PARAAN is led by an 11 member Advisory Council who are elected after every 3 years. The Advisory Council is headed by the Secretary General.
Advisory Council Members Meetings.
To ensure a continuous cooperation among its leadership, PARAAN decided to conduct regular Advisory Council Meetings on a quarterly basis.
The regular meetings are supposed to keep the leading council of PARAAN informed, to monitor the progress of the Alliance, and to guide to work of the Secretariate. In the year 2023 PARAAN conducted four (4) Advisory Council Meetings, that were conducted thrice in Nanyuki and once in Moyale.
PARAAN
Advisory
Council
Members
2024
Mr. Mali Ole Kaunga
Secretary General
Founder & Executive Director of the Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (IMPACT)
Mrs. Christine Kandie
Chairperson
Founder & Executive Director of the Endorois Indigenous Women Empowerment Network (EIWEN)
Mr. Mohamed Dida
Treasurer
Director of Programmes and Partnership of the Indigenous Strategies and Institution for Development (ISID)
Dr. Hussein Adan Isack
Member
Founder & Executive Director of Kivulini Trust (KT)
Mr. Mohamed Yusuf
Member
Founder & Executive Director of the Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Watch
(IPsCCW)
Mrs. Monicah Yator
Member
Founder & Executive Director of the Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative (IWGI)
Mrs. Juliana Rono
Member
Founder & Executive Director of the Nasaru Women Group
(NWG)
Mrs. Christine Louwa
Member
Founder & Executive Director of the Gurapau Women Group
(GWG)
Mrs. Margaret Super
Member
Founder & Executive Director of the Pastoralist Peoples Initiative (PPI)
Mr. Bernard Loolasho
Member
Founder & Executive Director of the Laikipia North Community Conservation Initiative (LANCCI)
Mr. Benjamen Lokor
Member
Founder & Executive Director of the Marti Elite Home Grown Peace Initiative (MEHPI)
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