About Us

About MPIKenya

• Mathare Peace Initiative-Kenya (MPI Kenya) is a local organization working in Nairobi and its environs and the coordination of its activities are conducted from Mathare Vocational Training Centre where the organization's offices are located.
• MPI-Kenya was formed in 20012 by a group of young people to prevent the history of election related violence, human rights violation and it was legally registered as a local organization in 2014.
• The organization is among the pioneer grassroots' peace building and conflict transformation championing for peaceful community in a resource constrained setting, the organization is made up of motivated, energetic women and youth certain to become leaders and change makers.
• MPI Kenya's programs are designed from proper research and needs assessment, and interventions and mitigation efforts are tailored to promote peace, organization encourages a new model of leadership that represents a global vision of good governance towards all people regardless of the social, economic, political or cultural status. We encourage leadership that goes beyond the pursuit of self-interest towards a moral vision of working collectively for the well-being and prosperity of all.

Our Mandate

To strengthen the capacities of Communities to manage conflict in non-violent, non- coercive ways by locals in their efforts to develop social and political Cohesion.

Activities of the organization are embedded on the following pillars:

1. Supporting groups at risk: MPI Kenya places a high premium on vulnerable marginalized groups in the city whose needs are rarely addressed and are barely involved in decision-making. They include; People Living with Disabilities (PWD), the elderly, youth, women and street Families, migrants and refugees as well as IDPs.
2. Peace Building and local integration: MPI-Kenya has been vocal at promoting peace and local integration initiatives through civic engagement and awareness creation, revitalization and rehabilitation of public spaces, tree planting and Mathare River regeneration.
3. Capacity building/empowerment of communities: MPI-Kenya has played a major role in empowering communities in slums by organizing them into groups. This has enhanced easier access, presentation and inclusion in decision-making spaces.
4. Support in human rights and institutional frameworks: MPI-Kenya is responsible in the formulation and legislation of policies; it acts as check and balances in the implementation of passed policies and human rights-based initiatives.

Ongoing Projects

At present, MPI-Kenya is running a project dubbed “The City of Choice for All” which is duly funded by The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). The overall goal of the project is to Promote inclusive and equitable livelihood development actions that addresses challenges of poverty, discrimination, exploitation and urban governance and safety practices affecting vulnerable communities including migrants, refugees and IDPs in Nairobi in order to empower them socially and economically. Through the project, MPI-Kenya has just concluded a baseline survey (unpublished) targeting most marginalized vulnerable groups residing in Mathare slums including migrants, refugees, IDPs, policy influencers and the general public. The survey aimed to ascertain community familiarity with migrants, refugees and IDPs issues; address the emerging concerns/gaps from the survey; develop activities to be implemented to improve the lives and livelihood of the targeted groups.

Vision

To be a Centre of excellence in building lasting peace, resilience, and sustainable development.

Mission Statement

To mitigate conflict in a non-coercive way by ensuring peace and unity by nurturing the value of resilience among the people through bolstering individual capacities in the society to suppress all forms of conflicts that may bring divisions and anarchy in the society hence achieving sustainable development.

Our Focus

• Consultative, inclusive and decisive
• Respectful, disciplined and results-oriented
• Transparent, honest and sincere