The Initiative for Peace Communication Association (IPCA) was established in 2010 with a mandate to foster peace and development in South Sudan through innovative communications and community outreach programs that seek to create space for dialogue and employing homegrown mechanisms of addressing conflicts. Given the turbulent nature of the country right after independence in 2011, IPCA placed peacebuilding as its priority area, to promote peaceful coexistence between communities and to help create a viable society through humanitarian assistance and support for recovery and socio-economic development. IPCA works through partnerships with international, national and grassroots structures to boost its efforts and garner support and recognition as a prominent agent that advocates for change. Over the past years and in response to the shifting security context in the country, IPCA has expanded its reach and programs to adapt to the needs of the South Sudanese people, offering access to justice and legal services as well as livelihoods and food security programs that seek to bring resilience to vulnerable and conflict-affected communities.
