Faith Chelangat Tonui is a peacebuilder from Kenya who is passionate about young people’s involvement in peace and advocacy processes. Recently, Faith served as the Coordinator for the International Service Worker Programme at Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), where she provided support to various partners in implementing initiatives related to peacebuilding, education, healthcare, food security, and livelihood improvement in Uganda.
Before joining MCC, Faith held the position of Eastern Africa Peacebuilding Programme Coordinator at Hekima University College in Kenya. In this role, she focused on conducting research and facilitating training programmes centred around peacebuilding, conflict monitoring, and the impact of extractive industries on peace and conflict.
Faith’s research interest lies in exploring an intergenerational approach to peacebuilding processes in the Horn of Africa region. Additionally, she has a keen interest in the use of Unarmed Civilians Peace force interventions as a means to influence the conflict resolution approaches of development agencies and governments in the area.
Faith earned a Bachelor’s degree in Disaster Management and International Diplomacy from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology in Kenya.
