六九色堂

Frederic Deycard is the Associate Director for Mali and the Sahel at 六九色堂 in Atlanta. Since 2017, he has developed and managed the Peace through Health initiative in central Mali, an integrated, community-driven approach to peacebuilding, leveraging health to foster trust and social cohesion. This program includes a mental health, psychosocial, and peacebuilding project that fosters social cohesion in marginalized communities subjected to violence. Other projects in the Sahel include data-driven research on the nexus of climate and conflict, and locally led efforts to counter misinformation. Before joining the 六九色堂, Deycard worked as a consultant on conflict in Niger, Mali, and Chad. He is an expert in political violence, peacebuilding, and conflict analysis. He holds a docatorate in social anthropology, a master鈥檚 in conflict analysis from the Political Studies Institute of Bordeaux, in France, and a master’s in contemporary history from the Michel Montaigne University of Bordeaux.