Dr Mareike Schomerus is Vice President at Busara in Nairobi. Prior to her current post, she was the Research Director of the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) and Director of Programme Politics and Governance at ODI in London. More information about Mareike is here: www.mareikeschomerus.org. More information about 'Lives Amid Violence' is here: www.transformingdevelopment.org