PUBLICATIONS
PROJECTS
Dates: 2018 - 2019
Funders: Australian Direct Aid Programme
Locations: South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania
In the first half of 2018, ALPS designed and implemented a pilot survey assessing resilience to violent extremism amongst youth in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2018, ALPS began to roll out the survey in two vulnerable regions of Southern Africa: Pwani, Tanzania and Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Community entry and partner relationship-building activities took place in the second half of 2018 and fieldwork is currently underway in both countries.
Rapid Infrastructure Project
Dates: 2022 - 2023
Funder: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Location: Palma, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Working with IOM Mozambique under the Rapid Intervention Programme, ALPS delivered small infrastructure prioritised by communities across Palma district: four water wells with hand pumps serving 4,000 people, the rehabilitation of Boa Viagem Primary School, and four community meeting halls. Construction was carried out through a cash for work programme that employed 93 local residents and returnees.
Dates: 2016 - 2021
Funders: United States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migrants; Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Locations: Western Cape and Gauteng, South Africa
Since 2016, ALPS has worked in partnership with the Somali Association of South Africa (SASA) to promote integration and increase self-reliance amongst Somali refugees and asylum seekers living in the Western Cape and Gauteng. Over the past three years, ALPS has successfully applied a community-based approach to deliver classes, referrals, and workshops to over 6000 beneficiaries a year.
OUR PROJECTS
Dates: 2017 - 2018
Funder: British High Commission, Swedish Embassy, American High Commission
Location: South Africa
In 2018, ALPS played a key role in driving conversations on violent extremism in South Africa and the region by continuing its PVE workshop series with support from the British and Australian High Commissions. The objective of the annual workshop series is to provide a platform for sustained engagement, learning, dialogue and problem-solving on fostering resilience to violent extremism, in all forms, in South Africa.
Dates: 2018 - 2019
Funder: US Department of State
Location: Hermanus, Western Cape
In September 2018, the US Department of State provided ALPS with funding for emergency humanitarian assistance in Zwelihle, Hermanus after protests resulted in large-scale looting and displacement of foreign nationals. Zwelihle had already been selected by ALPS as a priority site for the P2P Dialogues project, which made ALPS an ideal candidate to provide support and assistance. The combined funding from USAID and US DOS will allow for a two-pronged approach of social cohesion programming and humanitarian assistance.
Dates: September 2018
Funder: US Consulate General Cape Town; U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
In September 2018, the U.S. Consular General of Cape Town and ALPS Resilience co-hosted a workshop on religious freedom, religious intolerance, xenophobia, and social cohesion. Participants included a U.S. delegation from the Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security. South African government officials were also in attendance, including Hon John Jeffery, MP, Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.
Date: 2020
Funders: Canadian High Commission, DAI, Australian Direct Aid Program and Private Donors
Location: Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
In early 2020, ALPS Resilience and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies at Joaquim Chissano University launched the Identifying Resiliencies Project, the first study to apply mixed qualitative and quantitative research methods to community resilience in Cabo Delgado. Field teams visited 1,578 households across 12 districts and conducted 839 interviews and 40 focus group discussions, mapping the risk and protective factors for radicalisation amongst youth.
People to People Dialogues
Dates: 2018 - 2019
Funder: USAID
Locations: Western Cape, Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and North West Provinces
During the xenophobic violence that affected the Western Cape in 2017 and 2018, ALPS identified a need for deeper dialogue between locals and foreign nationals. With USAID support, ALPS and the Safety and Violence Initiative at the University of Cape Town ran community dialogues across five provinces over 15 months, building mutual understanding, trust and resilient social ties.