Humanity
Start with the dignity, safety and choices of the person affected.
About K-HAKI
Community-rooted since the beginning.
Kituo cha HAKI is a youth-led community-based organisation in Kibera, Nairobi. It works at the meeting point of human rights, practical knowledge, local participation and institutional accountability.
Why we exist
Rights matter when people can use them.
A law, policy or service may exist on paper and still be difficult to reach. K-HAKI helps turn complex systems into questions people can ask, records that can be checked, and routes that can be followed.
Advocacy
Turn a concern into a clear question, a responsible request and sustained follow-up.
Knowledge
Keep useful records, share what has been learned and distinguish evidence from assumption.
Innovation
Test ideas against real access, understanding, correction and human support.
Our identity
Our mark is changing. The work continues.
The identity has become clearer as K-HAKI has grown. The founding mark remains part of our story; the current mark now leads our public communication.
Where the journey began
The four-part symbol, the Kibera name and Pamoja dhidi ya dhulma hold the organisation’s roots: community, solidarity and standing together against injustice.
Same purpose→Clearer expression
K-HAKIKituo cha HAKIA mark for the work ahead
The interlocking form expresses connection and movement. K-HAKI gives Humanity, Advocacy, Knowledge and Innovation one concise name across programmes, partnerships and public communication.
One organisation, one continuous story. We are not erasing the former mark. We are carrying its meaning into a more adaptable identity for the next chapter.
Our history
A record that can be checked.
The timeline below uses K-HAKI’s registration certificate and programme reports. It does not use unverified totals from later planning documents.
Formal registration
Kituo cha HAKI Kibera was registered as a community-based organisation on 7 January 2021.
A structured human-rights programme
The organisation entered a documented programme period supporting rights promotion, protection, research, monitoring and advocacy.
Citizenship and interfaith dialogue
Reports describe school debates with Nubian Rights Forum, discussion of birth-document barriers, and a Kibera forum on religious discrimination and social cohesion.
Youth safety, gender and public discussion
Community forums and radio sessions addressed youth crime prevention, femicide, women’s economic participation, early pregnancy and the high cost of living. Members also joined training on monitoring and reporting human-rights violations.
Organisational reflection and media practice
A team retreat examined governance, visibility and sustainability. A regional engagement in Mombasa explored responsible reporting on statelessness.
Capacity, accountability and solidarity
Internal records show work on policies, financial systems, central documentation, partnerships, civic education planning and court solidarity. Ongoing matters are described only in general terms.
How we work
Plain language. Careful evidence. Honest limits.
Listen before defining the problem
Community members understand the conditions around an issue. Their experience should shape the question and the response.
Protect people in the record
Public communication must not expose children, survivors or people seeking support. Consent and necessity guide what is shared.
Say what is still developing
A proposal is not a completed programme. K-HAKI labels active, completed and developing work separately.