Indigenous Peoples Organizations

APAD focuses on the economic, environmental, education, climate change adaptation and social issues impacting the pastoralist communities of Turkana County, West Pokot County, and the cross-border regions of Ethiopia, South...

AYT are an independent, non-partisan, development and advocacy organization. Founded in 2005, AYT is registered under the Trustees (Perpetual Succession) Act. AYT was created specifically to spearhead a Youth Led Development...

Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT) is a grassroots indigenous organization that works with and on behalf of communities within the greater Turkana basin to demand collective social, economic, cultural, environmental, and...

Indigenous Information Network (IIN) is a non-profit, volunteer-run non-governmental organization (NGO) registered in the Republic of Kenya. The organization was founded in 1996 by a group of professionals in response to...

Kenya Voluntary Development Association (KVDA) is an indigenous, non-political and membership organization which is non-sectarian and non-profit making started in 1962 as a work camp organization registered under the...

MPIDO envisions a just and equitable society that recognize and upholds human rights and the fundamental freedom of indigenous peoples’. As indigenous people in Africa undergo political, economic and social challenges, MPIDO...

With support of various donors, PWHE has over the years established programmes in Health, Education, Governance, and Women Economic Empowerment for livelihoods diversification. Some of the activities under health and...

Samburu Women Trust are an indigenous women-led organisation that champions the rights of women and girls among indigenous communities through strengthening and supporting their capacity and agency to influence policies...

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) is a non-aligned, non-political, not-for-profit Pan-African organisation headquartered in Nairobi, with a hosting agreement with the government of Kenya. The AAS’s vision is to see...