Nationality Kenyan Years active 2001–present Award Stuttgart Peace Prize | Occupation Lawyer
activist Spouse(s) Abubakar Lewano | |
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Born 1978 (age 38–39) Marsabit, Marsabit County, Kenya Known for "Shoot to Score, Not to Kill" Initiative Parent(s) Abdulkadir Sheikh Adan (father)
Saadia Abdulkadir (mother) Organization Horn Of Africa Development Initiative | ||
Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan (born c. 1978) is a Kenyan lawyer and peace ambassador. She is a recipient of the Stuttgart Peace Prize.
Life
Adan was born to parents who were from two warring tribes in Marsabit, Northern Kenya. After her training as a lawyer, she returned to her hometown in order to promote peace between the conflicting Borana Oromo, Gabra and Rendille peoples. In 2003, she founded Horn of Africa Development Initiative, a non-governmental organization she uses to foster peace and advocate for education in Kenya.
Through the Horn of Africa Development Initiative, Adan launched a programme called "Shoot to score, not to Kill", that uses soccer to engage Kenyan youths in advocacy for peace.
In January 2011, Adan received the Stuttgart Peace Prize for "combining soccer and emancipation". In 2013 she was invited to talk about her work with the Horn of Africa Development Initiative at the Geneva Peace Talks on 20 September 2013. The talks were organised by the United Nations and other groups for the International Day of Peace.