Stewardship at the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (SCCRR)
Eastern Africa

Stewardship at the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (SCCRR)

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By: Kipkoech Kipruto, B.Com., ACCA, & Remmy Ndiema, BBM, CPA.

Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (SCCRR) is a renowned inter-religious peacebuilding non-governmental organization working in the Eastern African region. The organization is dedicated to transforming conflict-affected communities through peacebuilding, reconciliation, and sustainable development. Shalom’s staff not only have postgraduate qualifications that befit the theoretical and practical demands of peacebuilding but also possess practiced skills in building trust between antagonistic neighboring communities and attenuating religious ideological extremism. While its field programs and interventions receive most of the public attention, a key pillar of Shalom-SCCRR’s success is based in its finance department, which ensures that all donor resources are managed with precision and integrity.

Rev. Dr Oliver Noonan, Shalom-SCCRR’s Executive Director in Merikuka, Kokuro in the contested terrain of the Ilemi Triangle, conducting an educational forum with key community personnel on the four dimensions of conflict transformation (Personal, Relational, Structural and Cultural).

Efficiency in Financial Operations

Shalom-SCCRR’s finance team prioritizes efficient use of resources by streamlining budget preparation, fund disbursement, and reporting systems. This efficiency ensures that donor funds are quickly allocated to critical interventions, such as empirical research, conflict transformation and peacebuilding initiatives, women’s empowerment work in urban informal settlements (slums), children’s peace education training workshops in schools located in conflict environments, and school/educational development projects, without unnecessary delays. Automation of financial processes and adherence to internationally accepted accounting and audit standards further reduce administrative costs and processing time.

Shalom-SCCRR’s Esther Kibe, MA, and Moses Osiro, MA, engaging women leaders on their invaluable role in resolving all forms of conflict during a community engagement activity with women from Kibera Slums.
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Effectiveness in Achieving Organizational Goals

Financial effectiveness at Shalom is measured by how well financial resources translate into tangible impact. Through rigorous monitoring, evaluation, and governance overview, the finance department collaborates with program teams to align expenditures with project objectives, goals, and milestones. This ensures that every shilling/cent/pence spent contributes directly to peacebuilding outcomes, such as reducing intra- and intercommunal conflicts and fostering social cohesion. Since Shalom-SCCRR was founded in 2009, its administration costs to project costs have never exceeded 7%. In fact, the average administrative cost over the past 15 years has been approximately 4.5%. It means that 95.5% of all resources we get go directly to projects.

Mr. Remmy Ndiema, CPA, BBM, Shalom-SCCRR Assistant Accountant, conducting a training workshop on record keeping for micro-businesses with young women from Mutuini Informal Urban Settlements. The women were trained on the importance of record-keeping, the different types of records, and best practices for record-keeping.

Economy in Resource Utilization

The principle of economy—achieving desired results in the most cost-effective manner—guides Shalom’s procurement and expenditure practices. The finance department negotiates competitive vendor contracts, minimizes overheads, and maximizes value for money, ensuring donor contributions yield maximum benefit for conflict-affected communities.

Accountability to Donors

Donor confidence is central to Shalom’s mission. The finance department maintains transparent reporting frameworks, including audited financial statements and regular updates for donors. By adhering to international financial reporting standards and Kenyan NGO regulatory requirements, Shalom-SCCRR assures donors that funds are safeguarded, properly utilized, and directed to intended projects.

Shalom-SCCRR’s Accountant, Mr. Kipkoech Kipruto, B.Com., with teachers and pupils from Santur Primary School, Marsabit County, Northern Kenya, after a peace education training session. Shalom-SCCRR is implementing Children Peace Education training workshops in schools located in conflict environments.
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Appreciation to our Donors

On behalf of Shalom-SCCRR, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our generous donors. Your unwavering support and commitment have been instrumental in advancing our mission of operationalizing peace, reconciliation, and sustainable development in communities affected by conflict.

The international development of Shalom-SCCRR, now registered in Kenya, the U.S.A., the Republic of Ireland, and the U.K/Northern Ireland, with independent boards of governance in each, is not only an endorsement of the organisation’s validity in respect to the vision, mission, and results but also to the professionalism of its structural organization, corporate governance, and leadership.

Shalom-SCCRR International Chairman, joined by some of Shalom-SCCRR’s donors, Colin Fortes, Brendan Henry, and Ciaran King, witnessed the delivery of school materials to Enkusero Sampu Primary & Junior Sec. School, Kajiado County, and visited a recently completed classroom construction project at Providence Integrated Pre & Primary School; Shalom-SCCRR funded both the school/educational development projects.  The marginalized schools are located in the semi-arid pastoral area, inhabited mainly by the Maasai and Turkana Communities, respectively.

Your contributions have enabled us to implement evidential life-changing sustainable programs, empower local leaders, and build stronger bridges of understanding among divided communities. Through your partnership, we continue to promote harmony, justice, and hope where it is most needed.

We remain deeply appreciative of your trust in our work and look forward to continued collaboration in transforming lives and building lasting peace.

Conclusion

Shalom-SCCRR’s finance department exemplifies stewardship and transparency, underpinning the organization’s peacebuilding vision and mission. Its commitment to efficiency, effectiveness, economy, and accountability ensures that donor funds achieve maximum impact, fostering sustainable peace and reconciliation in some of Eastern Africa’s most conflict-prone regions.

The 15-year achievements and results of Shalom-SCCRR, since its founding in 2009, are evidence of the organization’s interventions and authenticity (https://shalomconflictcenter.org/shalom-sccrr-15-years-results-and-achievements/).

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Authors: Shalom-SCCRR Finance Department Personnel

Mr. Kipkoech Kipruto, B.Com., ACCA, Accountant

Mr. Remmy Ndiema, B.BM, CPA, Assistant Accountant

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