Pamoja Trust is in the forefront of agitating and organizing towards secure land tenure, housing and dignified livelihoods for the urban poor in Kenya.
Building a Better Future
Creating Voice and Space for the Urban Poor
Pamoja Trust is a Kenyan organization that has been working for nearly 15 years with the urban poor to create the space and amplify their voice to ensure effective urban citizenship and dignity. The Trust facilitates and advocates for processes and approaches aimed at strengthening people’s formations to ensure human dignity for the urban poor. The Trust has been part of the national progressive civil society and people’s movement that have helped to expose government abuses secure a moratorium against evictions, strengthen civil liberties, and mobilize and animate the urban poor to strengthen their quest to secure and safeguard their dignity.
Our Areas of Intervention
Social Movements and Federation Building
This is an introductory program that enables initial interactions between PT and prospective allies at the Federation of the urban poor will usually precede expected requests from the grassroots in pursuance to PT’s strategic objective no.1 on Strengthen the capacity of MWW and social movements into national and importantly large actors to influence county and national policies for the benefit of the Urban Poor.
The Action Research Team (ART)
The Action Research Team (ART) implements the research strategy of the organization. It guides and builds on the advocacy strategy of the institution with emphasis on evidence-led approach.
Social Rights and Enterprise
The Social Rights and Enterprise department responds to the attributes in article 43 of the Kenyan constitution on realization of adequate housing, reasonable standards of sanitation, access to clean and safe water in adequate quantities and access to social security.
Civic Engagement
PT works at the local level to consolidate social movements; a people’s movement that forms the backbone for Social Transformation in Urban Areas i.e.
