Violent extremism is a phenomena that can be assumed to be caused by structural injustices or rather the general system failure and or lack of it to support its citizens. Some of the factors that have been cited as aiding the growth of violent extremism are lack of equal opportunities, jobs or access to markets, historical injustices like land. These factors have been picked and used by extremists to further their agenda and more divide communities. 

Peacebuilding as an approach has been used in the ESCAPE project to reach out to communities in an effort to bridge the gaps caused by extremists. For instance, the component on security has come in strongly to support CICC’s efforts on addressing structural issues. Economic, health, environmental, personal, political and food security have in a big way contributed to grievances that extremists use to further. All these aspects of human security can only be made possible by systems and structures and when they are not catered for, it is seen as having been designed that way thus discontentment. 

For this reason, CICC Trust works broadly to address issues in communities that cause grievances and push for them to be addressed by the government and also for religious leaders to address. This has in a large way curbs frictions among communities over perceived and real concerns. 

The ESCAPE project uses a peacebuilding approach where the major focus is to facilitate communities have the power to solve their own problems and even prevent them before they occur. The focus has been to prevent violent extremism and ensure communities remain resilient to extremists’ lures.