Grounded legitimacy
Deep community roots in ASAL counties with accountable governance and documented program experience.
Partners & funders
MPIDO is structured for accountable collaboration: clear governance, documented field presence, and policy reach through indigenous networks. The list below reflects organizations named on MPIDO’s public website as funders, programme partners, or IPNSCCC peer partners.
With communities
Partnership in the field
Stills from MPIDO’s community-facing work—expand the sections below for funder and network detail.
Transparency note: Many legacy project pages used a “Donors” field without publishing specific names. Only organizations explicitly mentioned in MPIDO’s narrative are listed here; update this page as new partnerships are cleared for public acknowledgment.
Policy reach
National secretariat roles and sustained engagement in UNFCCC processes alongside indigenous networks.
Measurable field delivery
Water, education, drought preparedness, and rights programming designed for scale and learning.
Narrative in motion
Field presence — second pass
Same stills, reversed order — a compact rolling view before the full logo wall.
Collaborating organizations
Named funders, IPNSCCC peer partners (IWGIA network), and national or knowledge linkages from MPIDO’s public narrative. Marks use publicly available assets where possible—swap in official press-kit files when your partners provide them.
Funders & programme anchors
Institutional relationships named in land rights, REDD+, and forest capacity-building narrative on the previous MPIDO site.
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
(IWGIA)Core funder & advocacy partner
Visit websiteNamed support for land and natural resource rights programming over many years, REDD+ work with IPNSCCC, and extensive international advocacy. Collaboration with MPIDO since 2006, including a large land rights project and documented project monitoring on climate change.
World Bank — Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
(FCPF)Multilateral programme partner
Visit websiteFunding linked to indigenous peoples’ capacity building on forests and REDD+ (e.g. studies across seven indigenous regions in Kenya through IPNSCCC), Pan-African Indigenous Peoples dialogue in Arusha, and regional workshops tied to REDD+ readiness.
IPNSCCC — IWGIA partner organizations(4)
IWGIA partner organizations named within the network — expand to see all.
IPNSCCC — IWGIA partner organizations(4)
IWGIA partner organizations named within the network — expand to see all.
The Indigenous Peoples National Steering Committee on Climate Change (IPNSCCC) coordinates Kenyan indigenous participation in climate processes; MPIDO hosts the secretariat. The following member organizations were named on MPIDO’s site as IWGIA partners within that network.
Pastoralist Development Network of Kenya
PDNK
Human rights advocacy (partner since 2010)
Ogiek Peoples Development Program
OPDP
Human rights monitoring and community capacity building (since 2010)
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Endorois Welfare Council
EWC
Community rights and welfare (since 2010)
Website
Samburu Women’s Trust
SWT
Indigenous women’s rights (since 2012)
Website
Broader coalitions and memberships (IIPFCC, Kenya Land Alliance, Kenya Climate Change Working Group, Kenya Pastoralists Network, ACHPR, and others) are summarized on the Network page.
National & knowledge linkages(3)
WEF, UNEP, IUCN, and national marks — open for long-form detail.
National & knowledge linkages(3)
WEF, UNEP, IUCN, and national marks — open for long-form detail.
Institutions referenced alongside field programmes—not always as core funders but as important linkages or evidence sources.
Government of Kenya — line ministries
Strategic collaboration includes the Executive Office of the President (Minorities and Marginalized Affairs Unit — MMAU), the FLLoCA programme (National Treasury) for locally led climate finance and adaptation, the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, the State Department for Justice, Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs, and the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC)—alongside county officials, school committees, and community structures.
Women Enterprise Fund (WEF)
Kenya government facility referenced alongside MPIDO’s work linking women’s groups to enterprise support in Maasai communities.
UNEP & IUCN
Cited in climate and pastoralism programme materials as sources of research on drylands and pastoralism.
What partners can expect
- Joint workplans aligned to community priorities and measurable indicators—no vanity metrics.
- Regular field reporting with learning loops for adaptive management.
- Transparent coordination with national networks (e.g. IPNSCCC) where programmes intersect with climate and land policy.
- Respect for FPIC, safeguarding, and rights-based approaches across interventions.
Built for funders who care about outcomes and accountability
MPIDO pairs community legitimacy with national coordination and global policy engagement—ideal for bilateral donors, foundations, and climate finance partners seeking traceable impact.
Grounded legitimacy
Deep community roots in ASAL counties with accountable governance and documented program experience.
Policy reach
National secretariat roles and sustained engagement in UNFCCC processes alongside indigenous networks.
Measurable field delivery
Water, education, drought preparedness, and rights programming designed for scale and learning.