Kivulini Trust

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Our Objectives

Our objective is to support pastoralist communities in the rangelands of Northern Kenya, maintain their cultural and natural heritage, and to realize their aspirations for positive change.

Kivulini Trust

Kivulini Trust is a non-profit, non-political institution that exists to reconnect pastoralist and other minority groups of Northern Kenya.

Our Vision

A progressive society that cherishes and celebrates its culture, respects its natural environment and enjoying social harmony and prosperity.

Our Mission

To support pastoralist, fishing and other minority communities in the northern rangelands of Kenya sustain their cultural and natural heritage, and to realize their socio-economic aspirations.

Our Focal Areas

In order to create sustainable livelihoods and inspire the protection and celebration of their rich cultural and natural heritage.Kivulini Trust Focal Areas includes:.

Culture

Kivulini Trust believes that cultural diversity provides an important foundation for building community harmony, promoting socio-economic development and a sense of national pride. We value rich indigenous knowledge and spiritual beliefs that has been integral to community well-being.We support celebration of cultural diversity and joint initiatives between communities to enhance restoration of cultural connection among marginalized minority ethnic communities in Northern Kenya. We work with local partners to enhance, mainstream and support application of traditional knowledge, wisdom and practice through documentation and transmission. Through establishment of learning Centres, we seek to revitalize, promote and sustain indigenous languages and knowledge for posterity

Social harmony

We believe that peace and social harmony is a prerequisite for development and prosperity. Kivulini acknowledges that there are more socio-cultural, historical and political factors that unite the communities in northern Kenya compared to the small differences that have hitherto been seen as the causes of perennial conflicts. With the help of local partners, our aim is to create a forum for open discussion and dialogue between pastoralist communities of Northern Kenya and all other parties interested in regional development. In particular we aim to facilitate and encourage continuous dialogue between pastoralist communities and their legislators, administrators, Government, all economic sectors and other interested parties. Further, we strive to promote peace and harmony within and between pastoralist communities of Northern Kenya through forums and exchanges that encourage shared values and shared burdens.

Livelihoods

Kivulini Trust supports the improvement of the social and economic status of pastoralist communities in the Trust area - through capacity building for sustainable livelihoods leading to self-reliance. We acknowledge the great untapped potential in pastoral production as a major livelihood option in a largely arid environment of northern Kenya. In collaboration with our local and international partners our aim is to improve pastoral production to achieve food sufficiency. Kivulini intends to create, promote and implement the participation of the poor target households and communities into various productive economic activities that will improve their asset base In addition, we support other non-pastoral livelihood options and to explore opportunities for livelihood diversification, including ecotourism, cultural tourism and sustainable exploitation of natural resources.

Women Empowerment

Kivulini Trust is committed to the social, cultural, economic and political empowerment of women through community-based and culture sensitive approaches. The project will enhance women’s initiatives to improve their socio-economic status in society through support of micro- enterprise ventures and increased participation in community development. This includes raised awareness among women on and actualization of their rights to equality and equity This will be realized through training of women paralegals,organizing women rights forums to address cultural practices that adversely affect women – including FGM, underage marriages and gender-based violence and right to inherit and own property/land rights. In addition, Kivulini will work with local traditional institutions as a means to promote a community driven process that enjoys community-wide support. The overarching goal here is the repeal of discriminative customary laws and practices that work against the girl child and women in general.

Environment

Kivulini Trust believes that sustainable use of natural resources is the key to community development. The overarching goal is to improve the ability of the local people to benefit from the environment and promote resource ownership by the pastoral communities of northern Kenya. Kivulini aims to improve the stake of pastoral communities in environmental management through creation of awareness on sustainable utilization and enhance biodiversity conservation through community based natural resource management.

Livelihoods

Kivulini Trust supports the improvement of the social and economic status of pastoralist communities in the Trust area - through capacity building for sustainable livelihoods leading to self-reliance. We acknowledge the great untapped potential in pastoral production as a major livelihood option in a largely arid environment of northern Kenya. In collaboration with our local and international partners our aim is to improve pastoral production to achieve food sufficiency. Kivulini intends to create, promote and implement the participation of the poor target households and communities into various productive economic activities that will improve their asset base In addition, we support other non-pastoral livelihood options and to explore opportunities for livelihood diversification, including ecotourism, cultural tourism and sustainable exploitation of natural resources.

Our Partners

Here are our proud partners in our cause.

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The Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation in Northern Rangelands (PARAN)

The Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation in Northern Rangelands (PARAN) is a collective social movement uniting a variety of pastoralist institutions and organizations, including customary institutions, women and youth groups, community-based and non-governmental organizations, as well as other former and informer networks. PARAN seeks to strengthen and promote sustainable pastoralism. PARAN mainly engages in advocacy and capacity-building initiatives. Through building social movements and coalitions in the counties of Marsabit, Isiolo and, Laikipia and Samburu, PARAN works towards securing pastoralist land rights and improving resilience to climate change.

https://paranalliance.org/

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The Christen Fund

TCF support Northern Kenya communities to sustain their cultural and natural heritage and to achieve sustainable development. The Trust strives to build the capacity of local communities to effectively revive their traditional governance structures, protect their ancestral landscape, document and transmit their indigenous knowledge; promote cultural identity and support inter-ethnic harmony; promote culturally appropriate education, enhance cultural expression; integrate environmental conservation and management and to enhance opportunities and diversified livelihoods options.

https://www.christensenfund.org/

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Tamalpais Trust

Tamalpais Trust supports the development and strengthening of indigenous-led initiatives, organizations, and networks that promote and serve indigenous cultures, economies, and lifeways, values and knowledge, human rights, ceremonial practices, and the protection of sacred waters and lands.

https://www.tamtrust.org/

The Beneficiaries

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Children & Youth

We provide children and youth with interactive platforms to learn, experience and share cultural matters that include cultural values, songs and dances and indigenous knowledge on plants and animals. The Trust aims to nurture the youth to be the future custodians of their natural and cultural heritage.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH
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The Diverse Communities

We collaborate with a number of communities in Northern Kenya to strengthen their own capacity to effectively revive, document and transmit their cultural heritage.

THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
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Women Groups

The Trust aims to enhance women’s initiatives to improve their socio- economic status in society through support of micro-enterprise ventures and increased participation in community development.

WOMEN GROUPS

Our Latest Events

Children Cultural Show

Yearly Gotu

Thematic exhibition and showcasing of culture were designed to bring out traditional knowledge and skills of indigenous Elders of the participating communities were engaged to provide a valued role in the exhibition, forge new relationships and facilitate inter-generational knowledge transfer.

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Cultural exhibition & collections

10:30AM-03:30PM Gotu

The Cultural exhibition and collections at the cultural center in Gotu is a permanent display and demonstrations on various pertinent topics on Northern Kenya.

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Experiential learning

10:30AM-03:30PM Gotu

The event provides good interacting platform for children to share cultural matters that include songs and dances, indigenous knowledge on plants and animals, games, traditional tools and containers that they couldn’t have had no opportunity to see and use in their lifetime...

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