communities to collect and share security information and will organize regular forums for collaboration between local and international experts to develop the most effective solutions to violence and exploitation.

True liberty for all, including future generations, must include the protection of natural environments. Alongside local partners and international wildlife conservation experts, we will ensure communities understand the long-term economic and ecological importance of wildlife conservation and equip them to help end regional wildlife poaching and trafficking. By strengthening local conservation efforts, we will help reverse the depletion of the region’s endangered wildlife and cut off the funding streams that fuel violence against civilians.

We will work with the region’s most severely isolated and vulnerable communities to ensure that they are well equipped to recover from the impact of violence and break cycles of future violence. Together, we will identify each community’s unique strengths and local wisdom, and we will complement that with additional support that will enable them to better organize, foster unity, mediate conflict, heal from trauma, and plan for a hopeful future.