Defending rights. Building peace. Strengthening communities.
Safe Steps Foundation Kenya works alongside communities in Bomet, Kajiado, Narok and beyond — protecting rights, advancing gender equality, and building peace from the ground up.
Rights live in the choices people are able to make in their daily lives.
Safe Steps Foundation Kenya is a Kenyan human rights defenders organisation, founded in 2019 and formally registered in 2023. We promote good governance, human rights, gender equality, and peacebuilding through research, advocacy, and community empowerment.
We combine grassroots engagement, civic education, policy research, and advocacy to build informed, empowered, and resilient communities capable of driving their own transformation.
Four thematic pillars
Each pillar addresses a distinct dimension of building a just, peaceful society — and each connects to the others.
Good Governance & Human Rights
Strengthening accountability, transparency, and inclusive participation. Civic education, public participation in county budgets, and human rights defender training.
Gender Equality & Non-Discrimination
Mentoring girls, Alternative Rite of Passage, SRHR advocacy, women's economic empowerment, and addressing gender-based violence.
Conflict Resolution & Social Cohesion
Community dialogues, youth-led peace initiatives, and conflict resolution mechanisms anchored in shared values, not imposed frameworks.
Evidence-Based Policy Research
County budget tracking, policy briefs, and monitoring and evaluation — delivered with our research partner, Sight-Edge Consultancy.
We go deep in fewer places
Three operational regions, each with its own context, partnerships, and programme emphasis.
Nairobi Region
Policy advocacy, research coordination, partner engagement, and national-level human rights work.
South Rift · Bomet
Girls' mentorship, AROP ceremonies, women's economic empowerment, and SRHR advocacy across Bomet East, Chepalungu, Ndanai and Sotik.
Central Region
An emerging programme area where we are extending our governance and gender equality work with local actors.
What we stand for
Our work in action
The coalition behind the work
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Four ways to walk with SSFK
Each is a real, active invitation — not a token gesture.
Fund our work
Grants, project funding, and core support from donors and foundations aligned with our mission. Transparent on use, rigorous on reporting.
Partner on programmes
We work in coalition with civil society, county governments, research institutions, and faith-based networks. If our pillars align with yours, let's talk.
Volunteer your expertise
Researchers, lawyers, M&E specialists, communicators, and field facilitators. Pro-bono expertise extends what a small team can do.
Advocate alongside us
Amplify our research, share our campaigns, and bring our work into the rooms we cannot reach.
Walk with us.
To funders, partners, government counterparts, and communities — we respond to every serious enquiry. We want to hear from you.