SOLUTIONS AND IMPACT
Today, The Opiyo Wandayi Foundation (TOWF) is known for:
- A clear focus on the poorest people in rural and peri-urban areas in Kenya.
- Delivery (through partners) of practical and sustainable solutions in target communities.
- Constructive outcomes in terms of improvements in entrepreneurship, food security and school enrolment.
- Strategic selection of partners who have sufficient coherence to promote collective learning and collective impact.
- Strong partner capacity development.
- Responsiveness to specific risks faced by partners and/or target communities.
- Strong contribution to development education.
- Strong governance and regulatory compliance.
- Strong cost-effectiveness.
Achievements celebrated by TOWF staff include the following:
- The fact that the lives of many people have improved as a consequence of the work that TOWF has supported its partners to undertake, especially in relation to water and sanitation, agriculture and education.
- The quality of TOWF’s relationship with its partners, which is based on mutual respect and trust.
- TOWF’s comprehensive approach to building capacity among partners and its enablement of their work.
- The growing professionalism and sustainability of TOWF’s partners.
- TOWF’s work to support its partners to successfully transition from a needs-based approach to a rights-based approach.
- The fact that certain partnerships have continued strongly, even after TOWF has ceased to play a funding role.
- The contribution that TOWF has made to the development and maintenance of the website.
- The engagement of young people in development education programs, including intense ‘immersion’ experiences in Kenya.
- TOWF’s promotion of public awareness campaigns such as Walk for Water.
- The leading role that TOWF has played in shaping policy analysis.
- The relationship that TOWF has developed and sustained with over the years.
- The trust and support that TOWF enjoys from the Kenyan public.
- The quality of TOWF’s systems and structures of governance and the credibility of its Board.