UCL academic honoured with 2018 Desmond Tutu Reconciliation Award

Dr Zeremariam Fre has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Desmond Tutu Reconciliation Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding work supporting marginalised pastoral communities across the Horn of Africa. For more than 30 years Dr Fre, a Teaching Fellow at UCL Bartlett Development Planning Unit, has been helping to secure the rights of pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities, promoting sustainable development and environmental care, and conserving and sharing indigenous knowledge. The Desmond Tutu Reconciliation Fellowship recognises and supports people from all walks of life as they contribute to reconciliation projects within, between and across communities. Dr Fre becomes just the ninth individual to be awarded the Fellowship, which this year focuses on environmental care. Commenting on his award, Dr Fre, said: "'The Horn of Africa region has had its share of disasters over the last forty years and has been in the global media limelight which has tarnished its image.