Neighbours Initiatives Alliance (NIA) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) working with pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Kenya, facilitating community empowerment, mainly through capacity strengthening/ knowledge transfer, influencing and brokering useful linkages.
Organizational Structure
NIA has a well-defined and functional internal organisational structure, which is well connected to community structures – Neighbourhood Committees (NCs) – which are used as the basis of championing community development. Policy and strategic guidance, leadership and oversight is offered by a diverse and competent Board of Directors (BODs). NIA has to date collaborated with a large variety of partners amongst then USAID, BMZ, European Union, SIMAVI, SNV, ILRI, RAIN among others.
NIA Changes Lives
NIA has an impressive track record and experience in implementing community anchored programs in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Health and Nutrition, Food Security, Governance and Economic Development.
Programmes
Message from the Executive Director
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Adolescent Empowerment Programme
Objectives Empower adolescent girls from chronically insecure households in Kenya to fully exploit their potential, take advantage of opportunities and fulfill their aspirations by 2020. Outputs Effective implementation by institutions
Watershed Empowering Citizens
Objectives Improved governance for WASH and for IWRM so that sustainable services are accessed by all citizens including the most marginalized. Outputs CSOs integrate WASH and IWRM in their policy
Kenya Accelerated Value Chain Development (Livestock Component)
Objectives To enhance market access for 60,000 pastoralists, ex-pastoralists, and smaller traders. Outputs Improved productivity through better herd management of small ruminants working with 5000 producers from 15 markets. Location
Strengthening Resilience of Agro-pastoralist and Pastoralists in Kajiado and Narok Counties, Kenya
Objectives To strengthen the resilience of pastoral households and reduce their susceptibility to hunger and malnutrition in Kajiado and Narok Counties by the year 2020 Outputs Nutrition knowledge and practices
Sponge City Kajiado
Objectives Use of urban infrastructure (roads, roofs etc) as catchment area and redirecting the runoff for infiltration (ground water recharge/storage for local reuse). Outputs Increase water available in boreholes and
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