Pastoral Civil Society Quarterly Newsletter of RECONCILE/IIED Programme on Reinforcement of Pastoral Civil Society in East Africa Issue No 13 January - March 2006

Document begins: Pastoral Civil Society Quarterly Newsletter of RECONCILE/IIED Programme on Reinforcement of Pastoral Civil Society in East Africa Issue No 13 January - March 2006 Editorial We are pleased to present to you the 13th issue of the pastoral civil society. This being the first publication of the year 2006, we would like to wish all our partners, collaborators and the general readership of the newsletter a happy, prosperous and eventful year. In this issue we present programme activities for the first quarter of 2006, plans for the next quarter, news from our partners, upcoming events and other relevant news. We have also profiled Network of Pastoralist Women in Kenya (NOPWIK), a partner organization working with pastoralist women in Kenya. As we continue striving to expand the scope of the newsletter to include items, which might be general in nature, but which are relevant to pastoralists, we encourage you to write to, email or telephone us on issues that you think are of interest. Remember this is your forum, make use of it. Editor Overview of Programme News During this quarter the programme held a Core Advisory In February the programme held a one-day consultation Group meeting at Silver Springs, ...