While TIP had initially been started to respond to the challenges of internal displacement, cattle rustling, poor service delivery, socio-economic decline, the organization has grown in its commitment to peace, human rights, social accountability and livelihoods.  According to Lederach (1996), peace building must be responsive i.e. simultaneously long-term slow and short-term intensive. This calls for actions responding to what is happening now while balancing complex relationships and connecting them to the vision of the desired change. For this reason, TIP’s third strategic plan resolved to support community livelihood efforts in food, income and nutrition security and marketing while the fourth strategic plan approved the provision for interventions to respond to the occurrence of disasters.

 

With an understanding that there is no sustainable peace without culture, TIP works with clan and religious leaders as entry points to the communities. In keeping with the provisions of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and the consequent reforms on land tenure and administration, Teso Initiative for Peace embarked on customary land rights awareness for systematic land documentation.

 

The above initiatives have variously been supported by the Annual General Assembly, Centre for Conflict Resolution (CECORE), GTZ, GIZ (Civil Peace Service and Responsible Land Policy in Uganda), Bread for the World, DANIDA-Human Rights and Governance Programme), Welthungerhilfe, Veterinarios sin Fronteras, Asbeiter Samariter Bund, Trocaire, Diakonia, Media Focus in Africa, Caritas Switzerland, Independent Development Fund, Civil Society  Budget Advocacy Group, USAID Supporting Access to Justice, Fostering Peace and Equity, DENIVA, Iteso Cultural Union, Suyana Foundation, the local governments in the Teso sub-region and the ordinary people.