Forum on Early Warning and Early Response ( FEWER ) was established in 1997 as a non-profit organization in response to the Rwandan genocide in 1994 . Focusing on conflict early warning , the brainchild of Kumar Rupesinghe , Howard Adelman , and Sharon Rusu , became a network of 35 organisations worldwide and catalysed the creation of early warning and response networks in the Caucasus ( led by EAWARN/Russian Academy of Sciences ) , the Great Lakes region of Africa ( led by the Africa Peace Forum ) , and west Africa ( led by West Africa Network for Peacebuilding ( WANEP )
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Forum on Early Warning and Early Response