KESHO NI SIKU MPYA – LOBI MOKOLO YA SIKA (Tomorrow is a New Day): Evaluation and Key Findings

The “Tomorrow is a New Day” project has three primary objectives:

• Awareness Raising: increased awareness of human rights and conflict transformation, including the relevant laws related to the Military Code, amongst the target brigades;
• Fighting Impunity: fight impunity through an effective media outreach strategy that promotes accountability, denounces rights violations, and raises awareness about military justice and the dangers of impunity; and
• Collaboration and Solidarity: improved civil-military relations through joint cultural and sporting events, dialogue, collaborative action and income generating activities.

In order to achieve these objectives, SFCG and ECC-MERU have engaged in five types of
activities (1) Training of new Committees; (2) Supporting existing Committees to undertake
sensitization activities; (3) Joint Civil-Military Activities; (4) Multi-Media Outreach through
Comics, Radio and Mobile Cinema; and (5) Monitoring and Evaluation.

Beginning in 2010, SFCG conducted in-depth project evaluations, using focus group discussions, surveys, and key informant interviews to assess the relationship between civilians and the FARDC. This combination of tools allowed us to collect a large random survey sample, hold in-depth discussions via focus groups, and speak to marginalized groups and select segments of society in key informant interviews. The evaluation methodology consisted of tracking civil-military relations in 16 localities in Ituri, North Katanga, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces, as well as the opinions of a sampling of soldiers deployed there.