Global Collaboration Network

Dr. Logiel Lokwawi Samson

HRVG Representative

Turkana County Government

Turkana County Government is a verified strategic institutional partner of HRVG. Together, we advance community development, climate resilience, water security, sustainable livelihoods, and inclusive county-level collaboration for a stronger and more resilient Turkana.

• Integrated 50+ water security and rural infrastructure projects successfully.
• Mobilized over $2M in public infrastructure and climate resilience funds.
• Direct alignment and integration with comprehensive county development agendas.
• Implemented scalable climate and water solutions across highly vulnerable regions.

Dr. Josephine Stegeman

USA Country Representative

Best Diplomats

Best Diplomats is a premier Global Diplomatic Simulation Organization serving as a vital platform for young leaders, professionals, and change-makers to develop essential skills in diplomacy, negotiation, and international governance. Headquartered in New York, they host world-class forums in key global hubs including New York, Geneva, Dubai, and Istanbul.

• Trained 10,000+ young leaders globally in strategic executive negotiation.
• Successfully hosted UN-simulation forums in 5 major international hubs.
• Built direct recruitment pipelines for elite professionals in over 100 nations.
• Implemented world-class immersive crisis management simulations.

Innovative Development Initiative (IDI)

Human Rights Vision Group (HRVG) maintains a formal strategic partnership with Innovative Development Initiative (IDI), a South Sudanese national non-governmental organization based in Kapoeta.

The partnership strengthens HRVG’s ability to develop and support locally grounded, community-centered initiatives in South Sudan through a structure that combines local implementation capacity, community knowledge, technical collaboration, resource mobilization, program development, institutional accountability, and measurable impact.

• Developed South Sudan's primary youth-led community resilience framework.
• Expanded basic education access and skills training to 5,000+ vulnerable youth.
• Secured significant grant mobilization for localized humanitarian programming.
• Established rigorous safeguarding and responsible program delivery models.

Jeannette Budza Akiki

Coordinator

Forum Des Mamans de l'Ituri (FOMI)

Forum Des Mamans de l'Ituri (FOMI) is a prominent women-led organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo dedicated to women's empowerment, gender-based violence prevention, and peacebuilding in conflict-affected areas. HRVG collaborates with FOMI to amplify women's voices in peace processes and deliver critical humanitarian support to vulnerable populations in Ituri.

• Successfully rescued and rehabilitated over 2,000 GBV survivors in the DRC.
• Spearheaded community-level peace accords empowering women in Ituri.
• Provided robust psychosocial and economic reintegration for conflict victims.
• Mastered rapid humanitarian mobilization within volatile crisis-affected zones.

LOPIDO DANIEL M.LOBUKUI

Executive Director

Skills for Pastoral Communities (SPACO)

Skills for Pastoral Communities (SPACO) is a community-driven non-governmental organization based in Kapoeta, South Sudan. SPACO is dedicated to empowering pastoralist youth, women, and indigenous communities through practical vocational training, peacebuilding, conflict mitigation, and sustainable livelihood development.

Through strategic alliance with HRVG, SPACO expands grassroots peace mobilization, vocational capacity building, human rights advocacy, and community resilience across Eastern Equatoria State and pastoralist corridors.

• Deployed grassroots peace mobilizers across Kapoeta and Eastern Equatoria to resolve pastoral conflicts.
• Equipped hundreds of pastoralist youth with market-relevant vocational skills and livelihood tools.
• Partnered in multi-agency social cohesion initiatives fostering regional stability.
• Championed inclusive community advocacy, youth leadership, and rights protection in pastoral communities.

Stanley Loter

Founder/Director of ISVD

INITIATIVE FOR SUGUTA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT (ISVD)

The Initiative for Suguta Valley Development (ISVD) is a registered community-based organization serving six community units across Turkana East, Suguta Sub-Counties, and the cross-border Suguta corridor. ISVD drives community-led rural development, natural resource conservation, peacebuilding, and climate resilience through transparent, baraza-elected leadership structures.

Through strategic alliance with HRVG, both organizations advance inclusive governance, WASH infrastructure, educational access, sustainable pastoralist livelihoods, and biodiversity protection to build a peaceful, thriving, and self-reliant Suguta Valley.

• Established elected Unit Committees across 6 community units in Turkana East and Suguta Sub-Counties.
• Deployed 24 community Field Monitors for wildlife patrolling, bird counts, and invasive species control.
• Constructed and managed community solar boreholes, storage tanks, and RO water purification facilities.
• Facilitated inter-ethnic peace dialogues, elder forums, and cultural sports festivals along the Suguta corridor.

Cassiano N Julia

Executive Director

Nyakiriket Consortium

Nyakiriket Consortium is a community-driven organization based in Kapoeta, South Sudan, dedicated to building a peaceful, poverty-free, and self-reliant society grounded in human dignity and basic rights. The consortium focuses on strengthening community peace structures, enhancing sustainable livelihoods, and promoting women’s active participation in governance and conflict resolution.

Partnering with HRVG, Nyakiriket Consortium strengthens grassroots peace dissemination, civic awareness, women's empowerment, and community resilience across Eastern Equatoria State.

• Successfully organized high-impact community peace dialogues and peace dissemination campaigns across Eastern Equatoria.
• Launched community peace media initiatives including the Nyakica FM Radio Station in Kapoeta.
• Mobilized local women and youth leaders into structured peacebuilding and governance mechanisms.
• Championed gender-responsive conflict resolution and human rights advocacy frameworks.

ARABICA RIVER SLOPES REHABILITATION MENTAL WELLNESS HOSPITAL

ARABICA RIVER SLOPES REHABILITATION MENTAL WELLNESS HOSPITAL (ARS) is a private, specialized mental healthcare and rehabilitation facility near Marua Junction in Nyeri County, Kenya. Built around dignity, clarity, and compassionate care, ARS provides structured residential recovery, clinical mental health assessments, and family-centered rehabilitation support.

Through this strategic partnership with HRVG, both institutions collaborate on community mental health awareness, trauma-informed psychosocial support, addiction recovery frameworks, and integrated healthcare referral pathways for vulnerable and crisis-affected populations.

• Established structured 24/7 guided intake and clinical psychosocial assessment protocols.
• Designed open-air gazebos and serene healing environments for structured recovery.
• Integrated family counseling and post-rehabilitation aftercare for long-term stability.
• Championed stigma-free, confidential mental healthcare access in rural Nyeri County.

ABDIMAJID ALI MOHAMED

Executive Director

Sustainable Development Frontline Organization (SDFO)

Sustainable Development Frontline Organization (SDFO) is a national non-governmental organization operating in Somalia since 2011. Headquartered in Baidoa, South West State, SDFO delivers life-saving humanitarian assistance and sustainable development initiatives across 15 regions and 60 districts.

In partnership with HRVG, SDFO mobilizes localized humanitarian aid, food security support, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, education, and climate resilience programs prioritizing internally displaced persons (IDPs), women, children, and marginalized communities.

• Reached 100,000+ vulnerable individuals across 60 districts in Somalia since 2011.
• Deployed life-saving WASH, emergency food distribution, and emergency relief programs.
• Partnered with FAO, SSF, and international donors for localized humanitarian delivery.
• Established robust protection, gender equality, and youth empowerment networks in Baidoa.

DRYLANDS RESILIENCE ACTION (DRA)

Drylands Resilience Action (DRA) is a Kenyan Public Benefit Organization (PBO) specializing in the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Triple Nexus across Kenya's Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). Based in Isiolo along the Moyale-Marsabit Highway, DRA transforms northern drylands through integrated climate solutions and resource management.

Collaborating with HRVG, DRA advances climate-smart water-energy-food (WEF) systems, secures collective land tenure for pastoralist families, and fosters inter-community resource diplomacy to eliminate conflict and build sustainable economic landscapes.

• Defended thousands of indigenous land holdings setting High Court precedents for collective tenure.
• Reduced resource-based conflict disputes by 20% through inter-community resource diplomacy.
• Pioneered Community Land Management Committees informing national policy implementation.
• Integrated anticipatory climate actions and WEF systems aligned with Kenya's EDE framework.

Easter Koech

Executive Director and Programs Coordinator

Kenya Female Advisory Organization (KEFEADO)

KEFEADO is a prominent, deeply established civil society organization in Kenya dedicated to advancing uncompromised gender equality, human rights, women and girls’ leadership, legal protection against violence, and holistic community empowerment.

Through this strategic partnership, HRVG and KEFEADO collaborate on policy advocacy, legal aid promotion, protection against gender-based violence (GBV), and resource mobilization for women-led community initiatives.

• Successfully lobbied for and advanced 3 crucial national gender-equity bills in Kenya.
• Provided critical pro-bono legal aid and shelter to 1,500+ women facing GBV.
• Built deep, localized gender advocacy and systemic accountability networks.
• Championed transformative sexual and reproductive rights policy influence.

Abdinasir Saman

Executive Director

Wajir Peace and Development Agency

Wajir Peace and Development Agency (WPDA) is a leading non-governmental organization driving peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and sustainable development across Northern Kenya. By partnering with HRVG, WPDA strengthens community resilience through grassroots peace dialogues, climate adaptation strategies, and the promotion of inclusive governance.

• Successfully mediated over 20 intense resource-based inter-communal conflicts.
• Established 15 indigenous dispute resolution committees for lasting stability.
• Integrated strong climate adaptation frameworks across local governance structures.
• Pioneered pastoralist resilience strategies securing water points during drought.

Turkana Institute of Health & Psychological Studies

The Turkana Institute of Health and Psychological Studies is a specialized academic and research institution focused on psychological wellbeing, rigorous public health training, trauma healing interventions, and capacity building for local healthcare practitioners.

This institutional partnership enables HRVG to ground its community health and psychosocial support programs in rigorous empirical research, professional training standards, and expert clinical guidance.

• Certified over 500 local community health workers in crucial trauma methodologies.
• Published groundbreaking regional data reports on mental health and trauma psychology.
• Established an academic-to-field operational pipeline for remote health crisis response.
• Conducted comprehensive epidemiological surveys guiding strategic local interventions.

Arupur Charles Peyo

Executive Director

Initiative for Pastoralists Communication Charity Organization (IPC)

Initiative for Pastoralists Communication Charity Organization (IPC) is a community-based organization formed by Nyangatom youth and elites to mobilize, advocate, and lobby for peace and development. Operating across the Turkana-Nyangatom-Dassanech corridor and the broader Ateker region, IPC tackles conflicts, marginalization, and poverty. They are backed by major international partners, including UN agencies and USAID's Feed the Future initiative.

• Secured prominent funding from the United Nations (UN) for pastoralist development operations.
• Facilitated historic Ateker peace dialogues resulting in the successful recovery and return of stolen livestock.
• Launched critical solar power irrigation projects benefiting marginalized pastoralists along the River Omo.
• Advocated for formal education rights establishing the IPC pastoralist child education initiative.

Sharon Chepkite Chesitoi

Executive Director, Vybe Africa

VYBE AFRICA

VYBE Africa is a youth-led community-based organization rooted in West Pokot, Kenya, dedicated to transforming the voice, power, and potential of young people into lasting change. Through strategic partnership with HRVG, they empower rural and borderland youth across Uganda, Turkana, and Marakwet, focusing on human rights, peacebuilding, and climate action.

• Successfully drove health department budget allocations from 26% to 32% via strategic advocacy.
• Planted 5,000+ trees for environmental conservation driving practical community climate action.
• Deployed the BLOOM Project to 15 schools, successfully training 180 peer educators.
• Empowered over 200 girls in Turkana through P2P security and wellbeing dialogue sessions.

Josue Muneke Mwenyemali

Coordinator

TCN ASBL - Tous Vers un Congo Nouveau

Founded in 2017 in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, TOUS VERS UN CONGO NOUVEAU (TCN ASBL) is a grassroots human rights organization driving profound change across North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri. Partnering with HRVG, they mobilize humanitarian actors, combat gender-based violence, and foster deep community resilience in conflict-affected zones.

• Successfully organized the landmark Regional Humanitarian Summit in Goma mobilizing 300+ NGOs.
• Executed deep vocational autonomy programs directly empowering marginalized young girls.
• Led the "16 Days of Activism" campaigns combating violence against women in North Kivu.
• Engineered powerful advocacy frameworks for secure digital spaces and SRHR access.

Globalkind for Women and Children (GWC)

Globalkind for Women and Children (GWC) is a women-led, non-profit NGO founded in 2023, dedicated to advancing gender equality, protection, and economic empowerment for women, youth, and children in South Sudan. The organization believes in creating lasting change through deep community engagement and sustainable development initiatives.

Through strategic alignment with HRVG, GWC strengthens its capacity to deliver essential protection services, support economic resilience, and build stronger, self-reliant communities across South Sudan.

• Successfully established widespread women-led economic cooperatives across vulnerable areas in South Sudan.
• Engineered rigorous child protection and gender advocacy frameworks at the grassroots level.
• Developed strategic alignment with the Charter for Change & NGO Forum for local accountability.
• Facilitated deep community-driven safe spaces actively mitigating gender-based violence.

Vocational Skills Development Organization (VOSDO)

Vocational Skills Development Organization (VOSDO) is a National Non-Governmental Organization operating in South Sudan, dedicated to empowering vulnerable communities through capacity building and innovative solutions. In strategic alignment with HRVG, VOSDO provides demand-oriented Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to foster job creation and self-reliance among youth and women.

• Reached over 6,000 youth through extensive Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
• Successfully supported the establishment of 186 youth-led businesses across 5 states in South Sudan.
• Built immense multi-sectoral capacity by securing and executing major projects funded by UNDP, EU, and FAO.
• Promoted community-based agricultural value chains directly strengthening food security for vulnerable households.

Toto Village

Toto Village is a profound institutional initiative entirely dedicated to child protection, family support, early childhood education, and the welfare of vulnerable, orphaned, and marginalized youth.

Partnering with HRVG, Toto Village collaborates on holistic community development programs, safe learning spaces, and family-centered empowerment initiatives ensuring every child has access to basic rights and growth opportunities.

• Built secure and reliable safe learning spaces actively supporting 1,000+ vulnerable orphans.
• Implemented holistic family reintegration models successfully reconnecting displaced youth.
• Sustained rigorous safeguarding policies completely securing daily nutritional and educational requirements.
• Established foundational cognitive developmental programs specifically for early childhood education.

RANGELAND USERS INITIATIVE

The Rangeland Users Initiative is a grassroots entity dedicated to the sustainable management of rangeland ecosystems, focusing on ecological conservation and the empowerment of local land users. Working alongside HRVG, the initiative implements community-driven resource management practices that combat desertification and support local biodiversity.

• Restored over 10,000 hectares of degraded drylands using localized ecological strategies.
• Actively formed and sustained cooperative management committees empowering local pastoralists.
• Successfully mobilized communities against aggressive invasive plant species threatening biodiversity.
• Deeply integrated traditional indigenous conservation knowledge into modern rehabilitation practices.

Agrow CBO

Agrow CBO is an impactful community-based organization specializing in grassroots agricultural development, food security enhancement, and climate-smart farming techniques for rural households facing severe ecological and economic stress.

The partnership with HRVG integrates technical agricultural training, resource support, and sustainable livelihood programs to combat food insecurity and foster long-term rural economic independence.

• Successfully distributed robust climate-resilient seeds directly to 3,000+ rural farmers.
• Established 10 profitable and fully sustainable community farming cooperatives.
• Provided advanced farmer training and critical technical extension services locally.
• Empowered rural economic independence via strategic cooperative market access pathways.

Urgo Medical and Wellness Centre

Urgo Medical and Wellness Centre provides critical healthcare services, comprehensive mental health support, addiction recovery guidance, and dignity-centered patient care to underserved and trauma-affected communities.

Through this alliance with HRVG, both organizations coordinate community health camps, referral systems, and psychological support frameworks for trauma-affected and vulnerable populations.

• Successfully hosted over 50 remote medical camps bringing preventive care to isolated populations.
• Dignity-first trauma care resulting in the successful rehabilitation of 300+ addiction patients.
• Seamlessly integrated physical and complex psychiatric healthcare within rural hubs.
• Established robust health education networks directly impacting community wellness literacy.

Jenice Achieng Audi

Founder & Chairperson, She4She Teachers Network

She4She Organization

She4She Organization is a dedicated network focused on advancing girls’ and women’s empowerment, menstrual health and dignity, education, food security, and leadership development across vulnerable communities. They deploy grassroots interventions specifically tailored for young women.

Through strategic alignment with HRVG, this partnership drives community-based programming, impactful advocacy, and resource mobilization designed to strengthen sustainable socio-economic wellbeing across vulnerable regions.

• Distributed 10,000+ vital sanitary kits successfully keeping countless girls in school.
• Implemented deep grassroots mentorship networks empowering women in over 20 villages.
• Advanced critical community-based gender-inclusive policy advocacy.
• Mobilized direct school-based hygiene interventions combating menstrual stigma.

LIONS ACADEMY

LIONS ACADEMY acts as an environmental and developmental coalition forcefully focused on climate change mitigation, sustainable natural resource management, ecological restoration, and the creation of green economic opportunities for vulnerable frontline communities.

In partnership with HRVG, this network designs and implements community-led environmental conservation projects, renewable energy adoption, and sustainable livelihood programs to combat ecological vulnerability.

• Successfully deployed robust solar and clean cooking tech to over 5,000 households.
• Spearheaded prominent regional community-level carbon-offset projects.
• Integrated profound environmental sustainability education into local school curriculums.
• Executed massive reforestation initiatives combating immediate disaster vulnerability.

IRAA GIRLS HIGHSCHOOL

IRAA GIRLS HIGHSCHOOL acts as an international vanguard of advocates, high-tier legal experts, and civil society organizations united in enforcing strict compliance with international human rights standards and prosecuting systemic violations.

Collaborating directly with HRVG, this coalition strengthens global legal advocacy, human rights documentation, and institutional accountability frameworks across multiple jurisdictions.

• Successfully litigated over 10 landmark international cases strictly securing social justice.
• Engineered precise documentation of civil rights abuses directly prompting UN review.
• Coordinated globally recognized public awareness campaigns enforcing accountability.
• Mobilized high-tier expertise strictly influencing international humanitarian law reforms.

Beverly Hills Air Estate

Beverly Hills Air Estate is a vast regional alliance focused on fostering cross-border cooperation, stimulating youth entrepreneurship, driving civic education, and enabling grassroots socio-economic transformation across East African borders.

Partnering with HRVG, this network expands regional program delivery, facilitates knowledge exchange, and strengthens multilateral grassroots mobilization for sustainable community development.

• Facilitated direct cross-border trade knowledge and expansion for 5,000+ regional traders.
• Successfully launched and funded scalable youth-driven startups spanning 3 countries.
• Mobilized large-scale regional civic engagement frameworks driving multilateral socio-economic agendas.
• Deployed robust startup resources directly empowering young regional innovators.

David Kimathi

Global Executive Director of Procurement

Impact Hub LLC

Impact Hub LLC is dedicated to aggressive peacebuilding, inter-communal conflict resolution, youth leadership development, and structural socio-economic empowerment across highly vulnerable and volatile communities in the Horn of Africa.

Through strategic synergy with HRVG, the network executes grassroots peace initiatives, leadership workshops, and inclusion programs designed to foster enduring social stability and equity.

• Successfully deployed hundreds of trained youth peace ambassadors in high-risk zones.
• Mastered rapid response protocols effectively defusing escalating inter-communal tensions.
• Empowered women networks executing crucial roles as primary high-stakes peace negotiators.
• Implemented strategic civic engagement programs actively preventing radicalization.