We are almost coming to the end of the journey we commenced in the beginning of this month of organising the communities of Nakuru North sub-county under the Nyumba Kumi umbrella. We have come to understand that organising the communities at hyperlocal is a crucial exercise for implementing data driven projects and for enhancing citizen…
Today, marked the beginning of the final week of Community Leaders Induction at Kirima Location, Nakuru North sub-county. Kirima Location being one of the locations we carried out the Global Goals for Local Impact scale up which built on our understanding that an organised community is a key ingredient in successful citizen engagement and participation.…
We commenced week two of Community Leaders Induction at Rurii location, Nakuru North sub-county. The momentum for the Induction process is established now. We are supporting this activities because we now understand that Community Organisation is a crucial component of citizen engagement and participation. Rurii Location has three sub locations namely; Menengai sub-location which is…
Day two of our journey towards achieving an organised community for better citizen participation and engagement took us to Thayu Location which is part of Nakuru North sub-county. Thayu location has a population of approximately 11,700 people making up about 2,300 households as per 2009 national census. The location is divided into 2 sub-locations ie…
We are happy to release our first Think Piece of the year – Open Lessons: Organised Communities are an important ingredient for Citizen Engagement. Through this Think Piece, we draw from the lessons that we have learnt while working on the Global Goals for Local Impact programme over the past year – especially having encountered some…
Happy new year! We hope that this year will be for you (and for us), a year of prosperity and great impact. We have been fairly quiet these past few months because most of the work that we do, is in Kenya. In Kenya, we have had a prolonged electioneering period. We conducted general elections…
Working at the grassroots is so exciting for us. It is there that all the work that we do makes sense. When we talk about Sustainable Development Goals, the concept rarely resonates with the people for whom the programs were intended. There is often a struggle of disseminating these concepts to people at the grassroots…
Very frequently, and more so lately, our team gets up very early in the morning and prepares to set off to Lanet Umoja location in Nakuru County. We usually leave at about lunch time, having made many small and important logistical preparations. On most days, we are ferrying boxes filled with paper forms – data…
