The SOS Story
The SOS Sahel UK Story by Margie Buchanan-Smith (November 2021)
Published by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN)
More information and alternative versions including English, French and Arabic (April 2022)
ODI Event: SOS Sahel’s localisation journey
To watch the ODI event, access the recording in the following ways:
- Podcast: Listen back through the ODI Live Events podcast
Apple | Google | Soundcloud
- Video: Watch the video recording with closed captions on YouTube.
Coming soon – an expanded illustrated version of the SOS Story
SOS Sahel UK Publications
Some of the documents published by us in the past – please email us if you are looking for anything specific that you cannot find here!
Gender & Pastoralism Vol. 1: Rangeland & Resource Management in Ethiopia – Andrew Ridgewell, Getachew Mamo & Fiona Flintan, 2007, SOS Sahel Ethiopia
Gender & Pastoralism Vol. 2: Livelihoods & Income Development in Ethiopia – Andrew Ridgewell & Fiona Flintan, 2007, SOS Sahel Ethiopia
Modern and Mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa’s drylands – SOS Sahel UK & IIED, Editor Helen de Jode, 2009
Planning with Uncertainty: using Scenario Planning with African Pastoralists – SOS Sahel UK & IIED, 2009
Securing the commons series
What are the commons, how should they be managed, and by whom? Papers on how to manage common property resources across the Sahel [SOS Sahel UK & IIED: 2000-2003]
- Who’s Managing the Commons? Inclusive management for a sustainable future
- Hannu Biyu Ke Tchuda Juna – Strength in Unity. Shared Management of Common Property Resources: a case study from Takiéta, Niger
- From Conflict to Consensus. Towards joint management of natural resources by pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the zone of Kishi Beiga, Burkina Faso
- Traditional Institutions, multiple stakeholders & modern perspectives in common property. Accompanying change within Borana pastoral systems
- Towards a local peace. SOS Sahel’s experience of conflict transformation between pastoralists and farmers at El Ain, North Kordofan State, Sudan
- Local networks as a tool for influencing policy. Experiences of the GDRN5 Network in Mali
- Social inclusion: a prerequisite for equitable and sustainable natural resource management. Two experiences in Mali
