We work at the interface between governments and international agencies and communities in need.
With offices in the UK and East Africa, strong working partnerships with governments, agencies, NGOs combined with excellent relationships with key community influencers and activists in the UK, Europe, US and Horn of Africa we provide creative solutions to local, national and international concerns.
We offer a range of high quality and tailored core services which include research, consultancy, training, evaluation, facilitation, project management, advice and community information with regard to hard-to-reach communities and countries in sensitive situations. Most recently our work has centred on Somalia, its people and their communities worldwide. Our aims are to give the people we work with a voice, facilitate understanding and improve communications to develop clarity, a sense of responsibility and common ownership for addressing concerns and attaining progress.
Our wealth of experience, insight and skill and are complemented with ISO 9001:2008 accreditation as an independent consulting company. Our work is underpinned by extensive technical capacity including on-line research and fieldwork databases, management database systems, and SMS servers which give our clients real time, anytime access to work in progress, archive files and much more.
Our clients include the UK Home Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, NATO, Bristol City Council, United States Institute of Peace, and other governmental and non-governmental and international organisations. We have undertaken work in the UK, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia, Pakistan, Nigeria, UAE, DR Congo, Rwanda, Portugal, Holland, Uganda, The Philippines, Norway, Italy and Tanzania amongst other places.