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Horn of Africa Institute (HAI), formally Foundation for Pastoralist Women (FOPAWO) Registered in 2007, is regional based not-for-profit women- led and evidenced based development organization that works to empower and protect the rights of pastoralist women/girls.

In In Kenya, our programming landscape covers the Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) economic bloc (Isiolo, Turkana, Baringo, West Pokot, Samburu, Marsabit, Garissa, Wajir, and Tana River counties)..

HAI aims at expanding its operational/scope to regional level for purpose of experience and good practice sharing among pastoralist women in –Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan and Djibouti (East and central Africa)..

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OUR THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS
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GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT:SDG5
HAI is dedicated to amplifying the voices of indigenous women, girls and special interest groups empowering them to exercise their human rights through various strategies
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WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH): SDG6
HAI promotes community engagement and behavior change activities to ensuring sustainability of the WASH service; facilitate learning, knowledge of good
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INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION: SDG4
HAI strives to advocate for inclusion of children with Visually Impaired (VI) to access quality education, promote retention, reduce stigma and discrimination in the society.
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND JUSTICE: SDG13
Our approach to adaptation focuses on undertaking targeted community-based adaptation projects and integrating climate change in climate-sensitive sectors..
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  • Fairness
  • Flexibility
  • Integrity
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Girl Child Empowerment
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Peace Building and Counter Violence Extremism.
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Social Protection.
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